10 things endurance athletes need to stop doing
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JustWant2Run
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Good read:
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/10-things-endurance-athletes-need-to-stop-doing
In my case I need to focus on that one:
"10. Stop Being Negative With Yourself
There is nothing anyone or any coach can tell you that will supersede what you say to yourself. If you don't believe in yourself when you toe that start line, the result is pretty much already determined."
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/10-things-endurance-athletes-need-to-stop-doing
In my case I need to focus on that one:
"10. Stop Being Negative With Yourself
There is nothing anyone or any coach can tell you that will supersede what you say to yourself. If you don't believe in yourself when you toe that start line, the result is pretty much already determined."
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I'm confused by #1. I thought the junk food and drinking were the recovery?0
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I'm intrigued.0
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I'm confused by #1. I thought the junk food and drinking were the recovery?
LOL! Right? :-)
In all seriousness, I am guilty of a lot of these. Thanks for posting!0 -
Great reminder! #10 is my favorite. I've been guilty of walking up to the start line already thinking I won't hit my goal.0
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agree with the others...i'm confused by #1 lol i run to drink! kidding!
I am guilty of a lot of these! specially #4 - i need to lose still quite a bit of weight...but at least i am out there every day grinding!0 -
4. Stop Ignoring your Diet and Weight
^^^^ This, this, this, this!0 -
I'm half guilty on #4. I've been loosing weight, but I haven't really been eating the most healthy items/meals.0
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can never take my junk food and beer from me! Only from my cold dead hands hahaha0
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#2 is me. Wednesday , as prescribed by my typical training plans, should be speed work. Intervals, tempo runs, whatever. Lately, however, it's become "Let's just get a quick 2-3 in and do some weights" with the guys I work with. 1 month to my next half-marathon, I think it's time to get back on plan.0
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LOL! I ran my best half-marathon ever, came in first in my age group and was eating fresh pizza at 9 AM (see #1). I came up with a new saying based upon a line from "Apocalypse Now"
"I love the taste of fresh pizza in the morning! It tastes like VICTORY!"0 -
I'm not stating definitively that he's wrong about warm-ups and cool-downs, but I'd like to see the research that "shows these help greatly with performance and recovery."
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/when-warming-up-for-exercise-less-may-be-more/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=00 -
I'm certainly guilty of #1, 3 and 5. Last weekend I did back to back races (spartan sprint, 1/2 marathon), like a crazy person. Took Monday off, but even yesterday my run was not what it could have been. More than once I've skipped a short run because work went way way late, and that leads to number 5 and obsessing about not getting in the volume I should. I'm currently afraid that the 20 mile long run won't be enough prep for my marathon and debating taking a week less taper and going for a 22-24 mile run because volume.0
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That was my sense as well. I thought the research was rather lack-luster on warm-up/cool downs0
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i'm only negative with myself when I don't meet my goal time. people often reply, "but you ran a half marathon!"0
