Mental Skills for Ultrarunning-Part 1 with Dr. Justin Ross | KoopCast Episode 167 KoopCast

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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 Phleps example, additional interval example

(47:11) Executing when it counts: having a mental training plan, shifting from external and broad skills to internal and narrow, psychological flexibility

(59:16) Mental TrainingPeaks plan: application, accessibility for athletes, Justin’s twelve-week plan, overview of skills, caveats, post-race reflection, how to adapt the program to your training

Additional resources:

Justin’s website
Pressure makes diamonds? A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sports
Performance Mindset training plan in training peaks
Article Justin discussed on mental toughness- Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs
Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible
Information on coaching-
www.trainright.com
Koop’s Social Media
Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop