KoopCast How to Avoid a Pre-Race Crisis of Confidence-Coach Roundtable | KoopCast Episode 172
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Episode overview:
CTS coaches Jason Koop, Andy-Jones Wilkins, Adam Ferdinandson and Ryne Anderson discuss how to avoid a pre race crisis of confidence.
Episode highlights:
(8:30) Viewing training holistically: highlighting the totality of training to build athlete confidence, recency bias
(33:40) Readjusting race goals: setting expectations, creating process-oriented goals, timing the discussion on preparedness
(51:13) Difficulty is nonlinear: athletes transitioning from 50k to 50 miles, you might feel better at mile 70 than mile 50, using training camps to improve confidence in volume jumps
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