| Any sporting achievement requires good
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| | focused.
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| preparation and the right kind of
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| | 5. Don't lose concentration midway
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| training but winning margins are often
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| | through the race.
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| very small. The difference between
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| | Sometimes when racing halfway round you
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| winning and losing can often be the
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| | may find yourself thinking about
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| matter of a few seconds. To make sure we
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| | something completely unrelated. It is
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| optimize our performance we need to make
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| | often at such times that your effort
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| sure we have the right attitude to racing
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| | levels will have fallen. To race at your
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| on the day.
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| | highest level you need to actively work
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| 1. Prepare in advance of the race.
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| | to maintain a highest effort level.
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| Make sure all your equipment is ready and
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| | 6. Be wary of your mind, which wants to
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| prepared the previous day. There is
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| | hold you back.
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| nothing more stressful than adjusting
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| | The top riders all share a common ability
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| your brakes 30 seconds before you are due
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| | to ride through the pain threshold. There
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| to start a national championship. If you
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| | are times when we need to hold back but
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| know your bike is working well it is one
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| | at the same time we should avoid finding
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| thing less to worry about. It allows you
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| | numerous false excuses to slow down.
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| to just concentrate on your race.
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| | 7. Visualise your competitors racing from
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| 2. Be focused on your own race.
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| | behind.
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| Don't spend time thinking of your
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| | When you feel your competitors are behind
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| opponents and thinking how fast they are.
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| | you it will give you extra motivation to
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| Just concentrate on getting yourself
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| | go faster.
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| ready. To be concentrating on other
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| | "If somebody is chasing you, your speed
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| competitors will mean you lose focus and
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| | will be faster than if somebody in front
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| you may feel inferior and unable to beat
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| | of you is pulling you toward him with a
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| them. These kind of thoughts do not help
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| | rope. If you feel that a magnet is
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| at all.
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| | pulling you to the finish line, you will
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| 3. Don't allow negative Thoughts.
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| | run fast; but you will run faster if you
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| Negative thoughts undermine your
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| | feel that somebody is chasing you and you
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| capabilities and capacities. If you worry
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| | are running for your life." (1)
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| about how badly you do, you are more
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| | 8. Don't be overly disappointed or overly
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| likely to perform disappointingly.. If
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| | excited on your result.
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| such thoughts come, don't pay any
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| | We can't help be happy when we do well,
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| attention to them; just let them go.
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| | but if we perform worse than expected we
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| Either think of nothing or try to think
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| | should not feel miserable. Often to make
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| of something positive. A clear mind is a
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| | progress we cannot improve in a straight
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| real boon to getting the most out of your
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| | line. It is necessary to have peaks and
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| racing capabilities.
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| | dips. If we become miserable because we
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| 4. Visualise your best performance.
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| | didn't fulfil our expectations then can
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| Before the race you can visualise in your
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| | lose motivation to train.
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| mind performing how you would like to. If
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| | (1) Excerpt from Carl Lewis: The Champion
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| you bring into your mind the idea of
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| | Inner Runner, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy.
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| going very fast it will help you to be
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