By Rameshon
Singapore International Marathon 1994 - 2hr 34min 02sec
The mind has the tendency to go to positivity more than negativity. When a person gets nine compliments, and one criticism. One might get upset and focus the attention on the negative comment. Similarly, the first thing one may do before running a race is to think that they did not do enough training even if you have trained enough and this gets you worried. I have experienced this myself doing optimum training, and reflectiing back on the training done before the race, I used to think that I have not done enough training. This thought, frankly speaking, may affect your race. So, whatever you have done, just say you have done your best in training and will do your best and l will gladly accept any outcome. One will feel relieved and relaxed with this thought.
It is like you are sick and you visit a doctor and get some medicine and you are cured. This advice if you take may give you physical and mental calmness and not to get anxious, which can affect your race.
It is simple, if you have trained to your planing, then it is good not to worry. If you have some things that you have been compromised, then it is wise to just run and do your best. But if you did not do your training well, and you still want to do well, you can only hope for the best to what you have trained for. Your outcome may be compromised, but just do your best and make changes in the future instead of now.
The thought of not having done enough training may come even to top athletes even if you have trained properly and adequately. To this, what you could do is to say, ''I will just run to my best and I will be happy with any kind of result. If there is anything that I want to do, I will do it after the race for my next training programme.
