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they would if they knew how much faster they would be.
Shouldn't always assume they're listening to music. It might be Steven Fry reciting a book or a language course.
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they are on loop going 'breathe in, breathe out ...'
Lets us hope the ipod doesn't run out of power.
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or generally anyone near the front.
Wonder if there's anything in that?
I got my half-marathon PB with no Garmin and no headphones this month... I usually have music and a watch with every run.
Maybe that means that headphones make you slower.
I did find it amusing at a race this weekend........there was a very beefed up guy there who was a personal trainer. he had a group of female and males from his personal fitness group doing the race.....they all had on coordinated tops and bottoms with his name on the kit ( different colours for men and women).......
he was all fake taned and chiseled looking..
he was giving them their final hyped up encouragement on focus etc..
and then he went to the front line of the starting line with the top 10 blokes.....and then managed to use his own focus by sticking earphones in his ear.......he ended up 54th....( infact only 4 mins infront of this old slow woman)
if he could not manage to finish somewhere near the front ( which is where he obviously positioned himself) and couldn't mange to motivate himself with music then i would not trust him much as my personal trainer
if she dearly wanted to do one.surely if she spent a few months running then she would get a sub 4 easily....why is she putting it off
fair enough.....
I get her point but this sort of thing begs the question who does she want to do it for?
If she really wanted to do it, it wouldn't matter that much what other people thought about her finishing time.
There's a local personal trainer who is always giving it loads about how much faster than all other PTs he's ever heard of.
I never quite understand it, as running is a very distinct sport. It's a lot different to building muscle which for some is the key.
Having said that i can see how people would be put off being trained by someone who they see as not even being fitter than themselves!
There's a guy I know who's a life coach/running coach. Learn't his stuff solely from tapes. No personal experience at all, but people buy it.
Tried to get me as a client once
. "Er, I, don't, think, so.
Takes a certain type of arrogance to be a 'life coach.' Its, "look at me, I'm perfect". I mean, if you 'are' perfect, then you're just showing off and should keep a low profile, if not, then you're a fraud.
Running coach I get. That's experience and information. Ideas to save time and avoid mistakes.
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I have a friend who recently retrained as a "nutritionist" or something. Except she's about 4stone overweight. Physician heal thyself.