Originally Posted by
ZeCanon
As someone who has "taken under wing" a number of riders, I can honestly say that although I feel like I do help them a lot, I'm not the same as a coach. I listen to them and recommend the next step, but I don't plan the next 10 steps down the road like a coach would. I can explain a lot, answer a lot of questions, but they aren't getting a plan from me. The plan they create themselves, and then I'll add my own input.
You get what you pay for, basically. Your teammates might know you better than your coach does right now, but even those with the best intentions are not going to help you plan like a coach will.
From what I've been told, one of the two guys who talked to me has been 'coaching' a local racer for a while. The racer is on my coach's team and would probably pay a pittance for his coaching.
I'll know more about everything after tomorrow, but I'm actually hoping to do some stuff less structured over the fall.
It has been absolutely BRUTAL this summer to see my friends go out and play a hard game of frisbee or go mountain biking, and just not being able to join them because I had a specific workout set out for me.
I'm not sure my coach plans 10 steps down the road either. I just get weekly schedules from him.