“I hired Courtney through a mutual friend because I had thoughts of completing a full Ironman. In several years previous I had signed up and completed 2 half Ironmen, and found them to be each so debilitating that I had no confidence in figuring out how I was going to pull this off (or why I would sign up). What I find is having a coach forces me to be true to myself and holds me accountable in a way that I wouldn’t be otherwise. Would I get up at 4;30 in the morning to go drive down to a lake and swim for 75 minutes? Would I choose to run 10-15 miles on a weekend day, then ride/swim after? Having a coach, and having one that you have confidence in makes all the difference and Courtney was that coach for me. In fact (and I don’t think she knows this), I would ride some decent miles (but not what she had in the plan), and would save/download the file, and then, say within 10 minutes, I would get a call and she would say that isn’t good enough. Why didn’t I do what was asked? So I dutifully went back out and finished. No way would that have happened had I not had a coach and not had Courtney. I paid her to be a pain in my rear and she motivated me to accomplish this goal. The reason I am an Ironman is because of her”
Dave Young
TriAptitude Coaching 