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To be a good athlete you must have good training practices. Training practices are more than just what you do on the track; they involve how you live your day to day life.
Coaching - Seeking out someone with more experience then you is always a good idea. Why try and dream up your own training schedule with trial and painful error, follow an already tried and tested training method and schedule.
Be Open - A huge part to becoming an experienced athlete is to keep your mind open, both to new ideas and to feedback. Let others give you feedback and advice. You can learn a lot from those who are more experienced - so do not believe you know everything no matter how experienced you are.
Take it slow - Set reasonable goals. Do not expect to make the Olympics if you are a couple of times a week runner. Motiavation is a key element to training and the secret to this is in setting yourself realistic and achievable goals. If you try to take things too quickly chances are you will get burnt out both mentally and physically.
Injury Prevention - I don’t know of any great athlete that hasn’t suffered a injury at one point in their career, and knows how devastating it can be. An injury can put an end to a season or an entire career. Prevent injury by warming up and being smart in your training.
Use the right equipment - Why take the risk of training in year old running shoes when it’s recommended to buy new ones every 6 months? Also consider a HRM or a running watch, such as the garmin forerunner 405cx . The garmin 405cx not only records your training session but with its inbuilt GPS can map your exact route.
Proper warm up and cool downs - can greatly decrease your risk of injury. One of the biggest mistakes is not warming up before exercise. Your playing with fireworks. To insure you are ready for your session warm up with some simple stretching or jogging exercises.
If you take these things into consideration I have no doubt that you will have success in for what ever it is you are training and if you invest in the 405cx you can record your progress and save and analyse it all on your PC to map your progress.
One final tip, remember to enjoy your exercise and good luck in your next event or marathon!
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