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Rowan Smith
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Not done well
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Every body is different, recovers at a different rate (age, heat, altitude, stage of training)
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As athletes, we need a plan of how to get to our goal. But at the same time, we really need to be really in touch with our bodies and willing to adjust as we go
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Make a roadmap with some milestones, but write specific training plans one or two weeks at a time.
Remember, the coach can't read your mind. The buck always stops with you. No grinding through workouts because the coach knows best.
About Me
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Hit it hard for a couple of years (Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, USA), but got incredibly burned out
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More recently, ultrarunning (getting up later, more time to focus on other priorities, but the intensity of it has definitely changed the way I think about fitness and coaching)
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Body positive endurance sports coach focusing on mountain athletes (mountaineers, backpackers, hikers, trail runners). Based in Denver, Colorado
Philosophy
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Very much started like every classic endurance coach online writing training plans (for sale and 1:1)
Experience working with my own coach changed my thinking about this. (As did watching people struggle with training plans.)
This was such a letdown and so frustrating, but I think it's going to be the best things that ever happened to me.
I really believe we create fitness with our minds. The working out is so secondary. The body really is along for the ride.
So much pressure, marketing, bullshit in our sport — really on a mission to bring people back into harmony with their bodies.
Doing this by marrying fitness with personal development, nutrition, sleep, and lifestyle for a more holistic approach.
Favorite workouts
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Working with a lot of people training at sea level, so my challenge is to keep things sport specific, yet fun.
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Not done well
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So many people interested (especially in the pandemic) in outdoor sports as a form of healing – need to change the culture to make welcoming spaces for them.
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