Tag: Front of the pack ultrarunners

Sport Psychologist VS Licensed Professional Counselor

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What's the difference between a sport psychologist and a licensed professional counselor? And how do you know what service you may need? I notice a lot of confusion and misunderstandings between the two types of professionals, so I wanted to provide an understanding of how they are similar, different, and compliment each other. (Specifically for … Continue reading Sport Psychologist VS Licensed Professional Counselor →

Burning River 100 Post-Race Questionnaire 2023

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Have you ever done a post-race reflection? Here's an idea, first, do a pre-event visualization and think about what your hopeful outcomes were. For the post-race questionnaire, think about what were the actual outcomes. I give my clients both a pre-race visualization and a post-race questionnaire. Below, you will read about why you should do … Continue reading Burning River 100 Post-Race Questionnaire 2023 →

13 Mental Aspects of the Backyard Ultramarathon for Life

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What is a backyard ultra? The backyard ultra is a form of ultramarathon race where competitors must consecutively run the distance of 6.706 kilometres in less than one hour. The race is over when only one runner remains to complete a lap. This runner is marked as the winner and only finisher, with all other … Continue reading 13 Mental Aspects of the Backyard Ultramarathon for Life →

Why Don’t We Take a Shot?

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Why don't we take a shot? We miss opportunities in life when we pass on them. Speaking up at work This can be at work, like if we decide to stay quiet in a meeting because you question whether or not what you have to say is valuable information. What if what you have to … Continue reading Why Don’t We Take a Shot? →

How Do You get Pumped Up to Race?

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https://youtu.be/eY0eUInNatc Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more mindset and mental wellness tips We all have that zone that we need to get into either when we're doing a difficult training workout or racing.. what do you do to get there? Answers are going to vary from person to person, there are technically no "right" … Continue reading How Do You get Pumped Up to Race? →

The Get Lucky 50/50 50 Miler Race Report (2022)

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Race Start https://youtu.be/mS7kATFfQGM Get Lucky 50/50 race start. Please visit my YouTube and subscribe! 10:23:33 Overall: 32/54 (1 DNF) Overall Female: 5th AG: 1st - got a bottle of wine! Blackberry Merlot from the local Dragonfly Winery est. 2017 50 mi PB/PR Worked my butt off for this. The out-and-back course Me and Bryan I … Continue reading The Get Lucky 50/50 50 Miler Race Report (2022) →