I need some more help. My coach says he wants to see my workout plan. He tried to stop me from doing my own thing Tues. It was pretty random. I said I was doing 6x200, and he shook his head says no, no, no. Then he said I can either do my own thing and leave for somewhere else, or do his training. He also said something like I would have to run whatever he told me to do. I just stood there and didn’t really say anything, but I did say he said I could do it. He then got into some argument about something. I think it was about my running form. He says I should lean forward when I run. I told him that may be true during the acceration phase, but your supposed to be straight up when your running the rest of the way. He then got into, he has a degree in physical fitness or something, blah blah blah. I trained on my own thing that day though. He also asked if I trained Thurs.-Sun., and I told him I was injured, no. He knew this, because I told him Thurs. I pulled a muscle, and was resting it. He tried using that against me or something. Was I wrong in what I said, about running form?
Then Wed., he said he would be fine running my own training, but would like to try to integrate other people into it. He says he wants the other “less experienced” runners to be pushed. I said fine. Then my muscle started acting up again, and progressivly got worse over the week. I took off Thurs. again, and went to the doctor Fri. The doctor did x-rays, and said it was just a pulled muscle and would rest it a week. I would also go to some specialist to see if I can heal it faster.
I will be meeting him Tues, we have school off Mon., with my schedule. He will probably try to prove I’m wrong in my plan with tempo, and try to say the speed work isn’t needed. I need backing to counter him. Could you help me please.
My tempo schedule looks like This:
Jan 30- around Apr. 30
- 1000
- 1000
- 1200
- 1200
- 1800
- 1800
- 1800
- 2200
- 2200
- 2200
- 1600
- 1600
- 1200
At least that is how it was. I got through the first 2 weeks. I injured myself on the 3 week one, and havn’t been able to do a full week of training since then. I stretch properly, so its justs one of those things that happens. I don’t stretch with this team, I come in early do a warm up lap, and stretch. This guy doesn’t do a warm up lap, nor goes through hardly any stretches, and holds each stretch for only 10 sec. I stretch with them too, act like I stretch, but I stretch on my own to deal with that.
Ok, do you have anything advice on how I can change my tempo schedule do to the injury, and how I can have backing on my training schedule? Thanks for any help
Also, when he says I will have to run what he says, he will probably put me in a relay team, because he wants points, on top of the 400m and 200m. I’m not letting him go over three events with me though.