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18-week training video series

#15 What advice do you have for overcoming race day jitters? With Danny Showalter


Training Talk Video #15 is LIVE and this week, Director of OutRunners Columbus and 17-time Marathon runner Danny Showalter is joining us to talk about overcoming race day jitters!


We get it--you’ve spent the past few months dripping in sweat from the drenching Ohio heat, soaking your sore feet and preparing for long runs - only to get to race day and still be nervous! While race day jitters are normal and can actually help prepare you for a great race ahead, there are many ways to combat your nerves and feel more prepared and at ease.


Danny recommends three strategies for doing just that. Check out the video below to learn about each!



What are some ways you combat race day jitters? Please share your recommendations and tips in the comments below.


Thanks for watching and stay tuned for next week’s video!

 
 
 

26 Comments


Player Pure
Player Pure
4 days ago

Good list. For anyone who enjoys puzzles and clue-based games, I also found escape room games pretty fun to play in the browser.

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Moto X3m
Moto X3m
5 days ago

Despite the fact that it required some time to peruse all of the remarks, I found the post to be incredibly captivating Moto X3m 2.

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Hannah Vang
Hannah Vang
6 days ago

Danny's advice about visualizing the course and sticking to a familiar routine really resonates — the nerves hit me hardest in the corral when my mind starts inventing problems. Reviewing my own training data the night before (pace splits, weekly mileage) helps me see the work I've already put in, and a quick way I clean up exported data from my running apps is a JSON to Excel converter — it makes inspecting the numbers way less painful. Thanks for the great video, looking forward to next week's!

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Alex Chen
Jul 12

This was a useful read and easy to follow. For a quick browser break afterwards, I keep this simple tool bookmarked: IPYNB Tools.

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Alex Chen
Jul 11

This was a useful read and easy to follow. For a quick browser break afterwards, I keep this simple tool bookmarked: AVIF to PNG.

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