Ep 82: The Pre-Race Pep Talk
Run, Selfie, Repeat
Kelly Roberts
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2017
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
It doesn't matter if you're getting ready for your first or hundredth race, race day is always scary. Fear. Doubt. Anxiety. It's all there! Sometimes we need the reminder that we're ready to kick ass and take names. Remember, no regrets, no excuses. It's time for the ultimate pre-race pep talk.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 82. |
| 0:04.6 | What a lacklester opening. |
| 0:06.3 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:06.9 | Welcome to episode 82 of the Run Selfie Repeat podcast, where we talk about life by the side of running. |
| 0:14.8 | My name is Kelly Roberts, and today on the podcast, |
| 0:17.9 | dun dun dun race day. |
| 0:29.0 | Let's talk about the fear, the doubts, the anxiety, and the nerves that come with race day. But before we do, let's talk about the sponsor who is making this pep talk possible Squarespace. |
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| 0:38.2 | It helped me, someone who can't design or build websites to save her life. |
| 0:43.0 | It gave me a chance to build a website, find my voice, and ultimately it changed my life. |
| 0:48.7 | Squarespace, absolutely without a doubt, changed my life. |
| 0:52.1 | We all have a story and a voice. |
| 0:54.1 | Take a chance on yourself and share |
| 0:56.1 | yours. Start a blog. Start a website. Share your journey. Use your voice. Use offer code Kelly for 10% |
| 1:05.5 | off your purchase of domain address and website. Then take those first terrifying steps. I'm telling you Squarespace is the |
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| 1:23.7 | All right. On your marks get set. Let's do this. |
| 1:39.1 | All right. When I think about the times in my life when I thought something was impossible or terrifying or intimidating, fear was always at the root. |
| 1:44.8 | The fear of failing, the feel of hurting, the feel of not being the person that I think people want me to be, |
| 1:51.5 | the fear of being accepted, the fear of being too honest, too different, too vulnerable. And whenever I find myself shrinking and giving into fear, I try to look up. I try. I don't always succeed, |
| 1:56.6 | but I try. And then I just try to breathe and smile and find a way to give myself permission to be |
| 2:01.5 | afraid because it's really, really, really hard because it's one of those states that just kind of |
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