Mark Bidwell 2017 Official Coach Thread
Here's your personal Coach Thread, as promised. This is where you'll return to post all your "coach" questions as responses; I'll see them and reply. This first post is here to guide you through your first year on EN, so you can always come back here.
As you'll see in this forum, I handle all manner of edits and changes. So post away, know that I reply here usually M/W/F each week.
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Your WHY and Goals
Coming soon...see homework below!
Your Races
- 07/08/17 OLY Hagg Lake (C)
- 07/22/17 OLY Tri at the Grove (C)
- 10/08/17 RUN Oregon Coast 30K (C)
- 11/19/17 IM Arizona (A)
Season Outline
These are your recommended training plans, including the date you should start each one (sometimes you won’t complete a full plan but transition to another one). You can change your plans on the Training Plan page by clicking the Move / Change button. Learn more about each plan on the Training Plan Central Page.
- Last updated by Coach on 07/07/2017
- This week, save your Bike and Run Zones to the My Zones Page.
- On 7/10 Load the Intermediate Get Faster Training Plan, 10wks to end on 9/17/2017
- On 8/28 Load the Intermediate 2017 EN*Full, Minimalist, 12 Weeks to end on 11/19/2017
- On 11/20 Load the -- Post Ironman Transition Plan, All Levels (4wks) to end on 12/17/2017
- On 12/18 Load the -- Run Durability 1 (9 months out) -- 4 weeks to end on 1/14/2018
Coach Notes
You're year is pretty straightforward, especially given Your current level of fitness. Our challenge will be help you continue to progress beyond the basic fitness that you have. In other words, it's always easy to take someone off of the sofa and show them improvement. In your case, there are no sofas in your world… You're out there grinding all the time. 
Being able to find that next gear is our mission.
I would like you to kick things off with our Get Faster plan for a couple of weeks. This will help you gain some specificity with your training and it will fit within the basic hours that you have already on your calendar.
The only exception to this would be if you wanted to get some extra bike miles in on a particular weekend and had the means to do so. In that case those long rides would trump the regularly scheduled Get Fast session (but you can check with me here if you want).
I am curious to know if you feel like there should be any modifications for the 30 K? Even your current fitness and running experience, I don't feel the urge to do anything super special for it.
When you get a chance, please set up a call so we can talk! https://calendly.com/pmccrann/weektwo
Contact Points
These are all the key points in your first year where we must talk. You can schedule all calls with me for these times online here. Please remember to include your phone number.
- Welcome Call in Week One (set it up here)
- Coach Call in Week Two to talk about your season (set it up here)
- End of Trial Call -- We review your experience & Unlock Year One / Race Execution for you (set it up here)
- End of Season Call -- We review your year & Strategize for your “gap” and Year Two (to be announced)
For short or last minute questions, we recommend you use the Red Chat Icon on the main Members website.
We have also organized a complete chart of the best ways to contact us online here.
Your First Month on the Team
You have quite a few things to do when you start up. There are instructions on the top of the website, but you can review them under Resources / 0-- First 30 Days on EN. If you have any trouble, don’t hesitate to reach out via the chat icon on the main Members website here.
Your First Year Inside Endurance Nation
This will be unlocked after your first thirty days back.
Your Homework
Tell Us Why You Choose EN & Your Season Goals- Whenever possible, please identify your goals -- time, body composition, completion...the sooner you put them down the sooner we can get towards achieving them.
Looking forward to working with you this year,
~ Coach P