So how does a sport psychologist prepare for a race…
I use five tools:
First, a Confidence Booster which helps me to pull together the training I have completed, my strengths, the elements I want to focus on and helps me remember the approach I want to take. 1/4

#MedalMonday

Medal 🥇 x 1️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ 🎉🎉🎉🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🤩

Always nice to tick ✅ off a new race event and course and I must admit the Wyre Wizard Forest super 7 miler was absolutely 👍 stunning and beautiful 🤩 🌲 with some unexpected sunshine ☀️ around it just added to a lovely run 🏃‍♂️!

#MedalMonday

Medal x 118 collected at the stunning and beautiful 🤩 Cannock chase running festival yesterday 👌👏👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳🥳👊🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏅

#MedalMonday
Took a count of my medals and yesterday was medal 🥇x 117 collected at the brilliant and very enjoyable Whitchurch 10km - one of my favourite 10km events to date 👏👏👏🏃‍♂️🏅🤩
#runr

A huge congrats 🥳 👏👏🏃‍♂️🏅👊

#MedalMonday
Some Easter 🐣 fun 🤩 and running at the stunning Chasewater country Park 👏👏👌🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏅🤩 #runr Nice Work 👏👏👏

#MedalMonday #MondayMotivation
So happy and proud to have paced my 1st event yesterday at the wolves 10km with RunThrough events and helping, supporting others smash their targets/goals - 👏👏👏
Congrats all 👊🤛🥳🥳🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ 🥇

Jasmin Paris Jasmin Paris finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.

Back on tour with #Fearless

Best wishes for 2024 and a happy new year 🥳 -
on reflection 2023 was a 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ cracker, full of adventures, new race events and meeting so many wonderful others from the 🏃‍♂️ running 🏃‍♀️ community 🙏👍😁🥳🥳 🏅

HM x 84 ✅🥳🥳🏃‍♂️🏅

The brilliant 🤩 Coventry half marathon today 👌
1700 runners 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️& charity fundraisers lined up for this outstanding event 👏
A day and run 🏃‍♂️ full of laughs, fun 🤩, support and togetherness 🙏🏅 #morememories

Have a great week ahead all 👍

'Alan, in your experience, what are appropriate performance goals for different time commitments?'

Below you'll find a table of 5K times for different age-groups at different levels of development/training time commitment that I will be adding to Chapter 1 of my book.

A couple

HM x 83 🥳🎉🏃‍♂️🏅

The incredible and brilliant 🤩 Royal 🤴 Parks Half Marathon, what a great atmosphere and vibe today 👌☀️😎

Have a great week ahead 👍🤩

#ontheroadtoa100HM
17 to go now 🙏

HM x 82 🏃‍♂️🏅 ✅
The Rugby Half Marathon 👏👏

A feel good race event atmosphere delivered by run through events, with some much needed crowd support and encouragement throughout 👏👏👏🙏🙏 #thankyou

#ontheroadtoa100hm
Just the 18 to go now !!! 😅😅
🙏🏃‍♂️🏅

HM x 81 🥳🎉🏃‍♂️🏅 ✅
The Robin Hood Half Marathon 👏👏

Today was a cracker 😁 joining 5500 other runners 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️, inspirational charity fundraisers and heroes as we completed the 42nd running of the Robin Hood HM 🤩

Have a great week ahead all 👌🤩😁

HM x 80 🥳🎉🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏅
Today we ticked off the Kenilworth HM a stunning 🤩 1 loop course through the beautiful Warwickshire countryside with wonderful support throughout 👏👏👌🤩
#ontheroadtoa100HM
20 to go 🙏!!

138 days ago I began my attempt to become the first person ever to run the entire length of Africa.

Here is a list of some of the problems I’ve had to overcome to get to this point (I’m not even halfway):

• Day 1- Started the mission with less than 10% funding

• Day 5-

HM x 79 ✅ 🏃‍♂️🥳🥳🎉🎉

The Run Cheltenham half marathon

A huge thank you 🙏 to all the residents and crowds that came out today and cheered us through what was a very hot 🥵, humid and sunny ☀️ run 🏃‍♂️ it was greatly appreciated 😅👏 👏 👏👏

Have a great 👍 week ahead all ☀️

Best wishes Blind Dave with your new challenge 👇👇👌👌🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️👏