A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey
von Chrissie Wellington
Steady-state sessions, which are aerobic and do not raise the heart rate too high; strength sessions, which involve drills such as hill repeats on the bike or run, or swimming with paddles in the water; race-pace sessions, where you are training as fast as you would race, using drills such as time trials; and faster-than-race-pace sessions, incorporating interval work, short, sharp bursts where you go beyond your limits, sessions that really hurt and are supposed to. Remaining positive really is one of the most precious faculties for any athlete. That, and an ability to stay focused and disciplined. Develop a mind bank of positive images and thoughts—family, friends, previous successes, favorite places, a big plate of chips. You need to build it up as you would any collection, but soon you will have a range of thoughts to flick through when next your body and soul are screaming out for relief.
No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against. If there is one thing I have learned, particularly in my life as an athlete, it is that our limits may not be where we think they are. And, even when we think we’ve finally reached them, the next time we go there exploring we often find that they’ve moved again.
Wearing skin-tight compression garments is a must, albeit in a tasteful manner. These can increase blood flow, enhance the removal of waste products and support the muscles. Massage, too, is an important means of recovery, if time and finances allow.
Around 10 percent of your physical training should involve “cooling off” (or warming down), by which is meant gentle (really gentle, almost unnaturally so) swim/bike/running at the end of each session. This can also include targeted light stretching.
Brett’s response was typically unsympathetic and enlightening: “Chrissie, you think these things just happen to you. They don’t. It’s because of the way you behave. You’ve got to learn to take control, to think before you act. Hurry slowly.”
Brett had taught me not to care about having the most expensive equipment. He felt that far too many people spent too much time worrying about expensive, aerodynamic gear and not enough about the engine that drives it.
"Steady-state sessions, which are aerobic and do not raise the heart rate too high; strength sessions, which involve drills such as hill repeats on the bike or run, or swimming with paddles in the water; race-pace sessions, where you are training as fast as you would race, using drills such as time trials; and faster-than-race-pace sessions, incorporating interval work, short, sharp bursts where you go beyond your limits, sessions that really hurt and are supposed to."
"Remaining positive really is one of the most precious faculties for any athlete. That, and an ability to stay focused and disciplined. Develop a mind bank of positive images and thoughts—family, friends, previous successes, favorite places, a big plate of chips. You need to build it up as you would any collection, but soon you will have a range of thoughts to flick through when next your body and soul are screaming out for relief."
"No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against. If there is one thing I have learned, particularly in my life as an athlete, it is that our limits may not be where we think they are. And, even when we think we’ve finally reached them, the next time we go there exploring we often find that they’ve moved again."
"Wearing skin-tight compression garments is a must, albeit in a tasteful manner. These can increase blood flow, enhance the removal of waste products and support the muscles. Massage, too, is an important means of recovery, if time and finances allow."
"Around 10 percent of your physical training should involve “cooling off” (or warming down), by which is meant gentle (really gentle, almost unnaturally so) swim/bike/running at the end of each session. This can also include targeted light stretching."
"Brett’s response was typically unsympathetic and enlightening: “Chrissie, you think these things just happen to you. They don’t. It’s because of the way you behave. You’ve got to learn to take control, to think before you act. Hurry slowly.”"
"Brett had taught me not to care about having the most expensive equipment. He felt that far too many people spent too much time worrying about expensive, aerodynamic gear and not enough about the engine that drives it."
- →Brett’s response was typically unsympathetic and enlightening: “Chrissie, you think these things just happen to you. They don’t. It’s because of the way you behave. You’ve got to learn to take control, to think before you act. Hurry slowly.”
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