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Do any of you guys step up to the line excited and ready to race, or is it pure torture for everyone else, too? I feel like for me, the nervousness comes more from the imminent pain than the pressure to perform well and I think it might be affecting my performance. How do you guys get over the fear of racing? |
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When toeing the line, I am neither excited nor anxious but prepared to execute the last phase of the plan that has been developed and implemented over the past few months. |
| asdffads |
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I am very calm at the start of a race. I'm ready to race and execute my plan - almost to the point of being stoic. Thankfully, I don't get nervous or get the butterflies....it's just a nice, quiet calm. |
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In the week leading up to the race it's always on the back of my mind, and my gut kind of sinks when I think about it. The day of the race I can't stop thinking about it. Warming up I'm a nervous wreck, because I know I have to perform. I just want the race to be there already. When I'm on the line I'm totally ok with how much I'm going to hurt over the next few minutes, and I can't wait until I'm into the race. I really hate the day of part. |
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It's pretty much the opposite for me. The day of the race I'm really excited. That ends right after the warm up, though. |
| Guppy |
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As an alpha male, I see it as yet another opportunity to assert my dominance over pvssy beta males like you. |
| smitty werbenjagermanjensen |
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of course i love racing. I put a ton of work into my training and i love being able to see what i can do. |
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I enjoyed it for 25 years and then stopped enjoying it. That was my last serious race. Won my age group and called it a day. Still go to races now and then but run easy in the middle or back of the pack. |
| Dwight Kashrut |
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I love racing, and competition in general. It's fun to do things as hard as you can and see who's strongest. It does kind of suck to move to a place with a shitty running scene and just automatically win ever race I enter, though. I almost feel bad winning some of these races, but if you're gonna have a prize I'ma enter. |
| Wow Unbelievable |
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Racing was always the best part of racing for me. I was prepared and confident and didn't consider it particularly painful. OP, you may be doing something wrong. |
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I would not be doing my job as a LetsRun poster in letting this phrase pass us by without comment, yet I'm not sure what to say. |
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no |
| Jurgis Rudkus |
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I don't enjoy racing at all but more for lack of interest than nervousness. Lately I've found it difficult to get excited about any races- I have a pretty good idea of what shape I'm in at any given time and I just don't have the same competitive drive I used to. I'll still go out there and race and perform well but all in all I really don't see the point of it. |
| slartibartfast |
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I always used to get really worked up and nervous before races; I would feel queasy and get butterflies in my stomach and would obsess over the coming race and the pain. Strangely enough, this was when I was still quite slow. As I got faster (still not great, but good enough to be in the top 10 of almost any local race), I started getting less amped up about racing. I still don't know if I would say that I enjoy racing; it's uncomfortable and usually I'm too focused and pushing too hard to really "enjoy" it, but I like competing and pushing myself to my limits, and I am always very happy after a good race. But during the race, unless it's the first 16 miles of a marathon, I'm not usually having fun. |
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I agree with this guy (although I don't live in a place where I can win races, or any race for that matter). I'm busy with work and family and don't get nervous about races until I get there (I do think about races when training). Once start warming up I get somewhat nervous, but in a good way - I'm excited to see what I can do and who I can beat. |
| naughtybynature |
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Few things match the feeling of hitting the finish line when you've run a good race. Suddenly the months of training and sacrifice feel worth it. |
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No, I don't think the OP is doing anything wrong. I would get super nervous for years and years about racing. It wasn't until my senior year of college that I finally started feeling more comfortable on the line. Competing against others doesn't really drive me. It's the competition against myself and the clock. Kinda like doing a work out. Other people there help push me and pull me faster, but it's the time and my past performances that are my measures of merit. But for a while I would feel the pressure of having other people around me that I'm supposed to try and beat and that intimidated me. Now I go into races with very specific plans and the challenge is to execute it. The people around me are just tools to pull me along or give me a mental boost when I pass. |
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nah - I really hate racing. But I love after the race - makes it worth it when I really nail a good one and can summon the exhileration for years. I still remember great races from 30 years ago. And as recently as 3 months. And there is no way I would train as hard without races - but I do not like doing them. Sort of a catch 22. Because I love love love being in fantastic shape for races. |
| j0nathan |
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We not even talkin about the race. We talkin about practice.... |
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I love racing. Competition is my entire reason for running. I don't really enjoy the day to day of training in the way that a lot of runners seem to. I'm not the type who will keep running every day even if I'm not going to race. I don't run because I love to run. I run because I love to compete and running offers me the opportunity to do so. |
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