How Mood Variability Affects Ultramarathon Performance with Paul Burgam PhD | Koopcast Episode 140

View all timestamps and show notes on the KoopCast website . 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 Buy Koop’s new book on Amazon or Audible Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop