The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show
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The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show

Created with endurance athletes in mind

Created with endurance athletes in mind. Coaches Amy and Liz have a combined thirty years of coaching and seven decades of competing in endurance sports. They cover topics relevant to athletes at various levels of participation: those training for a personal challenge to those competing for an age group placement or race qualification.

 

Lessons from Olympic Swim Trials: Find a Paris Mindset

What is this episode about?

INTRO 0-5:45

Liz and Amy talk about how the Seine River in Paris is currently too dirty to swim in and if the Olympic Committee will be able to fix it in time? Liz shares her experience with swimming in suspect open water during IM Texas and the impact it had on her GI during her run (eik).

An Olympic Mindset

In watching the swimming Olympic Trials, many athletes may not hit a PR even at this meet. In swimming, 100ths of a second matter and athletes train for years for that tiny fraction of a second improvement. There is a mindset evolution that must accompany an athlete’s physical evolution in sport. Initially, things are new and shiny and it naturally fosters a competitive, motivated mind set. The longer an athlete participates in a sport, the more they must work to intentionally develop a mindset that helps them stay committed to their goals. This is just as true for Olympic athletes as it is for those of us in amateur running and triathlon!

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