Subject: RE: Brand new!Welcome to the group Janie! Congrats on your decision to do the tri. You've got plenty of time to train and lots of reasons to be motivated. Any time you need a mental boost, you've go plenty of friends here who can give it to you. As far as the nervousness, that will pass after the first race. Then you will wonder what the big fuss was all about! If it helps to calm your fears, just remember that you can enter the event with the following philosophy; you have only one important competitor in the race and that person is YOU. Race against yourself, for your own personal enjoyment, and the satisfaction that you are doing something that 99.99% of the people in this country can't do. Feel proud of your accomplishment and keep those thoughts in mind as you train. Train hard, trust your instincts and abilities, race within yourself, and save something for a strong finish. Then come back and brag about it to us...we'll be more than happy to listen to every word.
Way to go gal...you rock!
Max |