This episode focuses on the mental side of race week and how to decrease nerves and anxiety leading up to a race. As coaches, athletes, and friends who have raced together, Angela and Amy give a 360 degree view of how to get to the start line confident and calm, while also acknowledging that everyone approaches race week differently. Topics covered:
- Outcome vs process goals
- What does trust your training mean?
- Highlight reel
- Going in undertrained
- Find your why
- Create goals for yourself that reflect who you are
- No expectations
- Need a freak out time
- Your race week is not other people's race week
- Control the controllables
- Visualizing your race
- Self-Talk
- Shift to the mentality that the past is the past
- Get rid of negative constructs
- Stop fearing "failure" and why that word shouldn't be a negative
- How do deal with a DNF
- Why Angela gets quiet during race week
We hope that after you listen to this episode, you go into your next race week relaxed and ready to roll. Have a listen!
