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Standards and Expectations

Create the plan well. Keep the scope clear.

Plan creation works when the output is thoughtful and the boundaries are explicit. This is not monthly coaching.

Core Standards

Race-Specific Decision Making

  • -Your decisions are rooted in the target race and the athlete intake, not generic endurance advice.
  • -You only create plans for races you have completed, unless we explicitly approve a close equivalent.
  • -You explain important decisions clearly enough that the athlete can trust the plan without needing ongoing coaching.
  • -You use the template intelligently. You do not change things just to make the plan feel custom.

Respect for the Athlete Intake

  • -You build around the athlete real available time, training access, and constraints.
  • -If the athlete has 6 hours per week, the plan should fit 6 hours. You do not push them into a fantasy schedule.
  • -You use empathy from your own training life to judge what is realistic for someone like them.
  • -You identify the changes that matter most and leave the rest of the template alone.
  • -You make the plan understandable, realistic, and race-specific.

Clear Scope and Boundaries

  • -The engagement is complete once the plan is delivered and the one-week clarification window has ended.
  • -You are not responsible for future holiday changes, illness amendments, race-week decisions, or monthly check-ins.
  • -You do not continue informal chat beyond the clarification window unless a separate agreement is created.
  • -You keep communication professional and focused on the plan.

What You Are Expected to Do

Plan Personalisation

  • -Review the athlete intake carefully
  • -Start from the approved race-specific template
  • -Personalise volume, session placement, terrain substitutions, and race-specific focus where needed
  • -Account for shared life constraints such as work, family, travel, terrain access, and limited weekly hours
  • -Add notes that explain important choices
  • -Submit a plan that can stand on its own

Clarification Window

  • -Answer genuine questions for one week after plan delivery
  • -Clarify why sessions or exercises were chosen
  • -Help if the athlete spots a real issue in the upcoming plan
  • -Keep answers focused on understanding the delivered plan
  • -Do not allow clarification to become ongoing coaching

What You Are Not Expected to Do

These boundaries keep the Plan Creator role sustainable and separate from full coaching.

You do not provide monthly coaching

There are no scheduled monthly calls, progress reviews, or ongoing accountability check-ins in this role.

You do not amend the plan after the clarification window

Holiday changes, illness, work disruption, missed training, and life changes are outside the one-off plan creation scope.

You are not available for open-ended chat

The athlete has one week after plan delivery for genuine clarification. After that, you have no obligation to continue chatting.

You are not a sports medicine professional

If the athlete has a medical or injury concern, they should speak to a qualified clinician. You do not diagnose or treat injuries.

You are not responsible for the race result

You create the best plan you can from the information provided. The athlete execution, circumstances, and race-day outcome are not your responsibility.

The clean version: create the plan, answer genuine clarification questions for one week, then the engagement ends unless the business explicitly creates a separate follow-on service.

Questions about the role?

Read common answers about scope, time commitment, and expectations.

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