It's true, training your mind is as important as training your body. I decided a little while ago I wanted to create a guided visualisation to help runners work on their confidence, help calm their nerves and practice how they want to react and talk to themselves when running and racing becomes hard ie. work on their focus and mental toughness. Deliberately work on this aspect of their running, like strength training for their mind!
My being authentic is so important, it's how i create, i have to be myself. I made this because i care deeply. It started out as me wanting to help my athletes that were struggling with confidence, race nerves, handling the discomfort when running becomes difficult. I genuinely wanted to help. I remembered a visualisation I used to do that helped me a lot in my training and also in my races. I couldn't find it, so I decided to make one myself... and taadaa... I did 🥰
As a runner who has also suffered with those negative thoughts that come up while you’re running and racing, to the point that it has made me physically sick and avoid taking part in races altogether (which is something I usually love to do as a runner!) - I know how it feels. What once was a joy can become a stress.
When things start to get tough in a race and those thoughts come up that you can’t finish, that you’re not a good runner, that you can’t maintain that pace - it can feel defeating and like you just don’t want to even do it anymore! I’ve been there…You know you’re body is capable, it’s your mind that’s getting in the way.
There’s a way to train your mind to be as strong as your body. A way to really get back to feeling confident as an athlete. A way to be calm and grounded at the start line.