Mental Tips - 5K?

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Rinde99 wrote: »
    When I used to run I employed visualization to help me with a race. I'd imagine I was a powerful locomotive blasting over mountains, getting stronger and stronger as the race progressed. Other times I'd repeat a mantra like "I can do this: I can do this!" over and over again. Or both of those together at other races to help me focus on maintaining my pace to achieve my desired time. You've got this, no problem. Believe in yourself and your training. It will all come together on race day and you'll have a blast running your 1st 5K.

    Love this! "I can do this" has been my mantra for the last 2+ years of wreght loss. It's written on the first page of my journal!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    bcalvanese wrote: »
    lorrpb wrote: »
    What are your mental tips for getting through a 5K? I've walked them before but Sunday will be my first time trying to run the whole thing. I'm close, but haven't quite gotten there, in my practices (2x week). So I can't tell myself, "You've done this before" because I haven't. I don't want the voices in my head to get in the way!

    But you can tell yourself "you have to do this so you CAN say you've done this before".

    Don't worry about anyone else's pace but yours.
    Keep your pace slow, easy, and steady.
    Think about the scenery.
    Think about things that are going on in your life.
    Think about and picture in your mind everyone else running in just their underwear.
    Keep your mind occupied.
    But... Don't think about fatigue.

    Running is a mind game, if you give up mentally, you will give up physically.
    Don't let it play you.
    You play it.

    I know you can do this and so do you.

    Just do it.

    Thanks bcall,The scenery will be great, right along Puget Sound. Love the underwear image...if I run out of mental distractions this will be great.

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