It's 13 days until my "A" race, Vineman 70.3. One more week of hard training -- most of it on my bike -- and then it's time to put all that training to use.
While I know that I can more than do the job physically, it's my mind that I worry about. I've been so used to just trying to finish the race, that making the shift to actually racing is new, and I have my doubts.
My body can do all the things I would like it to do -- but I fear my brain will start trying to talk it out of it. When it gets hot. When my seat starts to get sore. When my hamstrings get tight. When I'm all alone out on the run course, at 2 in the afternoon.
The mental test will be the toughest, and today, I'm failing it. I'm already starting to fret and focus on the negative. How do I train for that one over the next 13 days?
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