Comments on: Don’t let fear overcome your common sense http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html Marathoning Made Simple Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:44:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Matter over Mind » How your body controls your thoughts « Run to Win » http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html/comment-page-1#comment-35933 Matter over Mind » How your body controls your thoughts « Run to Win » Tue, 01 May 2007 00:04:30 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html#comment-35933 [...] how your mind controls your body. Specifically, we have discussed how important focus is, how fear can derail even the best laid plans, and the importance of visualisation. The state of mind that [...] [...] how your mind controls your body. Specifically, we have discussed how important focus is, how fear can derail even the best laid plans, and the importance of visualisation. The state of mind that [...]

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html/comment-page-1#comment-34489 Blaine Moore Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:41:11 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html#comment-34489 Yeah, I had that in mind when I wrote that. It's one of my favorite quotes. Yeah, I had that in mind when I wrote that. It’s one of my favorite quotes.

]]> By: planet3rry http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html/comment-page-1#comment-34477 planet3rry Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:09:23 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/04/18/dont-let-fear-overcome-your-common-sense.html#comment-34477 Very good post... It's a mental dress rehearsal about race day. Even just having a strategy during the race can help with unexpected things during the race: change of weather, absence of drinks, injury, hitting the wall, etc. <b>The best way to learn what works is to find all of the ways that do not work.</b> Thomas Edison has a famous quote about finding the right configuration for lightbulb and saying that he found 9,999 different ways on how to not make a lightbulb. Each race is different and almost ever runner has a different aspect of the same race, so reading race reports can be very valuable. Very good post… It’s a mental dress rehearsal about race day. Even just having a strategy during the race can help with unexpected things during the race: change of weather, absence of drinks, injury, hitting the wall, etc.

The best way to learn what works is to find all of the ways that do not work. Thomas Edison has a famous quote about finding the right configuration for lightbulb and saying that he found 9,999 different ways on how to not make a lightbulb. Each race is different and almost ever runner has a different aspect of the same race, so reading race reports can be very valuable.

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