Triathlon. The Mental Battle - Mark Kleanthous

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Résumé :
This book clearly explains how to mentally prepare yourself for triathlon, Ironman? and ultra-distance endurance events. Once you consider taking part in training and competing, you increase the risk of a mental melt down.? Including coping strategies to overcome doubts and fears that are likely to occur during training and racing, this book will help you develop an automatic response mechanism to deal with them when they happen. This book is not about mental toughness but learning how to train the mind. Most of the research about overcoming adversity has been investigated and is discussed in this book. Examples of mental imagery and thought processes will help you for the rest of your life.

Biographie:
Mark Kleanthous has finished in more than 1,050 triathlons, marathons and ultra endurance races worldwide during the last 32 years. In preparation and completion of these challenges Mark has experienced every physical and mental adversity. He taught himself how to deal with every problem that arose, no matter how major or minor, and developed his own personal, effective coping strategies which he shares in this book. Mark now empowers others to achieve their own personal challenges, as a motivational speaker and mental coach, and he continues to compete today.