Running Within: A Guide to Mastering the Body-Mind-Spirit Connection for Ultimate Training and Racing

383 Pages·1999·2.17 MB·English

by  Jerry Lynch

Running Within : A Guide to Mastering the
title: Body-mind-spirit Connection for Ultimate
Training and Racing
author: Lynch, Jerry.; Scott, Warren A.
publisher: Human Kinetics
isbn10 | asin: 0880118326
print isbn13: 9780880118323
ebook isbn13: 9780585235851
language: English
Running--Psychological aspects, Running--
subject
Training.
publication date: 1999
lcc: GV1061.8.P75L856 1999eb
ddc: 796.42
Running--Psychological aspects, Running--
subject:
Training.
Page i
Running Within
A Guide to Mastering the BodyMindSpirit Connection
for Ultimate Training and Racing
Jerry Lunch, PhD
Warren A. Scott, MD
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lynch, Jerry, 1942
Running Within : a guide to mastering the bodymindspirit connection for ultimate
training and racing / Jerry Lynch, Warren A. Scott
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88011-832-6
1. RunningPsychological aspects. 2. RunningTraining.
I. Scott, Warren A. II. Title.
GV 1061.8.P75L856 1999
796.42dc21 99-11547
ISBN: 0-88011-832-6 CIP
Copyright © 1999 by Jerry Lynch and Warren A. Scott
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Page iii
To the late Steve Prefontaine,
who embraced his running as the essence of life itself.
Page iv
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vi
Introduction Outward Bound, Inward Bound vii
Part I 1
Building Your BodyMindSpirit Foundation
Chapter 1 3
Guiding Your Progress With Goals
Chapter 2 15
Relaxing to Excel
Chapter 3 29
Developing Positive Pictures
Chapter 4 39
Affirming Your Greatness
Part II 49
Restructuring Attitudes for True Success
Chapter 5 51
Exhibiting the Warrior Within
Chapter 6 61
Becoming Courageous on the Run
Chapter 7 71
Competing Is a Partnership
Chapter 8 77
Winning as a Journey

Page v
Part III 85
Performing With Intent
Chapter 9 87
Preparing for Race Day
Chapter 10 101
Examining and Transcending Limits
Chapter 11 109
Running in the Eye of a Hurricane
Part IV 119
Hurdling Obstacles From Within
Chapter 12 121
Flowing With Fatigue
Chapter 13 129
Gaining Without Straining
Chapter 14 145
Embracing Your Injury
Chapter 15 157
Reversing the Aging Process
Part V 165
Running Beyond
Chapter 16 167
Training for Mastery
Chapter 17 175
Experiencing the Mystical
Chapter 18 183
Dancing the Dance
Epilogue 189
Bonding With Kindred Spirits
Index 192
About the Authors 198
Page vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to Ted Miller for being the essential visionary for this
project; to Julie Rhoda for her generosity, support, and acumen as an
editor; to Marydell Forbes for her publicity savvy; and to all others at
Human Kinetics for nurturing this book.