{"id":25115,"date":"2018-01-16T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T03:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/?p=25115"},"modified":"2024-10-07T20:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:53:29","slug":"mental-toughness-or-weakness-is-your-racing-as-good-as-your-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/a-column-by-daniel-quin\/mental-toughness-or-weakness-is-your-racing-as-good-as-your-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Toughness or Weakness? Is Your Racing as Good as Your Training?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/category\/a-column-by-daniel-quin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Column By Daniel Quin<\/a> \u2013 Runner\u2019s Tribe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly every training group has an athlete that is seemingly \u201con\u201d for the sessions and workouts but then fail to live up to that form in races. Conversely, some runners race better than their training form would suggest they should. What is going on?! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before considering the influence of mental toughness it is necessary to address physical training. Shaun Creighton (National record holder, Olympian) spoke about this in a recent Inside Running Podcast. He was of the view that many athletes run too hard in training and can\u2019t go to the next level in races. He felt that maximum physical and psychological effort, 5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gear, should only be reached in races. At a physical level this ensures an athlete recovers between workouts and is well rested for races.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25120\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_002-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_002-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zatopek 10: 2017. Photo by Ewa Facioni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most athletes broadly understand the principle of rest and recovery. But some athletes put more effort and have better performances in training. One possible explanation for this is that an athlete who regularly goes too hard in training is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mentally tough. Instead, their all out training efforts betray a lack of discipline or clarity in what they are trying to achieve in training. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below is the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy1.acu.edu.au\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/21520704.2011.563436\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4C\u2019s Model of Mental Toughness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and I discuss how these can effect training and racing in more detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Component<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Description<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy for improvement<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to handle lots of things at once and remain influential rather than controlled.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training in the presence of distractions.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to perceive potential threats as opportunities for personal growth and thriving in constantly changing environments.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase familiarity with change (new challenges in training)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commitment<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being deeply involved with pursuing goals and striving to achieve them despite difficulties.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goal setting and goal-achievement.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confidence<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to maintain self-belief in spite of setbacks, and not to be intimidated by opponents.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine facing and coming through difficult situation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Control and Challenge<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our desire to execute the fastest training session we sometimes fail to recognise that training is preparation for racing. For example, in interval sessions athletes often seek ideal wind and temperature, an uncrowded track, specific splits, and coordinate lead-out training partners. Few of these factors can be controlled on race day. Race day contains a fixed location and start time, officials that occasionally make unpredictable rulings, distractions from friends and family, and that is before the race starts!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66100\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tarkine.com\/collections\/auto-pilot\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66100 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/06-AP-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement: Tarkine Autopilot \" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertisement: Tarkine Autopilot &#8211; The new high mileage road shoe from Australia&#8217;s running shoe company. Learn more at tarkine.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, a race plan is essential but it needs to be flexible. Also, I\u2019m not advocating that you start training in unpredictable blizzards or seek training partners who \u201cchop\u201d your run but it is important to \u201cgo with the flow\u201d. For example, training partners who irritate when they arrive late, unplanned changes in pace, or a stressful day prior to training each present opportunities to practice responding calmly, recall your training goal, and focussed pursuit of your goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25121\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zatopek 10: 2017. Photo by Ewa Facioni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Commitment <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reasons people train and race are diverse. Fitness, social, personal accomplishment, stress management, and so on. Despite this diversity, if you are concerned about a discrepancy between your training and racing form, you should have clear short, medium, and long-term racing and training goals. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many times I have heard people dismiss a poor race with: \u201cIt was just a training run\u201d. Maybe it wasn\u2019t a key race but preparatory races are just that \u2013 preparation. It should follow that every race is an opportunity to practice nutrition, unfamiliar surrounds, and warming-up, dealing with nerves, pushing through flat spots, tactics, and effort. Part of mental toughness is committing to a goal, and even when it gets difficult or boring, sticking to that goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An alternative scenario also exists \u2013 the PB session. Sometimes athletes get to the training track and start hitting PB times, the adrenaline starts flowing, and the athlete starts actively pursing training PBs. It takes mental toughness, i.e., commitment to clear long-term goals, to remember that one killer session doesn\u2019t bring wins and racing PBs. It is the cycle of run, rest, and repeat over weeks, months, and years that brings desired race PBs.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25119\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_001-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ewa-Zato-17_001-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zatopek 10: 2017. Photo by Ewa Facioni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Confidence<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, it is tempting to laud the athlete that charges off the start line at a break-neck speed, gritting his or her teeth in the last third of the race or repetition as mentally tough. In many instances this tactic betrays a lack of confidence or self-belief. It allows the excuse: \u201cat least I had a go\u201d or permits training partners to say: \u201cyou made the race, well done\u201d. Extreme examples of this strategy fail into the category of self-sabotage. That is, you have a prepared reason for a potential poor race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes confidence to back your ability and not be distracted by your competitors or the course. It takes confidence to put your foot on the start line, execute a controlled race plan, and not be distracted by competitors or self-doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>END<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:<\/strong>\u00a0RT columnist,\u00a0<em>Daniel Quin has run numerous Zatopeks, National XC\u2019s, has raced in a Chiba Ekiden, and won a state 5000m and 15km title. In \u201cretirement\u201d he did a marathon. It hurt! He still runs a fair bit. Professionally Quin is a teacher and psychologist, and researching student engagement-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitpsychology.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here to Learn more.\u00a0<\/a>But the best bit for Quin is being a Dad.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Column By Daniel Quin \u2013 Runner\u2019s Tribe Nearly every training group has an athlete that is seemingly \u201con\u201d for the sessions and workouts but then fail to live up to that form in races. 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