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DCM 2014: Mentored Novices Thread
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Have a lovely restful day all and anyone heading to the Expo - enjoy!
Anyone doing a couple of miles today, remember recovery pace only or slower. Conserve all the energy you can for Monday. Remember to eat a little more carbohydrate today with your meals. An extra bagel as a snack, a larger portion of pasta, rice etc with your dinner. Plenty of water but not to excess.
Chill out later with a good movie and put the feet up. Let the special person in your life do all the house work and mind the kids, dogs, etc
Pop your bib number on the spreadsheet if you wish so we can track you Monday!0 -
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Posted by Eoin Ryan over on main DCM thread. Have a good read. Brilliant! I had myself winning the race by the end of it:D
Few people talking about nerves before the Marathon. Lotta good advice out
there. Hopefully I can add to it.
I might have put this up sooner but
sure....
There are 3 P's to remember when you might have the jitters
leading up to the Marathon. Nerves EAT energy so be
1) Prepared 2) Patient
3) Picture.
Firstly Prepared. There is enough information out there about
how the race roles. Read it.... and have your journey & equipment ready.
Being prepared means you are self reliant and in control.
Second Patient.
Many struggle with this 'taper week' as you will be running very little. Make a
plan NOW for the week to fill the time with something that has nothing to do
with running. Something that will take you out of 'state' as we say in the
coaching world. Buy a really good book (not on running) - ideally you should be
relaxing. An idle mind gives you thinking time about running BUT you can use
this to your advantage (keep reading).
Lastly for nerves Picture. When
running you are going to be taking in information Visually, Auditory and
Kinesthetically for the most part. For visual people: close your eyes and
imagine crossing the finish line looking through your own eyes. Imagine the
crowd cheering you (auditory) and how great you will feel (kinesthetically). Let
this be your only thought when it comes to the race (nothing negative). To help
you override any strong negative stuff make this visual image bigger, brighter,
the noise and cheering louder. Keep doing this until you feel the tingle of
excitement in your body growing & growing. Feel like you have done it -
visualise, hear and feel your triumph!! Do this over and over + OVER again. Add
more stuff like family cheering you on. Make it movie size. No limits.....!!
Some people are not visual so print off a picture of someone finishing the race
and put a picture of you there in their place. Put this on your fridge or
somewhere visible with a mantra like 'I will finish strong' above it (make up
your own). Or put in your target time in the clocks (bit of cropping and pasting
but it can be done).
The whole point is to make it as real as possible -
like it is a foregone conclusion that you will finish strong. That is me
finishing!! The power is in repetition... Many might be repeating the negative
stuff. You have mastered that skill by now... so why not change the channel to
the Positive.
Keep the good energy flowing and you'll do great.
If you
follow the above you may enjoy the event all the more.
Best of luck
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