Perry Louis Fields

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Oct 12th, 2010 by admin . No comments yet When I first moved to Colorado Springs, I didn’t know anyone other then my friend/classmate from West Point. It was actually her idea for me to come out here to train when I was looking for a place to go last year. I liked the idea of going somewhere and trying to refocus myself after having Lyme disease for so many years. I didn’t have a whole lot of confidence in coming back, but knew it was time for me to do so. A few months passed and I found it very motivating to be in Co Springs. I spent much of the year training hard and harder and trying to get back to the level I used to be at. So I made the decision to move-move back in the spring of this year. It was hard because I was going back to a place where I had no coach at, just because I liked it there. At 31, I just didn’t feel like following a coach around and being somewhere I didn’t want to be or be with a group of training partners I didn’t like. In your early twenties or mid twenties, you do these things. When you get a little older and more mature (which is usually the time that athletes do their best), they stop doing these things. Part of the success is about being happy. When I have to do long run (which I hate doing), I think about how happy I am doing it because I’m running in the mountains and it’s motivating. Something I hated before, turns into something I enjoy. In spring, I was at the track (and there are many good ones here) and I happen to meet a runner and his wife. The wife (a Bosnian girl who runs the same events), has the potential to be the perfect training partner for me and is very talented and a few years younger. After hooking up with them, I just recently met their friends, Khalid and Sandra Khannouchi. Khalid has won the Chicago marathon a bunch and is a World Recorder holder for the marathon. His wife is his coach! I see a lot of female coaches, coaching females, but when you see a female coach successful men…that’s REALLY COOL. That’s the ultimate respect. I had a talk with Sandra last night for the first time. Sandra and Khalid are moving here. Khalid will be training some with my friend ( they are both originally from Morocco). Sandra had interest in coaching me so we sat down and spoke about it. Usually I would not even consider a female coach. I had a terrible one in high school and my last year at Clemson University. Both were cruel, pretentious, control freaks and worst of all, the college coach was very insecure ( she fell very short in her actual coaching abilities and knew it, the athletes had no respect for her). However, I have to admit. I had a few dreams this past year about being coached by a blond woman! And I have to also admit to the fact that some of the greatest female middle distance performances of all time, have had female coaches behind them. Some of the best athletes in my event have female coaches. So obviously, I’d be a fool if I let my past influence my future. There will always be a few bad apples everywhere…there are probably just a lot more involved in sports (coaches, agents and even athletes).

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