Ways to get rid of nerves?!?!?

Failure is one of our big fears and certainly there isn’t an athlete who doesn’t have butterflies before a race. The fight or flight response kicks in, hormones are released, heart rate increases, adrenaline is practically gushing out of your ears and your body is ready to race but you are feeling extremely uncomfortable. Here are five things you can do about that.

1) Tell yourself a story about the race, as if you are narrating it on the news, unemotionally. I got to the track. I did a 15 minute warm up.

My race was called, I removed my sweats and I went to the starting line. The gun went off and I started running. I was doing well, better than expected.

The race went better than planned. 2) Breathe from your belly. Inhale slowly to a count of four, hold for four and slowly exhale to account of four.

3) Clench and release your muscles. Starting with your feet and working up to your eyes, tense and relax each muscle group. 4) Admit your fear out loud.

I am afraid of losing, not meeting my goal, finishing last, embarrassing myself… 5) Adjust your perspective and vocabulary. I have trained hard and now I am going to see what I can do. I am going to run fast and have fun.

Good or bad, I am going to enjoy telling my friends, family, etc. how I did.

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