YES YES YES! all these things are perfect. i am all about mantras and self-talk…i could for sure work on the whole confidence portion but its okay to be a work in progress right!?! 🙂
Thanks for this post! I just started training for my first 10k about 12 weeks ago, which is in about 2.5 weeks, and I’m starting to feel nervous/excited, and your advice is very helpful! 🙂
Urgh…can you be my sport psychologist? Seriously, I can (and need to) put all this into practice…I am the worst choker ever!!My target race usually= the worst race of my season. But working on this and this post helps so much thank you!!! 🙂 Loved the visualization post too!!
Thanks for the great post. Talk to your body, form check, confidence, all of these always need to be reminders. Well done and well put.
thank u right back. 🙂
YES YES YES! all these things are perfect. i am all about mantras and self-talk…i could for sure work on the whole confidence portion but its okay to be a work in progress right!?! 🙂
u’re gaining confidence, trust me…would the julia of a year ago sign up for a 50 miler and get out after it?? i dunno if she would. 🙂
Thanks for this post! I just started training for my first 10k about 12 weeks ago, which is in about 2.5 weeks, and I’m starting to feel nervous/excited, and your advice is very helpful! 🙂
thanks for the comment and EXCITING about ur first 10k!! keep up the great work and keep those nerves in check, u’ll do awesome. 🙂
Urgh…can you be my sport psychologist? Seriously, I can (and need to) put all this into practice…I am the worst choker ever!!My target race usually= the worst race of my season. But working on this and this post helps so much thank you!!! 🙂 Loved the visualization post too!!
oh no, chocker?! take that word out of the vocab, cuz we’re gonna change that. keep reminding urself to relax and DO try the visualization!
This is a great list of advice 🙂 I definitely try to do these, but could be more consistent. It does make such a difference!
glad that list helped, practice and lemme know it it works for u! 🙂
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I have heard so much lately about mantras and using them to help you get through…I think it’s about time I tried it out 🙂
oooh, lemme know how it goes! 🙂
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