Miles of Life

Reason #532 I love my coach June 26, 2008

Posted by Kylie in : swiming, marky , trackback

You know that little voice in your head? That isn’t negative, but doesn’t always push you as much as it could? That believes in you, but keeps you a bit safe from that edge of failure?

Well, sometimes it has to shut up. Marky recently had me doing 15×100 on 2 min. That is good for me — I had often done on 2:05 or occasionally on 2 min. But never for that many repeats. But I trust him (a requirement for success with a coach) and so I didn’t mention any fear, climbed in the pool, and got it done.

Well this time it was 15×100 on 1:55. I saw that and part of me doubted. But Marky said it, so I got in the pool and that was the goal. So what did i do? Well, came in on 1:47-1:51 for all of them and hit each one. Because that faith in me helped me try pushing that envelop, and it was something I could do. And it felt DAMN GOOD.

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About Kylie

I'm a Southern CA girl that has been doing tris since 2004 and adventure races since 2005. I have a mission statement: stronger, passion, faster, desire. I want to get stronger, but am not willing to break my passion for sport in doing so. I'm going to get faster, and that burning desire will still be lit.

I have a great support crew! There is my awesome fiance & chiropractor Mike. And there is my coach and friend, the power genius Marky. Plus all those friends over at Trifuel and Endurance Nation.

The 2008 big tri focus: spending a year getting faster (and without an IM). A half IM, and hopefully my first olympic! Oh and that whole grad school thing starting. Bring it!