Most sessions are not prescribed to specific paces, powers, or other ‘measurable’ metric. This mitigates the risk of missing an interval or not completing a ‘perfect’ session. Most sessions are set up to focus on different zones of training (Z0-Z7). If you’re not able to hit those specific zones… DON’T force it. This is usually a sign of significant fatigue, overload, stress, or overreaching. In general, if you’re able to complete the training time at a much lower effort, this is recommended.

Missing a session happens from time to time. We’re human. In short, nothing happens. Rarely is it a good idea to ‘cram’ the missed session into the next day. The session was missed, let’s move on and execute the next one!

Injuries happen. It’s part of my job as your coach to mitigate this risk; but it still happens occasionally. Endurance sports are difficult and highly repetitive. We put significant loads on our bodies. As a coach, I can support you in troubleshooting some sources of pain, but I’m no replacement for proper physical therapy or medical imaging/diagnosing. It is up to you as the athlete to determine at what point you need to seek expert opinions. In regards to your continued training, there are likely some modalities we can still employ to keep banking and saving some fitness.

I love this question from athletes. There are so many gadgets out there today: smart watches with distances/paces, heart rate monitors, power meters, smart goggles, foot pods, lactate meters - just to name a few of dozens. In short, I’ll gladly use any data available to me to analyze your training and performance. But the most important data point out there is subjective. It’s your personal reflection on this simple question: “How did that feel?” There are days when your ‘easy’ paces feel impossible, and days when your ‘hard’ paces feel like you’re floating. This question encompasses two of my Training Tenets: Relative Perceived Exertion (RPE) is king, and easy is easy, hard is hard. See the Meet the Coach page for more information on my coaching philosophy and Training Tenets.

I’ve refrained from using the phrase thus far, but it is time: it depends. If you’re training for an iron-distance triathlon and have 20 hours per week available to train, don’t expect any rest days on the schedule. Of course you should take them as needed, but you won’t see them scheduled in advance by me. On the other hand, if you’re looking to complete your first 1-mile run and only have a total of 90 minutes to dedicate to your goal per week, you’ll have 2-3 rest days per week. The goal is to find a balance that works best for you as the athlete, but also honor the Training Tenet that frequency beats duration.

This depends on the service you’ve selected. If you bought a custom plan for a single event, continuous updates to that plan are NOT included. (If you have a few questions here and there over the course of your training you’re still more than welcome to reach out via email). If you’ve selected 1:1 personalized coaching, the plan changes at key points throughout your training cycles. There will be periods of high training volume, high training intensity, race-specific work, and much more. If it’s determined that the training stimulus is not providing the desired physical adaptation, we’ll adjust. This can be as often as every couple of days.

Yes. I offer adult beginner swimming lessons. 30min, $40.

If you'd like a personal training session for another discipline please reach out via email.

Things happen and plans change. I’m more than willing to work with you to make necessary adjustments and figure out a path that works best for you, up to and including suspending services from HUE.