The human body can not run without oxygen. Oxygen is the key ingredient in the chemical reaction that powers the muscles. The way the body gets oxygen is by breathing in air and then extracting the oxygen that is contained in the air. Consequently, if a runner does not under proper breathing while running, he […]
Positive Self-Talk While Running
Many runners sabotage their races before they begin. Before they take one step off the start line, they ensure disappointment at the end of the race and confusion about what went wrong. The truth is that these runners’ failures have nothing to do with their physical conditioning, but rather result from not engaging in positive […]
The Fight or Flight Response and Running
One of the most primitive emotions in the human body is also one of the most important factors in running performance – but only if managed properly. This emotion is known as the “fight or flight” response. The fight or flight response developed early in the evolutionary history of human beings as a way for […]
Dealing with Running Failures
Every runner will experience a running failure. It’s inevitable. Just because you have a goal of running a three hour marathon does not mean that you will actually run three hours Just because you have trained hard for the last two months does not mean that you’ll be immune from an injury that wipes out […]
Racing with Confidence
It is impossible to be a successful runner without confidence. In order to run to the best of his or her ability a runner needs to have complete trust in his or her training and ability to run fast. But what does true confidence feel like?A recent study in the Journal of Sports Science, provides […]
