Feeling like Awesome

I have now officially joined the ranks of the unwell. Like the unavoidable rolling of time I have been seeing this cold coming for a couple of weeks now, first my daughter, then my son, last weekend my wife and now finally me. Hooray, my turn. Winning.

As I have found when I have been sick previously, since I have stopped training the stress of being sick is now greatly reduced. When I got sick during racing and training it would all be about getting well as quickly as possible so that I could get back to training. Now, I simply get on with feeling rubbish. I am even less worried about doing exercise when unwell now, since I am not too concerned about making myself sicker. These days if I still feel good enough to exercise then that is what I go and do.

Still isn't very fun though.

Despite being unwell, I have still been able to have a fun bit of coaching this week. On Tuesday I was out with the Front Runner folks for a nice threshold bike session. This morning I was down at Claremont Pool with Swim Smooth, once again for a bit of threshold work and tomorrow I will be out with the Front Runners again for some trail running (them, not me). A few good sessions there.

All the sessions week have been a reminder on some of the less glamorous sides of coaching (actually I am not sure what those glamorous sides are). On Tuesday it was wet and yet I had to go down and be there anyway. This morning I felt a bit rubbish, and although I didn't have to be there, I really wanted to. Tomorrow morning I suspect I will have the winning combination of being wet and feeling like rubbish, so that should be a real bundle of laughs. The reality of being out in the unpleasantness without having the satisfaction of completing a training session. Sometimes that is the less enjoyable reality of coaching.

Still, despite the above issues I am finding that I am still really enjoying the coaching. As I said, I don't have to go down to Claremont Pool on Friday mornings, however, I head down there because I really enjoy it, it is actually one of the highlights of my week. With the other sessions I find I am a bit nervous before I head down there, but once I get to the session and get going with the coaching I always really enjoy it. Chatting to folks, helping them through the session, giving guidance when required. I always have a ball. Once I get into my groove it is always fun, no matter what the weather or how I am feeling.

In the end I guess that is what keeps me coming back for more.

Still, tomorrow might be an interesting challenge.