Marathoning Images to Run 26.2 Mindfully
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / June 2, 2007 / Posted in The Running MindMake an “O” with your middle finger and thumb
That circle is an eye hook
Please screw it the top of your head
Attached to that eye hook is a fine silk thread
Attached to the silk thread is a: Hawk, Hummingbird, or Butterfly
Please choose one.
Your totem hovers over your head during every run you do
It lifts [...]
How to make 180 steps/minute feel really slow
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / May 29, 2007 / Posted in Running Form & StyleI’ve changed to a faster cadence 180 to 190 and find my speed has increased.Before I used to think about increasing the length of stride to get faster , but now I just think Cadence , cadence , cadence! It will feel strange at first as though you are going slower with baby steps, don’t [...]
Knowing About & Caring for Your Friend: The Achilles Tendon
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / May 27, 2007 / Posted in Running Injury PreventionThis runner in marathon training developed a case of “mild” Achilles tendonitis in his right let. He identified it as a dull ache right behind the ankle/just above the heel. He had been on his training schedule with long runs every other week (the last one being 20 miles) with one inteval session or tempo [...]
A Look At Psychology While Running: Thanks Abhay Wherever You Run
1 Comment by Ozzie MR / May 27, 2007 / Posted in The Running MindA Look At Psychology While Running: Thanks Abhay Wherever You Run
c. 2007 Austin “Ozzie” Gontang, Ph.D.
Definition of craziness is “doing the same thing expecting different results.”
Over the years I just happened to use running as a metaphor for life. I’ve basically shared some of my perceptions and put them to the test of fellow runners [...]
Listening To Runners’ Thinking: The Useful/Useless Knowledge A Runner Gathers
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / April 28, 2007 / Posted in The Running MindI always come back to the same point where I started my run. No matter how far I run, in a sense I never get anywhere. It is about non-judgment. Reality always wins, our only task is to get in touch with it. When queried about being useful or useless, good or bad, right or [...]
The Day Before the Marathon: Understanding and Living ADHD
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / April 28, 2007 / Posted in The Running MindThe Day Before the Marathon: Understanding and Living ADHD
c. 2001 Austin “Ozzie” Gontang, Ph.D.
In the late 70’s, the depletion phase was standard operating procedure. The idea being to super saturate regarding carboloading. Ability to store 1.2 to 1.4 times more glycogen were the numbers batted around.
After the Sunday run until Wednesday, we would go high [...]
Marathon Psyching Series: 5. The Week Before/The Month After
2 Comments by Ozzie MR / April 28, 2007 / Posted in Psyching SeriesPost Marathon Blues are real. It’s often part of the Alexander The Great Syndrome: Now what? Knowing that it can happen to you often diminishes the problems that the depression can cause.
Folklore means if it works for you, use it. If it doesn’t, don’t give it the time of day, least of all any emotional [...]
Marathon Psyching Series: 4. What to say when talking to yourself
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / April 28, 2007 / Posted in Psyching SeriesYour Words and Images Create Your Reality
© 1998 Austin “Ozzie” Gontang, Ph.D. & Int’l Assoc. of Marathoners™
Here is some sharing so that you can decrease the stress in your thinking. Already as you read this you are finding that your shoulders are relaxing and that you find it easier to take a deeper breath because [...]
Marathon Psyching Series: 3. Care & Support of Four-Hour Marathoners
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / April 28, 2007 / Posted in Psyching SeriesMarathon Psyching Series: 3. Care & Support of Four-Hour Marathoners
Marathoners, friends of Marathoners, co-workers of Marathoners,
TEAM In TRAINING, Joints In Motion, all marathoners and friends of
marathoners please pass this series on. Or save the series when you are
getting ready for your Marathon. Thanks. Ozzie
Hints for the Success of the Four Hour Marathoner (Super-Fours™)
©2000,2001 Austin “Ozzie” [...]
Marathon Psyching Series: 2. Marathoning: A Path
0 Comment by Ozzie MR / April 28, 2007 / Posted in Psyching SeriesWhile you can live for years, talking about the marathon you ran, the
endurance lifestyle as mirrored in the marathon calls you and me and all of
us to realize that we are interdependent. We are called to make a
difference, in whatever small way. We are called to run “The Marathon”
called life…well.
Marathoners, family and friends of marathoners, [...]
