The 5 Top Running Tips
To be a good athlete you must have good training practices. Training practices are more than just what you do on the track; they involve how you live your day to day life.
Coaching - Seeking out someone with more experience then you is always a good idea. There is no sense re-inventing the wheel when someone has already tested several methods and can save you a lot of time leading to greater effiency in your training.
Be Open - A huge part to becoming an experienced athlete is to keep your mind open, both to new ideas and to feedback. Get feedback from more experienced people on your performance and technique. You can learn a lot by following the advise of those more experienced and normally they are more than willing to pass on tips and recommendations.
Take it slow - Set reasonable goals. Do not expect to make the Olympics if you are a couple of times a week runner. Setting yourself regular and achievable goals will keep yourself motivated and mentally fit in order that you will continue your training. You need to take your training schedule at the correct pace or you risk both mental and pysical burn out.
Injury Prevention - I don’t know of any great athlete that hasn’t suffered a injury at one point in their career, and knows how devastating it can be. All you need to end a season or even a career is an injury. Prevent injury by warming up and being smart in your training.
Use the right equipment - Why take the risk of training in year old running shoes when it’s recommended to buy new ones every 6 months? Also consider a HRM or a running watch, such as the garmin forerunner 405cx . The garmin 405cx not only records your training session but with its inbuilt GPS can map your exact route.
Proper warm up and cool downs - can greatly decrease your risk of injury. Not warming up is like driving a car really hard without giving it a tune up. It is like playing with fireworks. Simply stretching or other muscle warm up exercises will prepare you for your session.
If you take these things into consideration I have no doubt that you will have success in for what ever it is you are training and if you invest in the 405cx you can record your progress and save and analyse it all on your PC to map your progress.
And finally one last and most important tip, remember to enjoy yourself!