Tips to Tackle Pre-Race Anxiety

The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

TriDot Triathlon Training

Running, Fitness, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Do you experience "pregame butterflies" before an event? How do you know if your nervousness and increase in adrenaline are good things preparing you for competition, or pre-race anxiety that may inhibit your performance? On today's episode, coaches John Mayfield and Joanna Nami answer this and more! The coaches identify common causes of anxiety and discuss strategies for easing the anxiousness. Learn what you can do during your training to lessen self-doubt and fear, and how to manage nerves that appear on race morning. Huge thanks to deltaG for partnering with us on this episode. To learn more about the performance boosting benefits of deltaG Ketones head to deltaGketones.com and use code TRIDOT20 for 20% off your order. On their site you can: 1. Learn more about fueling with deltaG ketone products. 2. Make a standalone purchase, or subscribe for ongoing deltaG ketone deliveries. 3. Book a FREE 15 minute video consultation with Brian, an expert on exogenous ketones, and deltaG in particular, to discuss your individual goals and best choice of deltaG drink to exceed those goals. Also a big thanks to UCAN for being a long time partner of the podcast! At TriDot we are huge believers in using UCAN to fuel our training and racing. To experience UCAN's LIVSTEADY products for yourself, head to their website UCAN.co! Use the code “TriDot” to save 20 percent on your entire order.

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0:00.0	This is the TriDOT podcast.
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0:55.7	Thanks in advance, y'all are the best crucial show today as two of our esteemed tridot coaches will tackle race day anxiety.
1:04.2	We want to help you get to the start line as ready and confident as possible, so really excited
1:09.0	for this chat today. Our first coach joining us for this
1:12.3	is Coach Joanna Namy. Joanna is better known as Coach Jojo and has been coaching athletes with Tridot
1:18.2	since 2012. She's a co-founder of Hissy Fit Racing, a third year member of the Betty Design Squad,
1:25.2	and now has 17 Iron Man finishes on her accomplished triathlon resume.
1:31.0	Coach Joe is qualified for two Iron Man World Championships and will be racing Kona here in
1:36.1	October of 2022.
1:38.8	Coach Joe, welcome back to the podcast.
1:40.5	Thanks for having me, Andrew.
1:42.2	Also joining us is coach John Mayfield. John is a USAT level
1:45.5	two and Ironman U certified coach who leads Trot's Athlete Services, Ambassador, and coaching programs.
1:52.1	He's coached hundreds of athletes ranging from first timers to Kona qualifiers and professional
1:56.6	triathletes. John has been using TrotOT since 2010 and coaching with TriDOT since 2012.
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