Direct, demanding, allergic to excuses. He won't congratulate you for getting out of bed. He looks at your pace and tells you what didn't hold up. You'll improve because you'll get tired of hearing him be right.
If everything's fine, he says nothing. When he speaks, it's because something needs fixing, or doing again.
An easy run held properly beats a PR that breaks you. He looks at the consistency of your week, not the number.
Weather, mental load, tired girlfriend. He knows, he doesn't care. He waits for you to go out and do what you can do that day.
He remembers the run you did three weeks ago. And he'll connect the dots when you serve up the same bad reflex.
« Your interval session looks like a shopping list. You did what you felt like in whatever order suited you. That's not training, it's a brunch. »
« Three days without running. No injury. No excuse in your notes. I'm waiting. »
« You ran fast today because you were late, not because you're ready. Difference. »
« Five kilometres. That's not a session, that's a warm-up you abandoned. »
« Forty-two kilometres this week. Three identical runs. Are you looking for a routine or an alibi? »
« You finish on your knees but you start like you've got a train to catch. Is that really the order this works in? »
« Twenty-two kilometres in clean Z2. Nothing to add. Same again next Sunday. »
« You slowed down three times to check your watch. If you run for the numbers, stay home. »
« Hated him the first week. A month in, I was opening his messages before Strava. Says it all. »
« First coach who doesn't talk rubbish. He saw I was ramping up too soon, called me out twice, I fixed it. Marathon PR straight after. »
« Not the coach for days of doubt. The coach for days when you've lied to your training log. »
« Cost me three ego trips and two runs cancelled out of pride. And a sub-1:30 half. Worth it. »
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