Team HP3 · The Dreaming Season

Season review and goal setting

Your next season starts with the one you just finished. We review the year in evidence, not memory: your coach prepares a data pack from TrainingPeaks, you tell us what the numbers cannot see, and together we set goals that fit you, not a template.

For athletes coached by Team HP3 · 30 to 45 minutes · your coach reads every word

An HP3 coach and athlete reviewing season data together on a tablet
How it works

Five steps, then we keep the loop alive

This is not a form you fill in once a year. It is the first step of a cycle we run together, and your goals stay live documents we review each quarter.

1

Your data pack

Your coach reviews your season in TrainingPeaks: training, races, and last year's goals, scored honestly.

2

Your reflection

You complete the exercise below with the pack beside you. The data starts the story; you finish it.

3

The review call

The important part. We agree next season's goals together on a call, not by form.

4

Your goal charter

One page we both sign up to: your why, your goals, your races, and the plan for when things wobble.

5

Your season plan

The charter builds your annual plan in TrainingPeaks, and we review goals together every quarter.

Reflect back before moving forward

Three questions before any goal is set

Structured reflection is a clinical skill, not nostalgia. The exercise walks you through it properly, including the part most reviews skip: how the season actually felt.

An HP3 athlete sitting on a summit at sunrise, looking out over a cloud inversion

What?

What actually happened: the wins, the setbacks, and what your season cost you. Honest beats impressive; what did not work is the most useful thing you can tell us.

So what?

What it means: what you learned about yourself as an athlete, and whether your reasons for doing this have changed.

Now what?

What comes next: the dream worth chasing over three years, and the season that gets you a step closer.

Set goals that fit you

The right type of goal, for the right athlete, at the right time

The evidence has moved on from one-size-fits-all target setting. A goal type that drives one athlete forward can quietly break another, so we choose the mix together on your call. Outcome goals are fragile by design; process and learning goals bend without breaking, and every big goal gets an if-then plan for the obstacles we already know are coming.

Outcome

A result: a placing, a time. Powerful, and fragile; we cap how many you carry.

Performance

Your own staging posts: beat your own number, not the field's.

Process

The daily and weekly actions you fully control. These go into TrainingPeaks.

Learning

For new territory: master the skill first, chase the number after.

Open

See what you can do, without a target attached. Underrated, and evidence-backed.

Beyond sport

A season that fits your life

Training is one part of a whole person. The exercise asks about the hours you honestly have, the life events we should plan around, your health and energy, and at least one goal that has nothing to do with sport. That balance is not a nice-to-have: it is what keeps athletes in the sport for a decade rather than a season.

An HP3 athlete laughing with his baby in his arms at a race finish
The exercise

Start your season review

Only complete this if you are coached by Team HP3. A copy goes to the coaching staff, your answers are saved to your athlete record, and your coach reads them alongside your data pack before your review call.

HP3 coached athletes

Review your season with us

You will need the data pack your coach sent you: your season story in evidence, with last year's goals scored. About 30 minutes well spent.

New to HP3

Tell us where you are starting from

No data pack yet; your answers are the baseline your next review builds on. Tell us about your last season, wherever and however you trained.

What happens next

Your coach picks it up from here

Within a few days your coach will read your reflection against your data pack and book your review call. Nothing you write is graded and nothing is final until we have talked: the call is where your 2027 goals are actually set.