Carla Meijen is a chartered sport and exercise psychologist and a senior lecturer in applied sport psychology at St Mary's University, UK. She has a keen interest in endurance performance inspired by her work providing brief mental support at running events. She researches and teaches in sport psychology, and also works as a sport psychology practitioner.

Chapter 1: An introduction to Endurance Performance in Sport: Psychological Theory and Interventions

Carla Meijen and Samuel Marcora

PART I: Determinants of endurance performance

Chapter 2: Psychobiology of fatigue during endurance exercise

Samuele Marcora

Chapter 3: Exercise-induced pain: A psychophysiological perspective

Alexis Mauger

Chapter 4: Decision-making, pacing and performance in endurance sport

Dominic Micklewright

Chapter 5: Regulating emotions to go faster!

Andrew M. Lane, Daniel T. Robinson, and Ross Cloak

Chapter 6: Metacognitive processes in the self-regulation of endurance exercise

Noel Brick, Mark Campbell, and Christian Swann

Chapter 7: Self-efficacy and endurance performance

Paul Anstiss

PART II: Psychological interventions in endurance performance

Prelude: interventions for endurance performance

Carla Meijen

Chapter 8: Attentional focus and cognitive strategies during endurance activity

Noel Brick, Tadhg MacIntyre, and Linda Schücker

Chapter 9: Goal striving and endurance performance

Wanja Wolff, Maik Bieleke, and Julia Schüler

Chapter 10: The theoretical and applied implications of using imagery to improve the performance and well-being of endurance performers

Sheree McCormick, Francesco di Gruttola, and Maurizio Bertollo

Chapter 11: Self-talk and endurance performance

Alister McCormick and Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis

Chapter 12: Mindfulness in endurance performance

Emilie Thienot and Danielle Adams

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Appendix 12.2

PART III: Future directions for research and practice

Chapter 13: Clinical issues in endurance performance

Jennifer E. Carter and James Houle

Chapter 14: Application to recreational settings: working with the public, psyching team activities, and suggestions

Chelsi Day

Chapter 15: Pursuing the next challenges: directions for research on the psychology of endurance performance

Carla Meijen and Alister McCormick

Index