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WHY DO YOU NEED A COACH? THINK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT ATHLETES, SUCH AS CYCLISTS, RUNNERS, GYMNASTS, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL OR BASKETBALL PLAYERS. WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON? THEY ALL HAVE A COACH. WHY IS THAT? WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT CYCLING THAN LANCE? WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT SOCCER THAN BECKHAM? WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT TENNIS THAN VENUS OR SERENA? MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT THEIR COACHES, BUT THEIR COACHES DO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE CLOSER TO OR EVEN REACH YOUR POTENTIAL AS AN ATHLETE? WOULD YOU LIKE THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK? MAYBE YOU SHOULD HIRE A COACH.
OKAY, SO YOU’VE DETERMINED YOU NEED A COACH. WHY CHOOSE STEVE LEHMAN? STEVE LEHMAN IS A NATIONAL CHAMPION AND A WORLD RECORD HOLDER ON THE BICYCLE. IN FACT, HE HAS WON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HE HAS ATTEMPTED ON THE ROAD AND ON THE TRACK (VELODROME). HE’S BEEN A NATIONAL AND WORLD RANKED TRIATHLETE, AS WELL AS A RESPECTABLE AMATEUR RUNNER. SINCE 1987 STEVE HAS ENTERED 351 RACES, PLACED TOP 5 IN 275 AND WON 144 TRIATHLONS, DUATHLONS, TRACK AND ROAD CYCLING RACES.
HERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT “QUALIFYING” FACTOR. AT 40 YEARS OF AGE STEVE LEHMAN COULD NOT COMPETE WITH A 62 YEAR OLD STEVE LEHMAN. AT 40 STEVE WAS HARD PRESSED TO RIDE 40 KILOMETERS IN AN HOUR. FIFTEEN YEARS LATER (AT AGE 55) HE RODE A PERSONAL BEST AT 40KM ON THE TRACK IN ONLY 53 MINUTES AND 42.4 SECONDS. WITH HIS TRAINING PROGRAM STEVE IS STILL IMPROVING, HAVING ESTABLISHED A NEW PERSONAL BEST THIS YEAR (AGAIN AT AGE 63) FOR A LONG COURSE, ROAD TIME TRIAL, 35 KILOMETERS IN 47:11. ACROSS THE BOARD HE HAS BECOME A BETTER ATHLETE THAN HE WAS AT AGE 40. THESE RESULTS WEREN’T DUE TO AN ATHLETIC SUPERIORITY. IN FACT, HE IS JUST AN OLDER VERSION OF THE YOUNGER STEVE LEHMAN WHO, OVER THE YEARS AND THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR, OBSERVATION AND A WILLINGNESS TO DO WHAT IT TOOK TO IMPROVE, HAS LEARNED HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME HE COULD DEDICATE TO TRAINING.
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