from green to black

balls

in crucial times (i.e just before big races)
it takes a certain mental strength to keep
from over-training. you want to be at your
best, not a point where you're almost recovered.

if you have been training hard during training
camp and in the build up to this race, you
have done all that you can already. one more
training session wont help at all. it may even be
detrimental if your body keeps taking longer
and longer to recover.

this is a mental game at this point in time. dont
think that the competitors are stronger, let them
worry about you not the other way around. let them
overtrain not the other way around. when you have
the confidence to keep yourself sane dispite
your instincts to go one more session more,
you would find that you will gain a certain
amount of new composure because you are able
to control your instincts of fear.
you are doing something because you know why
you are doing it and for no other reason.

that mental edge of alertness will benefit you
plenty. let me give you examples, when you know
it is the last charge but you still remember to
be composed and check timing instead of look
down and forget everything else. when you know
that if something goes wrong in the middle of
a race you can rally your pack to fight back
again, harder and harder.

play the mental game in your head. expect the
worst. your positive reaction when it actually
happens is what might save you the day

posted by green unseen @ 7:48 PM