New Years resolutions need to be anchored in absurdity and made achievable through our dreams. They need to be hard so we have the opportunity to fail. It is actually in the failing that makes the goal inspiring. JFK didn’t encourage the American people to go to the corner store to get sausage roll. He challenged them to lift their eyes to the impossible. And our mothers kindly said the same thing to lovingly nurse us towards a better version of ourselves.
If you are reading this, you already know that endurance training goes well beyond the physical realm. To train and finish the crazy goals that you set yourself you need, mental fortitude, resilience, and a strong sense of self. On the surface it would seem that an Austrian psychotherapist born in 1870 would know very little about endurance sport considering the first marathon was not run until he was 26 years old. It is only when you delve into Adlerian psychology, that you can see that there is a direct link between the mind and endurance.
In fact if you did sleep you were hindering your progress, hamstringing your earnings and harpooning your career trajectory. One movie from the 1980s that popularized the idea of lack of sleep being a tool for a successful life was "Wall Street" (1987), in which the character Gordon Gekko famously says, "I'll sleep when I'm dead."
The ultra 355 endurance triathlon is a three day event that consists of a 5km swim followed by a 100km ride on day 1. Day 2 is a 200km bike and day 3 is a 50km run. Each day has a 8 hour cut off and athletes are required to be self supported. According to Ultra355, the ultra355 event attracts and unites competing athletes under its core values of respect (for self, the distance and for others), mateship and community.
Nestled in the rolling green hills adjacent to the Maleny golf course lies the hidden gem of the sunshine coast park run scene. Maleny Park Run.
As with all park runs, Maleny reflects the spirit of the community in which it is situated. And the Maleny spirit can best be described as confidently quirky. For those of you who are familiar with the eclectic street wares of the Maleny township you will know that Maleny has a none-to-subtle mix of old and new as well as a combination of shabby shek mixed with avant-garde. This inherent complexity can best be summed up with the perplexing juxtaposition of knitted telegraph poles adornments outside of multi million dollar high end properties. All things considered you can’t help but be impressed at how confident it is at being unashamedly unconventional.
They say don’t sweat the small stuff, that is until your goggles get knocked off at the first turn, you spend an eternity in T2 fighting with your shoelaces and your run goes from port-a-loo to port-a-loo wishing you had tested that new energy gel pre-race. When it comes to preparation for triathlon racing the old adage of ‘worry about the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves’ is far more apt.
Triathlon is an event that can bring fear to many and in others, stimulate a desire to push their own personal limits and answer the question, could I? Anybody can do a triathlon if they have support, encouragement and follow a well written program. The following article will outline the basics to succeed in your first enticer triathlon.
In training just as in life you need to give structure to your dreams in order for them to be achievable. Goals, which are dreams with a purpose, need to be above your current level of skill and ability in order for them to be worthwhile. Michael Phelps, for example, probably didn't dream of winning the 25 - 30 age division of the local masters 100 meters butterfly. He dreamed big, planned intelligently...
The brain is an amazing and at the same time mysterious organ. It coordinates all the systems of the body to maintain homoeostasis. In doing so it balances the internal operating system against the external environment to ensure we, as a whole, survive. If we are low on energy we get hungry, if we need water we get thirsty and if we get hot we sweat. Similar to a mother with a large brood of children the brain controls its systems by keeping...
