Affirmations & Mental Conditioning Saved Marathon Runner’s Dream

NewswireToday – /newswire/ – Boulder, CO, United States, 12/04/2008 – Life coach Scott Sharp Armstrong trained for 12 years to qualify for and run the Boston Marathon. His dream almost died at mile 16. it was not his physical conditioning that saved his dream, but the mental conditioning he now teaches. 

Dire messages about the economy are everywhere. Television newscasters, talk radio hosts and sites all over the internet spread a message of fear about the future. Headlines proclaim the worst Christmas in decades (or perhaps ever) for retailers. With the world seeming to fall apart, is it possible for a person to rise above it?

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5280 Magazine – Power of Positive Thinking: A 12-step guide to understanding the University of Colorado’s Popular Head Football Coach.

Power of Positive Thinking:
An excerpt from:  A 12-step guide to understanding the University of Colorado’s Popular Head Football Coach.

11) Be Abnormal
I’d been in the football War Room with Hawkins, attending a meeting with his assistants. It was time for the next meeting. Hawkins’ day is highly structured. It moves, much like a football practice, in regimented increments. As we left for the auditorium downstairs, Hawkins handed me a blue plastic bottle of water. “Try this,” he said. “It’ll change your life.”

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Opt for Choice Not Chance, Urges Scott Armstrong, Boulder Coaching Academy Founder and Great-Grandson to Whitman’s Chocolates’ Legacy

BOULDER, CO–(MARKET WIRE)–Oct 30, 2006 — Forrest Gump’s mama famously told him, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” But Walter P. Sharp, creator of the Whitman’s Sampler (the world’s best selling box of chocolate) and his great-grandson Scott Armstrong, founder and president of the Boulder Coaching Academy, would disagree.

Walter Sharp’s famous one-pound yellow sampler box was the first to include a variety of chocolates and a custom map inside the lid, making it possible to choose your sweet success with every bite. Four generations later, staying true to the Whitman Sampler innovator’s ideals, Scott encourages and empowers his clients to effectively map out the sweet success of their own daily lives.

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Boulder Coaching Academy President Offers Seven Steps to Marathon Success

On September 24, 2006, marathon runners from around the country will descend on Boulder to participate in the Boulder Backroads Marathon grueling 26.2 mile course testing strength, endurance and will power. Scott Armstrong, president of the Boulder Coaching Academy and a veteran marathon runner, offers Boulder Backroads Marathon participants seven steps to achieve their personal best. After 12 years and 12 marathons, Armstrong was finally able to achieve his dream of qualifying for the Boston Marathon, but only with the help of these seven simple steps. Here are Armstrong’s secrets:

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Disabled runners go Beyond Limits Participants eagerly training for the Bolder Boulder

Disabled runners go Beyond Limits
Participants eagerly training for the Bolder Boulder

By Eric Schmidt, Camera Staff Writer
May 28, 2006

After 10 weeks of training for the Bolder Boulder, the Beyond Limits team is pumped up for the race.

The team of about 25 runners with physical and developmental disabilities took its final practice laps Thursday at the Boulder Valley Ranch trailhead. The goal, organizers said, is for every runner to finish Monday’s race and inspire others with disabilities to do things they never thought they could.

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Special Olympics Volunteer Shares Zeal for Distance Running, But It’s His Fire-Walking Experience That Fuels His Passion for Transforming Lives

Special Olympics Volunteer Shares Zeal for Distance Running, But It’s His Fire-Walking Experience That Fuels His Passion for Transforming Lives

Boulder Coaching Academy Helps Special Olympians achieve BolderBOULDER 10K Dreams

Boulder, CO – May 2, 2006 Scott Armstrong, personal success coach and marathon runner, “walks his talk.” Or rather, he runs it. That’s why the president and founder of Boulder Coaching Academy volunteered to be a pacer for Boulder’s Special Olympics program, training local kids for the upcoming Celestial Seasonings 28th Memorial Day BolderBOULDER 10K Race.

“If you really want to make major improvements in your life, you need someone to help you get moving forward, and to show you what to do to get better results than you’re getting right now. It’s an absolute must!” says Armstrong. “I’m delighted to share both my love of running and my recognition of the importance of constantly pushing one’s limits with these Special Olympians. Their racing success will be life altering.”

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