Running Endurance Sports

‘You can develop mental techniques to keep warm in a cold bath or to prevent panic setting in during a treadmill test when you think you cannot keep going. In long endurance races the same principle applies…–Fit for Life – Reach your personal best and stay there. By Ranulph Fiennes. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company.

 

Running a marathon or any long distance race is as much about mind power or mental training as physical conditioning. Most people can cope with the physical demands required for long distance races however, invariably it's the mental toughness that lets them down.

The state of hypnosis is not unusual and has similarities to the deep concentration attained by top performers in all walks of life. 
When an athlete has performed well and claims they were ‘in the Zone’ they are talking about an altered state of consciousness so intense they are able to achieve top results in their sport. The use of this Sports Hypnosis recording ‘trains’ the athlete to enter intense performance states when required during a race.
 

The use of this recording in the run up to an event will develop coping strategies when doubts in abilities to ‘carry on’ are exposed. Having these pre-programmed positive suggestions for various occurrences can help push one beyond what’s usually possible.