When an individual undertakes an adventure, a parallel inner journey to self-discovery and empowerment, is offered. The Hero's Journey is an archetypal pathway outlined by mythology scholar Joseph Campbell in his seminal work - The Hero of a Thousand Faces. In this session Lorraine adapts Campbell's work to describe the territory of this inner journey of the athlete. Learn how you can guide your athletes as they reinvent themselves through the Lydiard training pyramid to the final test - the goal race.

Meeting 2 credit hours $50

Coaching teenagers can be hugely rewarding and at the same time challenging as they undergo the rapid transformation of puberty. Many teenagers, particularly girls, struggle with body-image, self-esteem and performance anxiety to the extent that many give up sport and exercise altogether. This session takes a look at competition, training, hormones and the divergent paths of boys and girls, and discusses the key role the coach can play in a young athletes life to set them up for an adulthood of healthy competition and positive relationship to their bodies. With Lorraine Moller Coach Colin Lancaster and Dr. Steve Stannard.

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A coach with a carefully planned training programme can set a young runner up not only for a season of success and exciting racing experiences, but a lifelong love of sport. Learn from master Lydiard Coach Olympic bronze medalist and Coach Colin Lancaster how to capture the enthusiasm of young men and women with appropriate training plans and avoid the pitfalls of inappropriate training.

Evolution has made us for movement, giving us an innate capacity for both endurance and speed, and yet many runners run stiffly and restricted. Looking at biomechanics, form, structure, metabolism and how we maintain and enhance tensegrity, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella shows us how to tap the ‘beautiful runner’ within.

The Kiwi Olympic Bronze Medal trio of Barry Magee, Rod Dixon and Lorraine Moller bring gold medal guidance and an unparalleled wealth of marathon experience to this session on marathon training using the Lydiard system.

Dr. Keith Livingstone joins Australian over-55 marathon record holder, Johnny Meagher, in this 2-hour session on the science and practice of optimizing ketosis through diet and exercise to maximize endurance performance. Guidelines for who will most benefit from this practice, how to safely negotiating the territory of implementing a carbohydrate restricted diet without losing energy or speed, and how to stay in one’s Goldilocks zone, will be given.

Avoiding injury and illness means increasing your Goldilocks training zone so that you have bounce back after a workout (resilience). Gary looks at how to build resilience practices into your training, how to dig yourself out of the training hole quickly, and how to come back if you have dug yourself into hole so deep that you have had to take long periods of time away from training - even to the point where you may have given up your goals.