With
so many people feeling inspired by the Olympics you may be wondering where to
start, so here is an extract from my e-book 'How to get off the Sofa and Start
Running'.
Getting your mind in your
run
"There are
people who have no bodies, only heads. And many athletes have no heads, only
bodies. A champion is a man who has trained his body and his mind"
- Coach Sam Dee The Olympian
However much your body might want to go for a run,
if your mind isn’t interested it’s unlikely that you will get out the door.
We can be very good at talking ourselves out of
doing something and so when you first start running it’s really good to think of
some outcomes that you want to achieve.
You can break these down from your long term
outcome and then smaller ones in order to keep you on track.
For instance a long term outcome maybe to take part
in a race, do a particular time, fit into a particular pair of jeans.
Your short term outcomes can then be to run 3 times
a week, to do a certain amount of mileage in a week, or spend a certain amount
of time running each week.
Our brains work really well when it knows what we
want to achieve and so if you have a good outcome in place this can help on
those days it seems more tricky to get out the door!
To create a great outcome think about what you want
to achieve and then build up a movie of it in your mind, what can you see
happening when you have this outcome, what can you hear and how do you
feel. The more detail you can put into this visualisation the more
compelling it becomes and the more likely you are to achieve it.
By building this vision at the beginning it can
mean that on those odd days when you can’t be bothered you can bring this
vision to the fore and it will help you get out the door.
I have a philosophy that on any given day running
can be 10% physical and 90% mental. If you are going to spend time
training your body to do what you want it to do, surely the same thinking goes
for training your brain!
And that’s not just for running…..
If you want to read the whole book which includes a 12 week plan you can order through:-
Amazon - http://amzn.to/howtogetoffthesofa
or
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