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Maximum Mileage Running Podcast#14: Rick Prince - Raising the Bar in Educating Running CoachesSend us a textEver wondered why there's such a vast range of coaching knowledge in the fitness industry? Our guest, Rick Prince, founder of United Endurance Sports Coaching Academy (UESCA), unwraps this mystery. With 20 years in the fitness industry and a strong grounding in kinesiology, Rick has experienced first-hand how the lack of regulation in the industry results in a broad spectrum of skills and knowledge. He's determined to change that with the creation of UESCA, a science and evidence-based education and certification provioder that bridges the gap between education and sports.In the...2023-09-1443 min
KoopCastMental Skills for Ultrarunning-Part 1 with Dr. Justin Ross | KoopCast Episode 167View all timestamps and show notes on the KoopCast website.Episode overview:Dr Justin Ross is a clinical psychologist in Denver, CO specializing in athlete mental health and performance psychology.He is a recreational amateur athlete himself, completing 11 marathons, 6 Boston Marathon qualifiers, and is a recent finisher of the Leadville 100 MTB. He's also completed 2 Ironman 70.3 distance triathlons, and too many shorter running, cycling, and triathlon distance races to count.Episode highlights:(41:46) Dealing with unexpected challenge: should coaches deliberately create challenges to test mental toughness, Michael...2023-02-161h 08
KoopCastMental Skills for Ultrarunning with Dr. Justin Ross (2020) | KoopCast Episode 144View all timestamps and show notes on the KoopCast website.Episode overview: Coach Jason Koop speaks with Dr. Justin Ross on mental skills for ultrarunners. How can ultrarunners use awareness, focus, and concentration to improve their performance? How does optimism play a role in training and on race day? Does the meaning we attach to numbers like pace and vertical have an impact on how we view performance? We talk about what ultrarunners can do TODAY to improve their mental skills. I found this conversation fascinating and immediately actionable.Episode...2022-09-0853 min
KoopCastTraining Lessons from the Hardrock 100 with Coach John Fitzgerald | Koopcast Episode 137View all timestamps and show notes on the KoopCast website.Episode overview:John Fitzgerald is a CTS Senior level coach. During this episode we discuss our very different training strategies leading up to the 2022 Hardrock 100. Episode highlights:(59:06) Sports psychologist Dr. Justin Ross: accept reality and work back toward optimism, it never always gets worse(1:10:52) Train for your run-walk distribution: Hardrock is approximately two thirds hiking(1:21:50) Training outside running: using biomechanics to determine mode specificityAdditional resources:Buy...2022-07-211h 37
KoopCastMental Skills for Ultrarunning with Dr. Justin Ross ⎮ KoopCast Episode 14Coach Jason Koop speaks with Dr. Justin Ross on mental skills for ultrarunners. How can ultrarunners use awareness, focus and concentration to improve your performance? How does optimism play a role on training and on race day? Does the meaning we attach to numbers like pace and vertical have an impact on how we view performance? We talk about what ultrarunners can do TODAY to improve their mental skills. I found this conversation fascinating and immediately actionable. 2020-02-1954 min