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Vodcast: Winning mental strategies
By on 19/03/2012 14:49:41
Wave goodbye to race day nerves with advice from ASICS Target 26.2 and PRO Team psychologist Dr Victor Thompson
ASICS PRO Team sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson shares top strategies for setting targets, beating race day nerves and debriefing after the event.Whether it's a 5K or a spring marathon, your first race or your fiftieth, Dr Thompson's tips
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Plan Early: Race Day Mental Strategies
By on 26/09/2011 10:50:54
Perform at your best on race day by practising these key mental strategies throughout your training
Racing well is as much a product of mental strength as physical readiness, whether you're out to nail a PB or just finish. Too often, though, runners practise mental tricks such as visualisation just a few days before race day - if at all."That's a
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Train Your Brain (Preview)
By Martha Schindler on 13/07/2005 15:33:10
Improve your running with these four mental strategies (Non-subscriber preview)
with your eyes closed," says Robert Burton, a runner and psychiatry professor. Training your brain to help you run better isn't difficult, it just takes a little practice. So to help you, we've come up with 10 mental strategies for solving the most common
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Chrissie Wellington's Racing Tips
By Julie-Anne Ryan on 09/06/2011 15:15:58
Three-time Ironman World Champ reveals the mental strategy neeeded to complete a long-distance race
Preparing your mind for a long-distance race is just as important as preparing your body, says Chrissie Wellington. If that's what the three-time Ironman World Champion and world record holder thinks, then that's good enough for the rest of us. So we asked Wellington for her top ...
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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
you have a particular goal – like a successful race performance – consider all the things that you need to do, mentally and otherwise, to achieve that result. A lot of runners make the mistake of always expecting the best-case scenario, but by focusing
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Build your model marathon
By Pete Pfitzinger on 25/03/2013 14:18:30
You’ve done the hard work. Now here’s everything you need, piece by piece, to maximise your performance: from the perfect warm-up, pace and fuel strategies, to how to physically and mentally handle every part of race day.
up? How should you fuel? How should you handle the first miles, the first half, and the final six miles and 385 yards? Here, you’ll find the answers to all the questions you should be asking about race-day strategy, so you’ll squeeze everything from
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Marathon Toolkit: Engage your Brain
By on 11/04/2012 12:06:34
Discover how to use one of your best assets - your mind - to greatest effect in your spring marathon
Finishing a marathon takes huge reserves of mental strength. Sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson, part of the ASICS PRO Team, shares some of the principles of sports psychology to keep you running strong.Flick through our slideshow to discover Dr
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Sound Mind, Sound Body: How to Beat Pre-Race Nerves
By Andy Lane, Ruth Emmett on 01/11/2010 12:34:58
Professor of Psychology Andy Lane explains how positive thinking can improve performance
was going to fail. But remembering my goals raised my spirits and got me going better than ever."Strategy 3: Mental Imagery Elites often visualise themselves performing well. The more you use your imagination and inject the images with sound and colour
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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
runner on the road, and precious little on becoming a stronger runner in your mind? Big mistake. To achieve your true potential, it's essential to train mentally as well as physically. "The athlete who ignores the mental element of training quite simply
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Race Day Pacing Strategies (Preview)
By Alison Hamlett on 22/02/2007 16:10:18
On race day, smart pacing can make the difference between triumph and disaster. Reach your potential with these suggested strategies (non-subscriber preview)
runners had trained hard and were mentally prepared for the challenge but the pair adopted completely different approaches to race strategies.Radcliffe set the pace, as she had in all her previous marathons, daring the other runners to keep up with her
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