These past months have been very stressful with school and the loss of my uncle. I had severe mental stress about it all, and sometimes thinking about my uncle made me really sad and my heart raced like crazy. It came to the point where I couldn't sleep much, and I would wake up in the morning with a fast heartbeat. Then I had anxiety, where I would get nervous about little things. Then when race day came, I was sooo stressed before the race my heart was racing a million miles per hour and just by warming up I was getting tired. The race didn't go well for me. Was the mental stress and anxiety the reason?
Thanks