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Reader to Reader: Race-day nerves
By Catherine Lee on 09/07/2007 09:11:50
How do you deal with race-day nerves? Here are your suggestions
?" – HelenlizYour best answersOver-the-counter remedies can ease the physical symptoms It’s nice to know I am not the only one who suffers with pre-race nerves. I too have to go to the toilet several times before a race, which has the tendency to leave me hungry
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Sound Mind, Sound Body: How to Beat Pre-Race Nerves
By Andy Lane, Ruth Emmett on 01/11/2010 12:34:58
Professor of Psychology Andy Lane explains how positive thinking can improve performance
You've trained wisely and eaten well - but you just can't shake those pre-race nerves. So how can you work on mental preparation? To find out, I teamed up with researchers from Sheffield, Oxford, Manchester, Reading and Wolverhampton universities
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Q+A: How can I overcome these pre-race nerves?
By Hal Higdon on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q Ive been running for just over a year and have recently started entering races. The thing is that as soon as I stand on the start line, Im always overcome with nerves. I feel queasy and my legs shake, and Im sure this is affecting my race
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Mind Over Matter: Race-Day Psychology
By Alice Palmer on 22/07/2009 12:32:09
From pre-race nerves to the final kick, channel your brainpower into peak racing performance
their experience of pre-competition stress. He says, "The world's best athletes set lots of different goals – if you go into a race with 15 goals, then you're sure to achieve at least some of them.' Set a variety of goals to make sure you come away happy. You could
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TW Interviews: Alistair Brownlee
By on 09/11/2011 14:59:16
Alistair Brownlee reveals why he's enjoying his Olympic favourite status - but still suffers pre-race nerves
's pretty special and any pressure is kind of deserved, that's how I choose to look at it.Well done on an amazing season. You always make winning look incredibly easy, do you still get pre-race nerves?Sometimes. It's always worse at the first few races
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Beat Your Racing Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Blitz those race-day nerves and shine with confidence at your next event
you run into a wall, climb it, go through it or work around it" Michael JordanThe Fear: Not Getting into a Key RaceThe Fix: Plenty more Fish...Remember that London and New York are just two marathons among hundreds. OK, so London filled its 125,000
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TW Interviews: Helen Jenkins
By on 29/06/2011 12:16:39
Find out why race day nerves won’t be getting the better of Helen Jenkins as she prepares for her London 2012 qualification races
strategies for coping with race day nerves - and the pressure of being the 2012 Olympic triathlon favourite.Do you have a strategy going into the Olympic qualification races?I'd like it to be a hard swim, hard bike, hard run - but I've got to prepared
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Vodcast: Winning mental strategies
By on 19/03/2012 14:49:41
Wave goodbye to race day nerves with advice from ASICS Target 26.2 and PRO Team psychologist Dr Victor Thompson
ASICS PRO Team sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson shares top strategies for setting targets, beating race day nerves and debriefing after the event.Whether it's a 5K or a spring marathon, your first race or your fiftieth, Dr Thompson's tips
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Bounce Back From Any Setback
By Kelly Pate Dwyer and Ruth Emmett on 01/04/2010 16:27:12
The five stages of getting over a bad race experience - and running better next time
training plan, diet and race-day strategy. "Every race is a puzzle," says coach Jeff Horowitz, author of My First 100 Marathons (£15.99, Skyhorse Publishing). "Look for clues to solve it." Did you rest enough during your taper? Did you go out too fast? Did
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Race SOS: Feeling Sick
By Courtney Johnson on 10/01/2011 14:32:45
Feeling sick during or after a race is common but you're not entirely at the mercy of your troubled stomach
Cramping, gastrointestinal (GI) distress, nausea, vomiting: sometimes a hard workout or a tough race is memorable for all the wrong reasons. You may think these reactions are part of the endless joy of being a triathlete but there are steps you can
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