Self Belief ...What is It?

Every time I get to the sharp end of the season...that moment when my last key races are coming up...I start to get those little things creeping into my thoughts...Will my injuries hold up...will I be fast enough on the day...have I eaten too much this week....etc..etc..etc.

In particular I have an interesting race coming up this Saturday...its a 200m race at Homebush Olympic Center at which the Elite 50 year olds in the country have been invited to compete as part of the Telstra A Series ....a major meet that brings some of the best runners from the World to Australia.

I have already been allocated my Lane Draw...Lane 2...it just happens to be my favourite lane...outside me in the other lanes will be the leading athletes in the Masters category...I couldn't have asked for a better lane....but....there are still little thoughts to overcome...to get my head together and eliminate unnecessary mind traffic....I have to get into the " Zone "

What is the Zone ? It is simply a place where Fear and thought of failure have no place...The Zone is where my head needs to be when I am going through this last few days of training...to enable my body to perform at the optimum level ( what its been trained for ) without the hinderance of extranious mental mind games. At the Elite level of athletics...each of the eight runners in this race have the same physical capabilities...The one who will untimately triumph will be the one who can control his mind.....YOU ARE MY WORLD TEAM... I will take this with me to the Starting Blocks this Saturday Evening. Self Belief is Knowledge.