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Beating Exercise Fatigue
By Matt Fitzgerald on 06/03/2007 18:50:48
You know that heavy feeling in your legs that makes you slow down? It starts in your head. Here's how to teach your mind to let you run longer and stronger
As any runner who’s ever felt their legs turn into lead anvils at the end of a hard session or race knows, running further or faster all boils down to a battle against fatigue. So you train to increase either the distance or the pace – or both – you
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Charity Fatigue Syndrome
By Andy Blackford on 09/09/2003 10:30:17
Charity may start in the home, but these days it always seems to end up at a race of some sort
’t place on a map.Everyone I know is suffering from Charity Fatigue. There’s a limit to how many times you can mug and blackmail the shrinking circle of surly, tight-lipped misanthropes you once called friends. So nowadays, I prefer to sponsor others than
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When two runs a day beat one
By on 22/02/2013 10:43:00
Running twice a day sounds like a recipe for fatigue and injury. But it can actually aid recovery and boost performance gains, says Steve Magness.
on a longer single run. On these shorter runs you have plenty of fuel stores and rely primarily on your heavily fatigue-resistant slow-twitch muscle fibres. The result: no lingering fatigue or damage. Instead, you get an increase in blood flow twice
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Make mine a double
By Steve Magness on 23/04/2013 12:11:50
Running twice a day sounds like a recipe for fatigue and injury. But it can actually aid recovery and boost performance gains, says Steve Magness
on a longer single run. On these shorter runs you have plenty of fuel stores and rely primarily on your heavily fatigue-resistant slow-twitch muscle fibres. The result: no lingering fatigue or damage. Instead, you get an increase in blood flow twice
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Running Psychology: Improve Your Performance
By Runner's World on 02/11/2009 08:32:55
How do you manage your emotions while running? Take out the guesswork by participating in this new research project
We've been asked to help find hundreds of runners for a new research project into psychological states while running. Read on to discover how you could learn about some innovative techniques to improve your running experience and get personalised feedback from one of the UK's to...
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Mind Over Matter: Race-Day Psychology
By Alice Palmer on 22/07/2009 12:32:09
From pre-race nerves to the final kick, channel your brainpower into peak racing performance
about the course you give your brain beforehand, the more accurately it can anticipate the challenges ahead to help you maintain your pace and effort.If the fatigue and pain feel like just too much, forget the whole distance ahead and just focus
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Think Tough
By Matt Barbour on 25/09/2008 16:56:41
A strong mind makes an even stronger runner, so it's time to break the mental barrier that's holding you back
will encourage them to relax, which in turn will ward off the tension that causes them to shorten, tighten and fatigue."I lose all focus in racesWhat's happening En route to the finish line, the racing environment bombards us with information, and we have
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Think Tough (Preview)
By Matt Barbour on 25/09/2008 16:55:25
A strong mind makes an even stronger runner, so it's time to break the mental barrier that's holding you back (non-subscriber preview)
It's an all too common story: runner sets achievable goals; runner puts in the necessary physical training to meet goals; runner falls short on race day. So, what's the problem? Could it be that you're spending too much time becoming a stronger runner on the road, and precious li...
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Brain Training
By Alice Palmer on 30/03/2009 10:55:49
Discover how to get yourself out of training trouble using your mind with these mental strategies from accredited sport psychologist Keith Power
Keith Power is a BASES (British Association of Sport and Exercises Sciences) accredited sport psychologist and managing director of sports psychology consultants A Different Mindset (www.adifferentmindset.com).A former international athlete and Great Britain bobsleigher, Keith is...
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Are You Overtraining?
By Roy Stevenson on 21/10/2010 17:14:02
Determination can mean ignoring the signs of overtraining - at your peril
We've all had grim days when we've felt lethargic and fatigued as we slogged through training - days when our body has simply failed to respond as it should. And we all experience aches and pains that we think are to be expected in triathlon
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