What is your Mantra (Page 3)

To give myself some motivation, it is: "There is never another now, so live this moment for all you have."

In the toughest of moments, it is: "if you stop now, you'll never forgive yourself."

I read Macca's book, and the spot where he describes quitting at Kona and getting in a car only to see an age grouper who was bloodied up carrying his bike after a crash trying to get back to T2 so he could finish really got to me. If that guy, and plenty of other people going through adversity, can finish, there is no reason unless I am scared for my health that I should quit. So "Keep going" gets put on repeat until I push through the toughest spots.

Usually, though, it is just something like "JFC this hurts" or "where the h#ll is the finish" or "what the f was I thinking".

Edited by leedyb 2012-09-12 8:40 PM

Tim McGraw's "How bad do you want it?" in a race.

Training--whatever keeps me going.  I have been struggling lately, feeling fatigued on every run.  I just keep telling myself that I am building mental toughness.

I don't really have one, but sometimes on one of my longer runs I find myself thinking of my form and repeating in my head "I'm a machine" over and over.

"I am stronger than I have ever yet had need to know."

"She's got legs.  She knows how to use them"

During a bad training session, something I got from a mentor: "Well, at least I'm better off than all the someone's sitting on their couch!"

During a sprint, also something I found here: "Suicide pace is the best race pace and today looks like a good day to die." Morbid, but it helps me stay in the pain cave the whole race.

During a long race, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming." Or "Hey, my earlobes/eyelashes/fingernails/nose feel awesome!"

MechEChick FTW.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyUkm2qlhA

No Wife

No Kids

This is easy

My favorite is from RG3's heisman speech. "The hotter the heat the harder the steel. No pressure no diamonds. We compete we win we are Baylor." Or just no pressure no diamonds to shorten it. I usually rock my no pressure no diamonds t-shirt race day too.

During the olympics I heard a quote from May-Treanor/Walsh's coach that I like to use. Breathe believe and battle.

My main mantra is my sig line below. 

I've also started using Jens Voigt's original quote "shut up legs" but as I've discovered it's also equally useable on calves/hammies/quads/feet/lungs....

quincyf - 2012-09-13 3:37 PM

That's awesome!

Muskrat37 - 2012-09-13 1:50 PM

kevinbe - 2012-09-12 9:44 PM

I like this. (I assume you were saying your your sig line is your mantra)

Yep.  I set a goal for each race.  For my last marathon it was 3:30 or bust.  For my HIM it was 6:15 or bust.  My overall goal with this is to eventually finish an ironman, possibly KQ, so now it's Iron Man or bust.

I survived a terrorist rocket attack and cancer.  Everything from here on out is cake.  So smile, laugh, and enjoy the blessing that is life.  Stress is actually the easy part.

"There will be pain,  but NOT suffering!"

And a new one, I am breaking in from a friend,    "Anticipation of death is worse than death itself"  ha!