Five Things You Should Know About Your Athletes

Many of your athletes have probably already started their early season races. As a coach, have you laid the groundwork for yourself to coach them through a successful season in the next several months?
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Many of your athletes have probably already started their early season races. As a coach, have you laid the groundwork for yourself to coach them through a successful season in the next several months?

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As a coach, you know the important role that threshold plays in an athlete’s training. It is not only an important zone to train in, it also sets the limits to the other training zones. Use the Threshold Improvement Notification feature within TrainingPeaks to monitor and stay up-to-date on your athletes' thresholds via heart rate, pace or power.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 4:02PM |
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Melissa Schwartz 
Over the years, I have had the pleasure of speaking with thousands of coaches and helping them to get started with their Coach Edition accounts. As you can imagine, some questions have just become “commonplace” and almost anticipated through all these years. I thought it would be a good idea to share with you the top five most frequently asked questions from coaches just like yourself, and my thoughts on each of these topics.
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