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Psychology & Motivation

42 articles — Mental toughness, race-day anxiety, motivation and goal-setting, flow state, mindset, and the inner game of the long race.

· 2002 Basic Training for a 3:00 Marathon Parts 1 and 2 of Rich Benyo's marathon training series appeared in our last two issues and covered training for a first and 3:30 marathon, respectively.… Richard Benyo · 28 min read Vol. 3, No. 6 · 1999 Life at the Sands Men, it is said, live together and die alone. Runners live alone and die or suffer together. Only after a race does their reserve dissolve. In… Barry Lewis · 38 min read M&B Vol. 3, No. 6 · 1999 On THE Mark 1. I'M CURRENTLY RUNNING in Lahore, Pakistan. The air here can sometimes be quite polluted. I'm wondering how running in these conditions affects my muscles. Any… Editorial Staff · 3 min read M&B Vol. 5, No. 5 · 2001 Ultra Marathon Culture Ultramarathons—races longer than the standard 26.2-mile marathon distance—have grown in popularity over the last couple of decades. From 50K races to 100-mile events, and beyond, the… Editorial Staff · 1 min read M&B Vol. 5, No. 5 · 2001 The Mental Game The marathon is as much a mental challenge as it is a physical one. In fact, for many runners, the mental aspect is harder than the… Editorial Staff · 1 min read Vol. 19, No. 2 · 2015 Letit Snow The early-morning symphony of snowplow blades scraping the city streets doesn’t have to bury your planned run. After a fresh drop of the white stuff, hit… Clint Cherepa · 8 min read Vol. 19, No. 1 · 2015 Under Two Hours—And Beyond The marathon: a magic distance and event, one that requires ambition, planning, determination, courage, persistence, stamina, and endurance, all traits the Greek messenger Pheidippides was required… Pj. Christman · 13 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 An African Adventure It all began with a shirt, a shirt I had never seen but one that I was convinced would be the ultimate souvenir of my Peace… Maureen Welcker · 12 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 When Atrail God Falls, “Love Endures” If you were like me during this year’s Hardrock 100-mile endurance run, you got online at 4:00 a.m. Saturday to find out what was happening at… Rhonda Claridge · 13 min read Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 The Art Of Ultrarunning “A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected by in as many ways as they’re capable of understanding.” –Steve… Phil Mccarthy · 8 min read Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 Shooting The Palo Duro 20K, 50K, And 50-Mile As a boy child in the 1950s, with an imagination fueled by TV and movie westerns, most of my play activities were built around playing cowboys… Mike Langille · 9 min read Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 More Bang For A Buck! Swine fever Three things brought me to Cincinnati: my childhood love of the “big red machine” (baseball), Skyline Chili, and of course, my highest priority—the Pig… Paul Gentry · 16 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Training For The Long Haul Runners know that no important goal comes without hard work. We like hard work—thrive on it, in fact. But we can also be amazingly shortsighted. Somehow,… Richard A. Lovett · 14 min read Vol. 17, No. 4 · 2013 The 10 Most Important Marathons in History Humans have been running, if not racing, long distances probably since before the beginning of recorded time. But more often this was for survival rather than… Hal Higdon · 11 min read M&B Vol. 17, No. 3 · 2013 Applying Mental Preparation To The Marathon Being an endurance athlete and psychologist with a specialization in sports performance, I read with interest Nathan Ritz’s article “The Effects of Mental Preparation for Distance… David R. Asp · 15 min read M&B Vol. 17, No. 1 · 2013 Run To Write Every run has a beginning, middle, and end. The same can be said about stories, essays, articles, and poems. The similarities between running and writing do… Clint Cherepa · 6 min read Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 The Purple Runner, Part 9 The Purple Runner Chris makes a date to run a sub-5:00 mile with the Purple Runner. Part 9. BY PAUL CHRISTMAN Chapter 23 “T hings are… Paul Christman · 26 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Punish Your Bones Twenty-two years ago this year, I ran in the New York City Marathon. Please note that I did not say that I ran the New York… John Huebl · 8 min read Vol. 14, No. 6 · 2010 The Wall Story 1 Zombie Runner They walk kind of funny and don’t talk a lot. If you stand at mile 20, you’ll see them a-plenty, and you’ll… Arnold Hogarth · 18 min read M&B Vol. 14, No. 5 · 2010 Research In 2009 Coquart, J., M. Alberty, and L. Bosquet. 2009. Validity of a nomogram to predict long distance running performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 23(7):2119-2123. Delgado,… Elizabeth A. Loughren And Michael L. Sachs · 3 min read Vol. 14, No. 4 · 2010 When Hitting The Wall Takes On A New Meaning At one time or another, almost every marathoner “hits a wall” in the marathon. But in the Great Wall Marathon, runners literally hit the wall—twice. Runners… Brendan Cournane · 16 min read Vol. 14, No. 1 · 2010 How to Better Televise a Marathon Ithink it was right about the time that Olympic gold medalist Sammy Wanjiru was bursting through the tunnel leading into the Bird’s Nest that I was… Tito Morales · 17 min read Vol. 13, No. 5 · 2009 Accessing The “Zone” “You can be anything you want to be, Just turn yourself into anything You think that you could ever be . . .” “Innuendo,” Queen The… Ron Mccracken · 11 min read Vol. 13, No. 1 · 2009 One World, Many Dreams Running the World One World, Many Dreams The walls in our lives are placed there to be surmounted. by Rebecca Byerly “The brick walls are there… Rebecca Byerly · 25 min read
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