The Confidence Muscle

Confidence is key! You may have all the ability in the world to perform your best and achieve your goals, but if you don’t believe in your ability, you won’t achieve your goals! Just like your physical muscles, your ‘confidence muscle’ needs training, it too can be...

The Key to Carb Loading

I am sure most runners have heard of the term hitting the wall. A number of runners have not just heard of hitting the wall but even crashed head on into the wall, especially when grinding out 26.2 miles of a grueling marathon. There is nothing worse than being on...
Self-talk “you can do it”

Self-talk “you can do it”

Sometimes, whilst training for an event such as the marathon, or even shorter distances, we find that self- doubt creeps in. This is normal but can hold us back from achieving our best. To overcome this, we can use self- talk to help our self -control, keep up our...

RUNNING MIND MASTERY TECHNIQUES

The MK Marathon Weekend is only a few weeks away!! To help you enjoy your challenge, here are some useful mind mastery techniques from BMI The Saxon Clinic Consultant Health Psychologist, Dr Sue Peacock, to get you to past the starting post and over the finishing...

RECORD ENTRIES AS MK MARATHON GEARS UP FOR MK50

Runners are racing to sign up for the Milton Keynes Marathon with organisers preparing for their biggest event so far when it returns for its sixth year on Monday 1st May as one of the flagship events of the MK50 celebrations. Entries are already up 25% on previous...