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Motivational mantras?

  • 28-06-2011 10:00pm
    #1
    kingQuez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭


    Hmm, think I butchered my first attempt at posting this.

    I stubled on one that was terse and catchy "when the body says no the mind says go" (or swop body/mind).

    The other I liked was along the lines of "if you feel in control, you're not going fast enough" (for the end of a race, of course ;)).

    Anyone got any favourite mantras for racing?


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  • #2
    anymore
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,672 ✭✭✭anymore


    I tried one i had used a few years before in mediation - it made me too relaxed ! :eek:
    So now I make them up as i go along .


  • #3
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    Pain is temporary; Quitting lasts forever.


  • #4
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    "The quicker I run, the quicker I finish"


  • #5
    big_show
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭big_show


    "No Excuses"


  • #6
    hare05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭hare05


    I reject your reality and substitute my awesome one.


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  • #7
    shotgunmcos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭shotgunmcos


    Just, just, just...

    Just a half marathon left... just stay relaxed... just 10 miles to go... just 10k to go... just 5k to go... thats just 3.1miles or so you know!... just one k to go... just hang on legs... I can see the line.. its just a 100 meters... I JUST DID IT :D


  • #8
    Oisin11178
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭Oisin11178


    The one i love is,
    "Pain is just weakness leaving the body"


  • #9
    Izoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭Izoard


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    Just, just, just...

    Just a half marathon left... just stay relaxed... just 10 miles to go... just 10k to go... just 5k to go... thats just 3.1miles or so you know!... just one k to go... just hang on legs... I can see the line.. its just a 100 meters... I JUST DID IT :D

    I can summarize that for ya...JFDI:)


  • #10
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    Desire. wrote: »
    Pain is temporary; Quitting lasts forever.

    There is a lot less pain though if you shoot up on epo and blood dope ;)


  • #11
    Rawhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Rawhead


    Oisin11178 wrote: »
    The one i love is,
    "Pain is just weakness leaving the body"

    That's a big one in the US Army.
    "Excuses are the crutches of the weak" is another favourite.


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  • #12
    cagefan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭cagefan


    run fatboy run:)


  • #13
    PatientBear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭PatientBear


    If I have to go uphill sometimes I use:

    'Eat...up...that...hill'

    which I like because it because I can say it between drawing breaths... It's also good because when you are looking down at the road, you really are eating up the hill metre by metre.


  • #14
    G-Money
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    Don't we already have a thread about this...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056309988

    That's not my motivational mantra btw :o


  • #15
    PatientBear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭PatientBear


    G-Money wrote: »
    Don't we already have a thread about this...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056309988

    That's not my motivational mantra btw :o


    Mantras are things you repeat to yourself over and over - but some of the items on that thread are motivational concepts.

    Mantras are what you'd repeat to yourself on a difficult run for example as a psychological exercise to either keep you strong and overcome a challenge.


  • #16
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    "I train to race, a DNF makes training pointless"

    Wish someone had mentioned this in Lausanne last night:p


  • #17
    hunnymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭hunnymonster


    "If I slow down now, zuppylurk will beat me"


  • #18
    ocnoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭ocnoc


    "Make every 3 seconds count"

    Be it descending a short technical section, or getting around a corner, or catching the person in front or getting in/out of transition.
    Make every second work for you. If you knock off 10 x 3seconds... Your 30sec up already. You'd be surprised how many seconds you drop by been silly


  • #19
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    ocnoc wrote: »
    "Make every 3 seconds count"

    Be it descending a short technical section, or getting around a corner, or catching the person in front or getting in/out of transition.
    Make every second work for you. If you knock off 10 x 3seconds... Your 30sec up already. You'd be surprised how many seconds you drop by been silly

    Thats a very good one. I remember saying something similar in a 10k race earlier this year. "I dont need to improve by a min I only need to run 2.5 secs quicker per 400 rep". Things are so much easier when you break them down as much as you can


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