The running community has always seemed like a wonderful family to me. Always supporting, always helping, always encouraging, always loving… Runners raise money for charity, they overcome challenges and adversity, they receive the support of and bring together families, they require dedication, motivation and epitomise the things I love about the world. For marathon runners, [...]
Psychological Factors Affecting Injury?
After a little while of being injured, my research and explorations have started to really shine light on so much more than I had initially realized regarding the effect of psychology upon injury recovery and injury proneness. Today, rather than offer up specific processes for overcoming a running injury (of which there will be plenty [...]
Modeling and Self-Hypnosis To Deal With Running Injury
Following on from yesterday’s blog entry, I am on a mission to use all of the skills and knowledge and resources at my disposal to facilitate my rehabilitation both physically and psychologically. (Please read my previous entry on this blog for more information on my own current injury) Last year, I wrote about using observational [...]
Dealing with Being An Injured Runner!
It has been quiet on this Hypnosis For Running blog for a while. In addition to Fatherhood consuming my time, I have been teaching intensively, my business partner has had a kidney and tumour removed, running my business, and of course as you marathon runners will know – March is the month that the miles [...]
Hypnosis For Running Back Online – What’s Been Happening?
I have returned from a couple of weeks away in the West Country where I was unable to write for a variety of reasons. We’re back anbd online again now though. While away, I got to run along the Southwest Coastal Path, which was incredibly scenic, beautiful, rugged and yes… Hilly! I seriously do not [...]
Hypnosis For Running – Inspirational Imagery 09
It has been a little while since I posted one of these (and if you need reminding why I post these, read the first Hypnosis for Running – Inspirational Imagery here and then flick through and see the previous ones, they are great and I watch them regularly) but it is high time I posted one of [...]
Hypnosis For Running Training Log 2013 – 06. Plus Race Report
Last week was the biggest mileage week I have ever run in any preparation for a marathon. I ran 64 miles in total. The final 20 of those miles were at the Bramley 20 mile race which saw me suffer somewhat as I’ll explain shortly. I consider those miles a major investment as I aim [...]
Hypnosis For Running Training Log 2013 – 05
This has been a very tiring week, with an increase in mileage that my body has felt, but also with a notable increase in speed and strength from previous week’s efforts. At last night’s club intervals session, during the final 10 minute effort, I pushed further up the field than I ever have done at [...]
The Advancing of the Runner’s Mantra – Using Self-Hypnosis
First of all, let me kick off with a dictionary definition of what mantra actually is: man-tra Noun 1. (originally in Hinduism and Buddhism) A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. 2. A statement that is frequently repeated; a characteristic formula or refrain. Whilst out on a club efforts/intervals session on the [...]
Hypnosis For Running Training Log 2013 – 04
This has been a challenging week for me and my running. The mileage has been upped. My end of week long run last week had to be completed at nighttime after I had been teaching my diploma course all weekend. Here is a picture of me looking peculiar along the sea front at Hengistbury, about [...]
