Endings and Beginnings
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I had been planning to write about coaching endings for a while, but not in this way.
I had thoughts swirling around my head, about when the running coaching relationship ends and wanted to write it down for a while, the tug between holding on and letting go. The endings have nearly always been on good terms, but at first, it was hard not to take it personally when someone wanted to stop or pause coaching. It was a gradual realisation that the role of the coach has been more to equip runners with the skills to plan their training, rather than an indefinite term. Not always, but for most. I have been coaching for over three and a half years now, and for some people, having someone to tell them what to do and when has taken that off their mental load and is something long-term. But many people, have come to me due to past injuries or mistakes, or a feeling of not knowing where to start in preparation for a race, and I have worked with them to show them both what the science tells us about training, and how it will fit around their circumstances best, so they can move on without me.
My thoughts I wanted to capture but never quite found the time were about those endings, of when endings can be a positive sign, but now I find myself talking about a completely different coaching ending.
I have stopped my running coaching business and for the last three weeks have been in the process of ending the coaching with people or passing them over to Marcus.
It wasn’t a decision I took lightly. It’s been something I have been clinging to for the past two years. Coaching running when you are going through the process of giving up on running dreams, and struggle to manage just the pain of walking each day, was the hardest challenge I have had to face in the last few years.
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