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Did you catch the New York marathon at the weekend? Honestly its worth a look just for the incredible banners the crowds create and it was a USA clean sweep with Susannah Scaroni and Daniel Romanchuk reaching the tape first. (some good news for USA this week!) Congratulations! Most elite athletes race from a kneeling position the optimal for racing but not everyone can fold and bend into that position. When designing an entry level racing wheelchair in collaboration with the International Paralympic Committee Agitos Foundation, we took this into account. The Flying Start racing wheelchairs can seamless switch to work for seated and keeling athletes, no tools required, no extra parts to buy. This means less resourced clubs and federations can make their limited kit budget go a little further and suit more athletes. The Flying Start is in stock in 3 locations for quick and easy delivery to where you are. Check out all the features here and contact us for a quote. https://lnkd.in/eR5BEpV9 Find out how your purchase has a global impact here https://lnkd.in/eddb48Qg There are two similar images of the seat area of a racing wheelchair. One for seated athletes and a second for kneeling, the Motivation International logo is in the bottom right of the image. #sport #marathon #athletes #athletics #paraathletics #racers #at #assistivetechnology #sportskit #wheelchairracing #wheelchair #flyingstart #trackandfield #mymotivationwheelchair #unlocktheeveryday

From missing out on the Olympics to 7th in the world, 1st in Australia, and the highest globally ranked Australian Men's Street Skater, Tommy Fynn is challenging the narrative that younger is better for action sports athletes. It's been a crazy year of tough competition, injuries, dodging rain, and having to change mindsets. Seeing all the hard work coming together in the past few months has been amazing. Mindset and Strategy have been the two key drivers in turning around Tommy's contest performances over the past 12 months. Mindset has been vital in adjusting the way he processes past and immediate experiences and can work towards the future with true belief in his ability as well as a monumental shift in his contest performances. Strategy has allowed us to plan our training sessions, prepare for contests and predict results. The flow on being the ability to trust the process and be present in the moment, knowing we've properly planned what we need to execute on. Together those areas have allowed us to achieve Tommy's best performance to date, coming 7th in the world at the World Skate Championships in Rome 2 weeks ago, to arriving home and taking out 1st Place at the The Rumble National Championships in Mackay last week. This has moved Tommy up to 23rd in the World Skate rankings, a position that would qualify him for the Olympics if it was tomorrow, 1 week away from his 36th birthday. Tommy is truly showing that age isn't the only defining factor in creating successful competition skaters. #sportspsychology #athletedevelopment #coaching #ageisjustanumber

Apart from the many inspirational athletic wins, such as Sifan Hassan’s amazing marathon today, two other moments of winners stood out these Olympics: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Tokyo’s 1500m champion, started fast in Paris but then the race felt 100 metres too long. A race that would be the fastest 1500m Olympic race to date. Femke Bol, 2023 world champion on 400m hurdles, lost silver by going for gold in Paris when she started faster than usual. Also this was a superfast race in which the world record got smashed. This gives insight into the complexity of pacing, racing and tactics in sport, and the decision-making process that coaches and athletes go through in these high profile competitions. Both athletes rightly predicted what would be needed for a win. They both made the professional choice to go for it, a brave choice as it also involves a risk (losing silver or bronze). These are the pacing decisions and tactics of top-athletes and we have seen this more often in our analyses of athletic finals. Read more about our athletics race analyses here: https://lnkd.in/e5HqynqA And here for an analysis of the last 100 years of Olympic 1500m: https://lnkd.in/e-wWc_Uz

The 2024 Cross Country season is right here!  Cross nation is in full swing throughout the U.S. for top schoolers. 560-570,000 highschool girls and boys will run cross nation throughout the fifty U.S. states in 2024. (Cross-country is additionally huge in Europe, Asia, and Africa!) Cross Country has been round for a number of hundred years, beginning within the 1830s-1840s in England with hounds and harrier runs. A few of these runs had been seven to 9 miles, with a pacesetter dropping items of paper or flags exhibiting the next runners the place to go. In US excessive faculties, most states now run 3 miles or 5k. Most states have had cross-country races for a number of weeks now, and lots of the new runners to cross-country are getting in form for the onerous manner, racing into form. RunBlogRun simply accomplished its ten-week Summer time Program (July-September 15) for highschool cross-country runners. Runners have totally different objectives. Some need to full the season. Most need to run their finest occasions. Some need to make it to regionals, sectionals, or state meets. Some dream of their groups making NXN Regionals or the NIKE NXN Championships. Some dream of operating within the regionals and making nationals within the 2024 FootLocker (sponsored by HOKA) Cross Country Championships. No matter your aim, it is time to coach. RunBlogRun will present you each day coaching recommendations, to be your best this season! Peka Pavirinta and Neil Cusack (#30), Mariano Haro at 1973 World Cross Country , by Working in Cork, Eire Hyperlink to NIKE NXN website: https://lnkd.in/e3zMFkcC Hyperlink to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA: https://footlockercc.com/ Wednesday, Week 3, Day  1, September 30, 2024 Heat-up properly, 50-60 minutes of reasonable operating, 6 x 150 meter stride outs, Cooldown properly, and bear in mind to hydrate. Test your sneakers and make it possible for your coaching sneakers are prepared for 12-18 extra weeks of coaching. If not, go to an area operating retailer and discover one or two pairs of excellent coaching sneakers. We’ll discuss that quickly! Allie Buchalski, Sound WorkingCross Champs, picture by Kevin Morris Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement within the sport of athletics. Larry has skilled the game as an athlete, coach, journal writer, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was printed in RW in 1983. Larry has printed a number of magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. model of Spikes journal. He at present manages the content material and advertising and marketing improvement of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his each day pilgrimage with the game, Larry says: “I’ve to confess, I like touring to distant meets, writing in regards to the sport I like, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, probably the most of something

