According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is possible without catastrophic self-harm. — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Build step by step. Push yourself, but not too hard. Learn. Keep it fun. — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Confidence is not some nonphysical quality snatched from the spiritual dimension and installed in the mind. It is the feeling that arises when the… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“The reason you are a runner is that you enjoy running. The objective of everything you do as a runner should be to increase… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Mindless performance may be especially helpful in endurance sports because of the supreme importance of the capacity to suffer. The more science and technical… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Masters runners fare best when they designate every third week as a recovery week. — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“In the hardest moments of a long race, the athlete’s entire conscious experience of reality boils down to a desire to continue pitted against… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Even the most talented artists have flaws and limitations that no amount of training can overcome, just as even the most exceptional individuals have… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“The best source of knowledge concerning the most effective methods of coping with the challenges of endurance sports is the example set by elite… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
