😫 𝗣𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗮 😩

Having anxiety means you care ❤️

The building blocks of anxiety typically have these components…

* A layer of unpredictability

* Not having control

* Something we care about is threatened- the deeper the threat, the greater the anxiety.

When feeling anxious before a race run through these three components of anxiety and write down a list for all three.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲? 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿? 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?

We can’t push anxiety away but we can work to offset it 🙌🏻

Trust is the antidote to anxiety that we have in sport and life. When we have trust and match it with anxiety it feels even.

There are three ways you can develop trust.

𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸.

Review how much time you spent running? How much volume?

How well you did?

Remind yourself of all those training standards you nailed!

𝟮. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲?

What you have done in your running career?

How many months and years have gone into training and being prepared in mind and body?

How many other races have you done where you have encountered this that remind you of that trust offset that you can do this?

𝟯. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴.

We’ve all had hardships, we’ve all had adversities in racing and in life and it takes a lot personal strength, resilience and toughness to get through those things.

You can review those things and remind yourself that you have the capability to do so in this moment.

Do the above and you will build authentic trust with the training block, life as an athlete and life as a human and have the belief to be successful. You have the skills to match this and you’re going to be okay ❤️