how many of you

Yeah and i have a maid,butler, and cook

I have a coach who wants to work with me, I just have to get around to going downtown for the practice. I don't think he would charge me though - he's a pretty chill guy.

my xc/track coach doesnt really coach us because hes really lazy, so i usually just ask my dad for advice (He runs a 2:47 marathon and a low 17 5k).

My coaches eliminate any need for outside training advice whatsoever.

my coach is so easy to get one on one advice and everything and she really understands what we need individually so i wouldn't even consider a personal trainer

i have a trainer for weights and stuff and then i had a private coach when i was hurdling, but when i tripped over a hurdle and broke my arm my distance coach pulled me out of hurdling and put me in just distance stuff...

but i still use him in the summers for private coaching

i don't have a trainer
they're not very common in rural north dakota

why do you really need a trainer? I would get a running coach rather then a dude that yells at me for being skinny.

haha a personal trainer is a running coach that meets to your specific needs...if you want to lose weight then maybe he would yell at you like that but if you want to be good im pretty sure your not fat...idk where you got that lol

not me, i wish i did though, more motivation

runforlifex3 wrote:haha a personal trainer is a running coach that meets to your specific needs...if you want to lose weight then maybe he would yell at you like that but if you want to be good im pretty sure your not fat...idk where you got that lol

mine dont yell at me for my weight...but i am not over weight maybe a little bit underweight...they actually tell me to not train so hard...because i am tearing up my body

yeah i know...just because said they would yell at you for your weight or something. mine never yelled at me for my weight either. i am under as well but most runners are underweight look at ashley brasovan.

I'm considering getting a trainer because my coach can't coach at all...

^ I know what you mean. Our track distance coach never did distance, she was a sprinter! she kinda coaches xc too =[ For xc the middle school coach is actually better (which is really sad) My school is retarded and kicked the good coach, who had a daughter that ran 4 something miles, out. >=/

That really sucks about your coaches.
Same here though with the middle school coach being better; all the distance girls on the ms track team can run sub six... we only have one girl who can do that on the hs team...
Our coach actually does distance, but her "coaching" is, "okay, go run X miles." nothing about form or pacing or anything worthwile.

Our coach doesn't have us run enough. Last year when I was a major weanie, I thought we were pretty hard core, running 3 days a week. Looking back, I had no right to be disappointed with my improvement. Our track coach is even worse. I can't tell you how many times our practice was just 4x200. Some people just aren't fortunate enough to have experienced, knowlageable coaches at school.

Edit: Spelling.

BA_Sadie. wrote:haha a personal trainer is a running coach that meets to your specific needs...if you want to lose weight then maybe he would yell at you like that but if you want to be good im pretty sure your not fat...idk where you got that lol

I was kidding. When you guys said personal trainer i thought of those meat-heads at local gyms. I have a club coach i guess..but I don't know if he even knows my name (i'm new)

pst. nah. i didn't know high school athletes that aren't on a superhuman level used em. hmm.

i do. sure seems to help a whole fuckin lot. i dont see what you guys think is wrong with that. my current coach sucks. once i transfer ill drop the trainer though.

nope

Sounds expensive. I don't have that much money!! and my track/xc coaches have always been really good.

Just Because wrote:

BA_Sadie. wrote:haha a personal trainer is a running coach that meets to your specific needs...if you want to lose weight then maybe he would yell at you like that but if you want to be good im pretty sure your not fat...idk where you got that lol

I was kidding. When you guys said personal trainer i thought of those meat-heads at local gyms. I have a club coach i guess..but I don't know if he even knows my name (i'm new)

oh lol i was like ummm are you serious?

*sg* wrote:Sounds expensive. I don't have that much money!! and my track/xc coaches have always been really good.

i was thinking about a personal trainer for this summer, before i transfer. (going from division 5, to 1......kinda scary! ) anyway, ya it would have been really expensive!