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The Secrets Of Tapering For Marathons
After months and months of training including long runs, tempo runs, intervals, and marathon pace runs now it is time to start getting ready for the big day. Reducing mileage and the length of intense workouts is the key to doing this. Let's explore the second biggest controversial aspect of marathon training, the art and science of tapering.

It Keeps You Running: Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego Celebrating 10 Years
A world-class running event and world-class destination make for a one-of-a-kind experience. Race promotes lasting impact on runners and the running industry.

Running Shoes: Inside Out
The best way to make an informed purchase is to gather as much information about the product before going shopping This way, you avoid the questionable influence of salespeople and can understand how the product affects you personally

Running Shoes: The Secret is in the Arch
When buying running shoes to maximize your workout and prevent injuries, arch support is the first order of priority Each person has a unique foot type, just like a fingerprint

Barefoot Running Training: Your First 3 Steps
Here are the first three things to know (that I wish I had known when I started out) if you are thinking about doing some barefoot running training:

Spikes Wisdom: A Good Grip Prevents Fat Lip
Running shoes used for competition have a much different design than those used for training Manufacturers increase the performance of competition shoes by ignoring durability in the design

How to Find the Best Women's Narrow Shoes For Running
Womens narrow shoes are hard to find in stores Nevertheless, it's easier to find running shoes in narrow sizes

San Antonio is Ready to Rock 'n? Roll
Rock 'n? Roll Marathon & ½ Marathon planned for San Antonio in 2008 -- A special early registration price is available through Nov. 16 in celebration of the race announcement.

How To Buy Running Shoes
As an athlete or an every day person, buying running shoes is one of the best things you can do for your health. Proper running shoes are critical for a good running or walking experience, and to be able to safely exercise with the right type of support, knowing how to go about buying running shoes is more important than you might think. Your choice in running shoes can really make or break your workout experience, and if you want to get things off to a right start it is important that you choose your running shoes carefully. Chances are, your sales associate is not as knowledgeable as they sound about how to buy running shoes properly.

Running Shoes: Gain Without Pain
If you're one of the 65 million Americans that jog daily, it won't surprise you that your running shoes affect your workout

Sneakers Are So Important When Playing Sports
If you don't have high quality running shoes, you are on your way to the foot doctor, the knee doctor, or the hip doctor. All feet roll inwards as the ball of the foot touches the ground. You will need to look at the duration and location of your runs, your foot type and your gait, and also where you should buy your running shoes. It is important to make sure that the sole flexes easily where the foot flexes. Getting to know different types of trail running shoes before buying is helpful. The rule of thumb or average thought of consideration when buying these runners is to understand that a trail runner is usually used on a path, in an area that has a rougher terrain than the average city or gym runner would experience. You'll find that tra ...

Marathon Health Expands Midwest Presence
Marathon Health, a leading provider of onsite employee health services and technology solutions, today announced the opening of a Chicago field office to better support its Midwest client base and facilitate the continued growth in this region.

See Music City, Hear Music City, Run Music City
Country Music Marathon? & ½ Marathon Returns To Nashville on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - NFL head coach Jeff Fisher encourages kids to run the YMCA Country Music Kids' Marathon presented by Spenco Insoles.

NPD Reports on the Global Running Shoe Market
Sales Softening But Not to Core Runners

Reggae Marathon for Fourth Year in Negril
This is the fourth year that the Reggae Marathon is being organized in Negril. The inaugural year in 2001 saw more than 1,500 runners and the 2002 race was more successful with more than 2,000 runners. This year's race is supposed to bring in many more runners.

Tennis Mental Training is Just Like Tennis Fitness Training

Why tennis mental training?

You've got great looking shots and you can run all day!

You are now all set to win lots of tennis matches right?

Wrong!

It's always too difficult to concentrate, you never play the way you practice and your opponents always control the match.

Things just don't work out and getting angry makes things worse.

You know that this is a mental problem but??..

You understand the basics of how and why physical training can aid performance, but you are nowhere near as sure about what to do in terms of your tennis mental training.

You know it's important but don't know where to start with putting tennis psychology into your game without complicating it.

Well, tennis mental training is just like tennis fitness training. It has many areas that are important but there are four that stand out as being more important than the others.

Let's look at them!

Tennis Mental Training vs Tennis Fitness Training

Just like your physical fitness, your tennis mental fitness has four critical components - strength, flexibility, speed and agility.

Strength:

Just as physical fitness is about your ability to provide a strong resistance to outside forces (i.e. the weight you are trying to lift), tennis mental strength is about you being able to provide strong resistance under sometimes high levels of emotional pressure.

Flexibility:

Good physical flexibility allows you to get into many different positions (quickly) to react to what your opponent throws at you, the more mentally flexible you can get will allow you to do the same in a mental sense.

Physical flexibility is all about increasing your range of motion around a joint and mental flexibility is all about increasing your control over a range of emotions around your game.

Speed:

Speed on the court is essential if you want to a) get to lots of balls and b) recover in order to get to the following balls.

Mental speed is needed to mentally move along at pace with the game.

If you are mentally slow then you can never react in time to what is needed on the court at any given time, never mind react and respond to a chain of events.

Agility:

Physical agility is the ability to move, stop & change direction at speed without losing control.

Often this requires recovering from "negative" situations such as when you lose balance.

The same can be said of your mental agility.

The game of tennis requires you to negotiate a wide range of emotional barriers not all of which are easy. In fact it is often the ability to stay "mentally balanced" in times of relative disappointment that separates the champions from the 'others? and is therefore a vital part of the ?Champions mentality? I often speak about.

There was no greater example of these skills in action than in the ?Greatest Tennis Match Ever? - this years? Wimbledon Men's final where both Federer and Nadal showed their ability to bounce back from many disappointments and mistakes whilst still keeping themselves highly focused, aggressive and ultimately highly competitive.

In fact the greatest match ever showed possibly the greatest array of mental skills ever - a coincidence??

I think not!!

Paul Gold is a registered Licensed Tennis Coach. He has a Masters degree in Sports Sciences and is a Performance Enhancement Specialist and Speed Agility Quickness trainer. Get your FREE Top 10 Tennis Training Tips at http://www.tennis-training-central.com/tennistrainingtips.html