The Relationship Between Positive and Negative Self Talk in Racing

"These races, especially these longer ones are just a back and forth between positive and negative self talk," he says. "When you have that self doubt start to spiral and then also project further into the race, that's where you become it becomes problematic" If I'm at a really low point, 70 miles into 100 mile or and I'm thinking about how I have to run 30 miles, we'll exhaust ourselves mentally, she adds.