A day in the life
I've been putting together internship possibilities for graduate school for the last few days, and it's time to take a break and do another fun post.
Summer 2012, a couple coaching friends and I were sitting around, enjoying the summer weather, doing what coaches love to do or what we love to do: talking shop. We do this often, or as often as our seasons will allow. It's interesting getting the different perspectives on sports and the problems we each encounter since we come from different sporting backgrounds.
The topic that night had us up for a good part of the evening, laughing near non-stop, giving each other a pretty good going over while still sharing an understanding. The topic? A day in the life, or a day in our life. We each agreed to write down one of our days, typical, atypical, whatever day we'd like, and then meet up again and share in our collective "misery."
My favorite days were the days before we traveled for a regatta. Those usually meant a later wake up - 7 am instead of 330 am - and a more relaxed afternoon of buying snacks, fueling the truck, hooking up the trailer, and then hitting the road. We usually tried to leave campus around 11, 1130 which gave us a leisurely trip that allowed for plenty of time to deal with any potential issues - and we had issues on a couple of trips. It meant pulling into Tacoma around 4, dropping the trailer, checking into our rooms, ordering dinner for the team, and then topping the truck off so we wouldn't have to stop on the way home.
I love regatta travel days.
Unless campus visitations, and preview days fell on regatta days. That happened a couple of times, and made for some very hectic moments trying to meet potential recruits and give them and their parents your undivided attention - they came to see you after all - while still accomplishing everything needed before leaving.
Those days were fun for a different set of reasons.
This is my, "Day in the life."
330 AM - First alarm goes off. Turn on light. Reset phone (phone stays on all night).
340 AM - Second alarm goes off. Get up.
345 AM - Turn on kettle in the kitchen. Check temp. outside. Check phone for e-mails, text messages. Check weather on phone. Check Google calendar for schedule.
350 AM - Dress according to weather and practice - water or land. Grab extra clothing if preview day/recruit visitation.
400 AM - Brush teeth, check and fix hair (usually a tragic mess). Fix green tea while brushing teeth.
410 AM - Grab tea, water bottle, handful of almonds, start car.
420 AM - Leaving house.
500 AM - Arrive on campus (land day). Laugh about taking the best parking spot in the lot.
515 AM - Open office, turn on the computer, grab notebook, and practice plans. Turn on lights in erg room, open auxiliary gym, and turn on lights. Address e-mails/texts if needed.
530 AM - Athletes start arriving. Head coach stays at main door to let people in. Head to auxiliary gym to begin warm ups.
600 AM - Warm ups done, practice discussed with coxswain and athletes.
715 AM - Practice ends. Finish with static stretching.
730 AM - Breakfast at "Word of Mouth" Cafe. Egg whites, dry toast, fruit cup, three glasses of ice water (creature of habit).
740 AM - Coffee or chai at favorite local coffee shop.
800 AM - In office. Check e-mail, Google calendar. Write up review from morning practice.
1000 AM - Morning practice review done. Midmorning snack (almonds, baby carrots, or low fat Greek yogurt - plain or vanilla).
1030 AM - Meeting with athlete over practice performance, attendance, "where they stand."
1100 AM - Meeting with coxswain over upcoming regatta, go over warm up and race plans.
1145 AM - Staff meeting with lunch.
200 PM - End of meeting. Walk around campus.
220 PM - Return to office.
230 PM - Meeting with team captain.
300 PM - Afternoon snack (almonds, baby carrots, or low fat Greek yogurt - plain or vanilla).
315 PM - Head to boathouse.
330 PM - Protein drink. Help set up afternoon water practice with varsity women. Check gas levels in launches.
415 PM - Athletes start to arrive.
430 PM - Working with Open Four while head coach works with Varsity Eight.
615 PM - Back at the boathouse.
645 PM - Back on campus. Snack (almonds, baby carrots, or low fat Greek yogurt - plain or vanilla).
700 PM - Varsity Men second optional practice in erg room (tech work or supplemental piece on erg).
830 PM - Second practice ends.
900 PM - Finish writing up supplemental practice review. Are we on track with season plan?
915 PM - Close up office. Close down erg room. Head home.
945 PM - Home. Dinner. Shower. Bed.
Summer 2012, a couple coaching friends and I were sitting around, enjoying the summer weather, doing what coaches love to do or what we love to do: talking shop. We do this often, or as often as our seasons will allow. It's interesting getting the different perspectives on sports and the problems we each encounter since we come from different sporting backgrounds.
