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!