Thank You BT and BSC Multisport

It was this time last year that I saw a thread about a coaching scholarship being offered for 2018. I had just finished my first year of triathlon and was really enjoying the new fitness and a new avenue to fuel my competitive flame. I spent a lot of my first year training in the gray zone. I never took my easy days easy enough and thus was never able to push my hard workouts as hard as they were supposed to be. I would try to cram in training and neglected to achieve some of the physical adaptation that prebuilt plans work to achieve.

We started off season training with a cycling block. I had purchased my first trainer and really enjoyed following weekly structured training with power data. I work in healthcare and have a schedule that doesn't allow for weekly prebuilt plans to easily adapt. I am also married with 3 children 7 and under. So, time tends to be a hot commodity. Weekly (sometimes daily) text strands allowed Scott to adjust my training plan and still keep it structured to achieve the desired adaptations and to keep me from injuring myself. I needed to be held back but I also knew that Scott was reviewing my data and that extra level of accountability helped me push just a little bit harder on those tough days.

Scott created a season long training plan taking into account family vacations and key races I wanted to make my A races. Overall, I ran my first 1/2 marathon, completed 1 Olympic, 1 sprint, and 2 HIM this year. One was WTC and the other was a local where I won my age group! Finally, to cap it all off I ran my first marathon only 4 weeks after my last HIM.

I completed my first marathon in a negative split and the back half of my marathon was only 5 min slower than my open 1/2 time. It was a pretty amazing feeling. I was overwhelmed by how prepared I was for the marathon. It was a very scary feeling. Before I started working with bscmultisport.com I had never ran more than 10 miles and during my training I never went over 14 miles. However, we had worked on developing my RPE meter and listening to my body. I followed the plan and felt great for the first 13 miles. I went to a very dark and painful place about mile 20. My quads were on fire but my lungs felt fresh. I was cruising. Scott prepared me for that moment. I closed off everything around me and literally yelled "shut up legs." I got faster every mile from that point on and stayed focused. I knew I could do it because I knew that I had the right training. Crossing that finish line was one of the most amazing physical achievements I could've dreamed of.

Without everyone here on BT and Coaches Scott and John with BSC I don't think I would be at this point. Thank you to everyone. I can't wait to see what another year of work with BSC can accomplish. It's time to sit down and plan next season. The one thing I'm confident of that I will be more likely to achieve my goals with the help of BSC Multiport.

Edited by jnuger 2018-11-05 7:55 AM