The topic that night had us up for a good part of the evening, laughing near non-stop, giving each other a pretty good going over while still sharing an understanding. The topic? A day in the life, or a day in our life. We each agreed to write down one of our days, typical, atypical, whatever day we'd like, and then meet up again and share in our collective "misery."
My favorite days were the days before we traveled for a regatta. Those usually meant a later wake up - 7 am instead of 330 am - and a more relaxed afternoon of buying snacks, fueling the truck, hooking up the trailer, and then hitting the road. We usually tried to leave campus around 11, 1130 which gave us a leisurely trip that allowed for plenty of time to deal with any potential issues - and we had issues on a couple of trips. It meant pulling into Tacoma around 4, dropping the trailer, checking into our rooms, ordering dinner for the team, and then topping the truck off so we wouldn't have to stop on the way home.
I love regatta travel days.
Unless campus visitations, and preview days fell on regatta days. That happened a couple of times, and made for some very hectic moments trying to meet potential recruits and give them and their parents your undivided attention - they came to see you after all - while still accomplishing everything needed before leaving.
Those days were fun for a different set of reasons.
This is my, "Day in the life."
330 AM - First alarm goes off. Turn on light. Reset phone (phone stays on all night).
340 AM - Second alarm goes off. Get up.
345 AM - Turn on kettle in the kitchen. Check temp. outside. Check phone for e-mails, text messages. Check weather on phone. Check Google calendar for schedule.
350 AM - Dress according to weather and practice - water or land. Grab extra clothing if preview day/recruit visitation.
400 AM - Brush teeth, check and fix hair (usually a tragic mess). Fix green tea while brushing teeth.
410 AM - Grab tea, water bottle, handful of almonds, start car.
420 AM - Leaving house.
500 AM - Arrive on campus (land day). Laugh about taking the best parking spot in the lot.
515 AM - Open office, turn on the computer, grab notebook, and practice plans. Turn on lights in erg room, open auxiliary gym, and turn on lights. Address e-mails/texts if needed.
530 AM - Athletes start arriving. Head coach stays at main door to let people in. Head to auxiliary gym to begin warm ups.
600 AM - Warm ups done, practice discussed with coxswain and athletes.
715 AM - Practice ends. Finish with static stretching.
730 AM - Breakfast at "Word of Mouth" Cafe. Egg whites, dry toast, fruit cup, three glasses of ice water (creature of habit).
740 AM - Coffee or chai at favorite local coffee shop.
800 AM - In office. Check e-mail, Google calendar. Write up review from morning practice.
1000 AM - Morning practice review done. Midmorning snack (almonds, baby carrots, or low fat Greek yogurt - plain or vanilla).
1030 AM - Meeting with athlete over practice performance, attendance, "where they stand."
1100 AM - Meeting with coxswain over upcoming regatta, go over warm up and race plans.
1145 AM - Staff meeting with lunch.
200 PM - End of meeting. Walk around campus.
220 PM - Return to office.
230 PM - Meeting with team captain.
300 PM - Afternoon snack (almonds, baby carrots, or low fat Greek yogurt - plain or vanilla).
315 PM - Head to boathouse.
330 PM - Protein drink. Help set up afternoon water practice with varsity women. Check gas levels in launches.
415 PM - Athletes start to arrive.
430 PM - Working with Open Four while head coach works with Varsity Eight.
615 PM - Back at the boathouse.
645 PM - Back on campus. Snack (almonds, baby carrots, or low fat Greek yogurt - plain or vanilla).
700 PM - Varsity Men second optional practice in erg room (tech work or supplemental piece on erg).
830 PM - Second practice ends.
900 PM - Finish writing up supplemental practice review. Are we on track with season plan?
915 PM - Close up office. Close down erg room. Head home.
945 PM - Home. Dinner. Shower. Bed.
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