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Episode overview:
Paul Burgum is a social entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Youth Worker and more recently a PhD researcher at Durham University. Paul has developed a successful strategy for achievement that begins from simply taking on his own lifelong demons.
Episode highlights:
(31:52) Results: anger and depression during taper exceed race day morning, psychological taper
(42:48) Ultrarunning as a team sport: crew-athlete interactions, counterbalancing athlete emotions, realistic optimism
(57:40) Knowledge as power: understanding and course-correcting mood swings, taking action
Additional resources:
Paper discussed- How Mood Variability is associated with enhanced performance during ultrarunning
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