Podcast Episode #89: How To Use Your Mental Power To Run 400 Miles With Minimal Training.

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In this April 7, 2010 free audio episode: using mental tactics for training, a high fat diet for staying lean, eating while running, yerba mate, agave nectar, strength training while endurance training, sugar alcohols, and passing a physical examination test.

Featured Topic:

Want to learn how to use your mental power to achieve awesome feats of endurance - from a 5K to an Ironman and beyond? In today's featured topic, I interview Jon Berghoff (from the video above), who runs a Peak Performance Sales Training company for sales professionals, executives and small business owners. Many of the principles he teaches on what it takes to be the “best in the world” at your work, are the same teachings that drew him towards ultra marathons for the first time in 2005. Jon is not your conventional athlete. His physical training is typically a fraction of the prescribed regiments, and his number one strategy for completing an ultra race is using his Personal Psychology to manage the mental challenges of endurance running. Today, I ask him about the psychological techniques he uses during his ultra-running, which includes a nearly 400 mile run from Washington D.C. to Cleveland, Ohio! Visit www.400milerun.comfor details. During the interview, Jon and I discuss the following:

What do you do in your work as a Peak Performance Business Coach, and how did that lead to running Ultra Marathons?

What role do you believe our mental abilities play in our success as athletes?

Is it true that for the past 3 50 Mile runs, your 100 Mile run, AND your 332 Mile run, you didn’t really train for these?

If you don’t follow a formal training program, how do you really know if you are appropriately prepared physically?

WHY did you choose to run from Washington D.C. to Cleveland, Ohio?

Just getting prepared for this event was significantly more challenging than the actual run, why was that?

What were some of the challenges you faced each day as you ran from D.C. to Cleveland?

For our listeners who can relate to the excitement of achieving an incredible physical feat, what advice do you have?

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