weekly personal coaching:
triathlon or single sport

Weekly conversation in person or over the phone ranging from 10 to 60 minutes depending on the time of the year and the athlete. Conversation includes a review of previous workouts and races, discussion of training likes/dislikes, race selection, season planning, race day nutrition, pacing, mental strategies, gear selection, and figuring out how to use group sessions/training partners to your mutual benefit. Basically, if it will help you get faster, we’ll talk about it. 

Written training is updated every week after the conversation. Ex: If we talk on a Wednesday, you will usually get your training from the next day (Thursday) until the following Friday. This gives the athlete time to plan out their life and schedule. It also gives the athlete and coach flexibility to change the plan relatively quickly if need be. 

Texting, emails, and short phone calls to keep up to date between the weekly scheduled calls. Some athletes are in contact often, others tend to stick to the weekly conversation. It’s up to the athlete. There is no limit on contact.

Monthly fee + start-up fee after commitment.
On a month to month basis. No contracts.

Interested athletes, please contact me to be sent my athlete questionnaire.

consultation

One initial phone call/ meeting to discuss the topics listed below:
-Review of the athlete questionnaire.
-Review of all past training. (3 months to 20 years) 
-Discussion of goals- long term and short term. ​
-Review of proposed training going forward.

​ A second call/meeting to ask any remaining questions and run by a few initial training ideas. 

After two discussions, the end product is a written training outline for the next 3 months. This will include key workouts, volume guidelines, specific workouts to focus on for each event, and timing of when to switch training focuses.

​One-time fee.

Interested athletes, please contact me to be sent my athlete questionnaire.

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elliot's thoughts on choosing a coach:

​Hopefully these thoughts can help you pick a coach to lead you down a path of speed, happiness, and long lasting health. 

#1. Choosing a coach can be a big process. Please ask as many questions as you can. If you are interested, I'll be as honest as I can with you as to whether I think we can work successfully together. 
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#2. I'm often asked if I have a coaching "style". My usual answer is as follows: I don't really have a coaching "style" per say. Some of the people I coach have quite a bit of intensity because of life schedules, others because they respond well to intensity. At the same time, a few people I coach pile on miles because we've found that it works best for them. And finally, if I end up working with someone long enough, example: Ben Hoffman 2004-2016, we actually will switch up approaches. Sometimes that is to focus on certain weaknesses and other times it is to avoid mental fatigue. I like to think that I am pretty well-versed in multiple approaches and I like to find out what works best for each individual athlete.  I will ask lots of questions and hopefully get answers that can lead us to the best solution. Every athlete is an ongoing problem with a continually different solution. 

#3. Coaching is my full-time job. Like most professionals, I take my work seriously. I also like to goof off from time to time. The better I get to know an athlete as a person, the better I can help them as an athlete. Sometimes goofing off actually helps that process (for me anyways).

#4. Honesty and openness on both ends of an athlete-coaching relationship is the only way (in my belief) for continued success. You probably already knew this, but it's nice to have it repeated from time to time.