
Nietzsche wrote, "One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil." One of the most valuable parts of this past year has been real growth in my relationship with my coach @joelfilliol. Joel was my coach from 2005-2009, until he left to be the head coach of TriGB. When I first started with Joel, I knew nothing. Less than nothing. I remember one day, about a month into training with him, when I had to pull over on my bike only 10mi from home and sleep for 30min in a field on the side of the road. I thought, "oh, so this is what it is like to really train for triathlon..." In 2014, when we started back together, I had a whole new set of challenges to overcome. I was no longer naive, but that was as much a problem as it was an advantage. In 2005, I needed to realize that training was the only thing that mattered. I had no other obligations. And I needed to make the most of that. Now, it's been about realizing that training is not the only thing that matters. And that I do have other obligations. I used to ask all the questions. Now I find Joel asks as many question of me as I do of him. When I put this to Joel, he said that the desired outcome is to be able to make decisions with confidence and with guidance and discussion. Though I do like to say that a big part of Joel's job is saying, "that's BS." I guess that's the "guidance" part... I always knew things would be different starting back together. He had changed as a coach and I had changed as an athlete and we both had changed as people. But I think we've found a good path. It may be a bit crooked, but like this tree I think it is strong.
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"Se trouver des excuses c'est perdre le temps précieux que l'on pourrait utiliser à persévérer"
"Do not fear death, fear an unlived life"