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Insomnia but paint it European 🇪🇺 because I want to sleep in on weekends, but U.S.-based F1 races have other plans! It wa 1 AM, I’m watching COTA Quali from my bed with a can of Red Bull (in a far less glamorous fashion than all the circuit pictures I’ve been seeing), but that’s just the warm-up for Vegas—3 AM practice, 7 AM qualifying, and 8 AM races? 😅 Welcome to the life of a European F1 fan watching U.S. races! 💸 Let’s talk ticket prices: There’s a massive gap between U.S. and European F1 races. While attending the U.S. GP at COTA will set you back around $667 USD for a general admission ticket, European races (excluding Monaco) are much more budget-friendly. For example, the Hungarian GP costs $184 USD on average, while the Spanish GP is around $328 USD. Even Italian races come in at $350 USD. If you’re looking at Las Vegas, hold on tight—prices jump to an astronomical $1,667 USD for a general admission ticket, making it 500% more expensive than the average European race . 🌍 Why does this matter? With the growing presence of U.S. races on the calendar and their exorbitant prices, European fans not only have to deal with sleepless nights but also outrageous costs if they want to attend in person, and then add in room, board and transportation. And after all this, I finally understand how our American counterparts feel for 80% of the season. You guys are the real warriors! Anyways, what’s your take? Is the U.S. pricing model sustainable for the global fanbase, or is it becoming inaccessible? Keep your eyes on my posts for more F1 insights! #F1 #SportsBusiness #COTA #VegasGP #FanEngagement #Formula1 #SponsorshipTrends #SportsMarketing

You can’t win a race from the start, but you can lose it. The GB rowing teams have come away with a haul of medals in Paris 2024. Some were expected, some a surprise and some a slight disappointment. I’m sure with reflection, a bronze or silver is still absolutely fantastic. Sometimes the other people were just better on the day. I’m not an Olympic level rower or a coach to one, so as an interested observer I have noticed that several of the GB teams had slower starts, leaving them a length behind the other boats. The commentators repeated several times that the GB squads tend to have a strong middle 1000m and that is where they win races, but it kept pricking my mind about the start. What if, there was more work that could be done on the start? It would give them a head start and they could maintain their position & stave off the competition (just like the NED women’s fours). They wouldn’t need to win or lose by a few cm’s at the finish. “You can’t win a race from the start, but you can lose it.” I’ve seen comments previously that we should concentrate on our strengths and not worry about our development areas, but has that been proven? There would be no point in getting a racing driver to work on his grammar as it’s totally irrelevant. Or a young genius may have no interest in sports, so why make them train at the track? So, does the same apply to working on something within the race? After all, we know that strength work in the gym helps rowers & runner etc perform better. So, what if an explosive start would give them a head start? Perhaps it would wear them out too much that they couldn’t complete in the sprint finish. 🤷♀️ I’m now thinking of Kelly Holmes in Sydney 2000 where her race plan was to sit at the back and then sprint to the finish in both 800m & 1500m. It seemed to work for her with 2 gold medals. However, is that the same as not starting strong? Undoubtedly, the young genius would still benefit from track or gym sessions to improve his health and fitness. What are your thoughts on development areas in both sports and life/work situations? #strengths #development #CPD

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Imagine a world where young athletes cycle with the same enthusiasm as in the local parks, where the thrill of competition fuels a vibrant community. I started in bicycle racing when I was thirteen and played handball five times a week, too. Teenager energy is excellent, hey. Almost 35 years later, the same scene happens every year, and nearly all races: only a handful of juniors, literally, a few U17 and U19, and that's it. Racing bikes take much work to start and stay, financially and safety-wise. How can we improve that? I know it varies from place to place; how's the cycling scene where you live? . . . . #SportsBusiness #FanEngagement #CyclingTeams #SponsorshipChallenges #SportsMarketing #FutureOfCycling #AthleteBranding #SportsInnovation #BuildingFanbases