www.nytimes.com/.../19best.html
I believe the principles stated in thiis article will be helpful for improving performance across a spectrum of activities (not just sports). And I recall that some of the techniques mentioned in the article have been advocated in other posts.
See you in the water,
Philipp
My longest events that I care about are over in less than 3 min so this is in a slightly different context,but I notice during a race I process pain differently than at other times.It is like it is just information,it doesn't have the negative associations it has at other times.For me,it isn't about forcing through pain,it's more about "if I hurt more, my body will slow down"(from lactic acid build up,etc.) or "this doesn't hurt enough(for this point in the race)speed up."Again this is for short races,but do others have this experience?
My longest events that I care about are over in less than 3 min so this is in a slightly different context,but I notice during a race I process pain differently than at other times.It is like it is just information,it doesn't have the negative associations it has at other times.For me,it isn't about forcing through pain,it's more about "if I hurt more, my body will slow down"(from lactic acid build up,etc.) or "this doesn't hurt enough(for this point in the race)speed up."Again this is for short races,but do others have this experience?
