Posted by GC on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
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Training
The evenings are drawing out the calender is turning to March the season is creeping up. Exciting times and busy times. Five weeks an the first athletes will be toeing the line to begin their seasons. Whilst training emphasis may change gradually the simple basic stay the same. Execute them well and consistantly and the rewards will be their greatest. Its not complex simply look at yourself and support yourself the best you can. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Thursday, February 26, 2009,
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Food for thought
This morning during our swim set one of the athletes who shall remain nameless ( he is however from foreign shores) took great interest in the phrase "the sky is the limit" . His excitement could not be contained which was given away by the frantic gesticulation with his hands a sure sign for him of verbal overload. I would add at this time to you all it is much better rather than using the sky as a limit to "shoot for the stars". Aternatively simply Click here for all the answers to your pr... Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Wednesday, February 25, 2009,
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Legends
"I had over-trained," he said. "I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would have won.
"I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train with his body. He trains with his mind."
Posted by GC on Tuesday, February 24, 2009,
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Quotes
Todays quote is appropriate as Tiger Woods prepares to make his tournament return after over eight months out through injury and operations. Its very simple and applies to athletes and parents alike....
Posted by GC on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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Food for thought
The relentless pursuit of improvement is only dull and over bearing for those who lack ambition, desire, focus and drive. Its simple and a formula that works. No ifs, buts or maybes in this world. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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Legends
Get your popcorn ready and dust down your arm chair. You wont need any 3D glasses or colour screen for this movie on the legend of running who is Peter Snell and his coach Arthur Lydiard. Click here Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Friday, February 20, 2009,
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Training
Mo Farah talks about how he sees the way forward and its all about attitude. I would add not "attitude" but the right attitude. Click here to read more along with the strong links with Arsenal. Well I didnt say he was perfect ! Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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Quotes
A wise old owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird? (Edward H. Richards) Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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Food for thought
Luckily for most of us we do it naturally for our whole lives. Our life is determined by our ability to breathe. We fortunately dont have to continually think about the process as its able to flow in the back ground whilst we get on with life. However in sport it has a far greater role to play in our athletic performance than we may think. Our understanding of this and the patterns of breathing we observe on the different disciplines becomes key to us maximising performance. With breathing th...
Posted by GC on Sunday, February 15, 2009,
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Quotes
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. Its perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes weve learned something from yesterday."
Posted by GC on Friday, February 13, 2009,
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Team mates
We take for granted our language and the way we communicate. Its easy however to see that our language can be very confusing. Take a simple exercise of going to the shops. We have a Bakers, a Barbers and a Butchers all that are very similar in appearance and spelling to the untrained eye. We all know what you buy at a Bakers, bread, cakes , rolls etc (Shunty its just like an up market MCDs). Then we have a Barbers which is somewhere generally we have our hair cut ( Ricky its like a glorified ... Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Team mates
It appears that another athlete has come out and declared a love for Lord of the Rings ! From a coaching perspective this could be my greatest challenge to date as this monstrous illness heads towards epidemic proportions. Continue reading ...
Ivan Rana unfortunately didnt have the start that he would have wished for in his new adventure into the world of cycling Click here to find out more. Continue reading ...
Here is an interview with Sheila Tarmoania who represented the USA at three different Olympic Games in three different sports. Firstly Swimming in 1996 , no mean achievement in itself,secondly Triathlon in 2004 and thirdly Modern Pentathlon in 2008 Click here to read more about this exceptional woman. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Friday, February 6, 2009,
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Education
An interesting read about athletes travelling to Ireland to visit Gerard Hartmann renound Sports therapist and ex triathlete himself. Click hereto seethewho,swhowith visasgranted. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Thursday, February 5, 2009,
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Training
Mo Farah gives an insight into three months spent training in Ethiopia and Kenya from which he has just returned to run an Indoor 3000m PB of 7.40 Click here Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Wednesday, February 4, 2009,
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Hidden talents
Harry Villa (no relation to Aston) is one of the athletes in the club who has an amazing hidden talent of being able to string together full sentences when working at supposedly reasonably high intensity effort in turbo sessions. His ability to produce more words per minute than rpm is certainly a hidden talent that others would give a great deal to possess. It remains to be see whether harry is able to transfer this ability across disciplines to running and potentially swimming (which may pr... Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Wednesday, February 4, 2009,
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Food for thought
"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time."
Sir Winston Churhill
Simple words but very apt. The essence of staying in the now and I suggest making each of those links as strong as possible as you add them so that the chain has a greater opportunity of holding together as it becomes longer and the stresses on it become greater. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Tuesday, February 3, 2009,
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Legends
Running legend Mary Slaney was a pioneer for Womens distance running through the 70s and 80s. Starting her International career at 14 she was at the forefront of running from 800m to 10000m as women gradually became permitted to run longer distances.Click here to read more about her. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Tuesday, February 3, 2009,
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Education
Trying tp take the ability to fly to a new level perhaps ! Click hereUnfortunately there is always someone out there looking to make a buck. Continue reading ...
Posted by GC on Monday, February 2, 2009,
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Education
The world as we know it grounds to a halt at the fall of some snow. Facilities shut roads closed here we are in the 21st century and a leading nation in the world yet we are brought to our knees by some snow flakes. Continue reading ...
