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5 weeks to go…magic mantra

by Josephine Perry | Mar 3, 2020 | Confidence, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology

So the big focus for this past week was The Big Half. A fab half marathon which starts near the Tower of London, heads under the Rotherhithe tunnel all the way to Canary Wharf, back to Tower Bridge and along to Greenwich. You finish in front of the Cutty Sark. We got...

6 weeks to go…Training diary

by Josephine Perry | Feb 28, 2020 | Improve, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology

The Brighton Half marathon was fun. But it took a lot of mental energy to make it that way. A few days before with Storm Dennis on his way they decided there would be no finish barrier or infrastructure that could be blown over but other than that all was going ahead....

7 weeks to go…stars in the dark

by Josephine Perry | Feb 19, 2020 | Confidence, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology, Support

A good week for training. Started badly though. Went for a run and after 25 minutes felt dizzy and blugh. Did another 5 minutes but no better so turned round and headed back. Next day’s intervals not much better. But a swim on the Thursday was pretty magic. My coach...

8 weeks to race day…Weaknesses

by Josephine Perry | Feb 12, 2020 | Improve, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology

Last week’s training went ok – I’m not great on sticking to paces outside so when one of my sessions called for different paces throughout I thought I should do it on the treadmill. We have a treadmill in the garage so at least I didn’t need to fight to be...

9 weeks to race day…Values

by Josephine Perry | Feb 4, 2020 | Athlete Wellbeing, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology

Another green week. :0) I’ve now hit my goal of four green weeks. Some of this is more focus and effort on my part – some of this is down to working more closely with my coach so the training which goes in matches my workload better – giving me fewer excuses. I...
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