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M~
Aug 25, 08 8:14
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What is your mantra when the going gets tough?
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So what do you folks say to yourselves deep within the race and things start to get ugly and the hurt is on?
My new mantra is "What would Simon do?". But I could use some others. :)
Mark
tigerchik
Aug 25, 08 8:21
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suck it up, princess
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brikins13
Aug 25, 08 8:24
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ummm...
HTFU
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M~
Aug 25, 08 8:25
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I hate that one
SlayerHatebreed
Aug 25, 08 8:26
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A few things:
In an iron I think, "The faster I go now the sooner I can lay down."
Other ones: "pain now for pleasure later" and "I signed up to see how fast I could go on the day.. don't be such a friggin wuss!"
I also have a secret desire to see if I can make my heart explode, so far no luck!
Irongirl
Aug 25, 08 8:27
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At the 5K mark in the Peterborough Half IM run.....
Shut the F up and Run, b*tch!
Worked wonders for me. Think the aid station volunteers thought I was a little off though :)
I tend to bribe myself with DQ Blizzards when the going gets tough.
Proud member of the Guru Cartel, EH!
M~
Aug 25, 08 8:28
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A few things:
I also have a secret desire to see if I can make my heart explode, so far no luck!
lol...love it.
M~
Aug 25, 08 8:29
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If you said that at 5k I can just imagine what you were saying at 15 ;)
Ultra-tri-guy
Aug 25, 08 8:30
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This coming weekend when I really feel like crap I will remember those few ST'ers who have given me shit and I will repeat over and over again(in time with my breathing)
Slowtwitch assholes,slowtwitch assholes,slowtwitch assholes!
Gee just writing this makes me feel better. ;)
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Aussie Nick, back in Oz
leslieW
Aug 25, 08 8:32
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'Run through it...sweetness is on the other side'.
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Aug 25, 08 8:34
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A quote or paraphrase from the Jack London book "Call of The Wild"
"I am a leader and a leader must lead."
Now, I am never in the lead when I use this phrase. I do not use it to mean I must win or actually lead the race. I use it as "this is what I am and this is what I do" - "I am a triathlete (or cyclocrosser, mtb racer, runner, father, attorney, husband, etc.) and this is what I do."
Sometimes I use it as "this is what I am and this is what I MUST do."
Back to "Call of the Wild" - I also really like the mental picture of Buck (the dog) pulling with everything he has to break the loaded sled free from the iced street as John Thornton calls out to him from the finish line.
David K
Tom Demerly
Aug 25, 08 8:34
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"I've done this before... I can do it again."
http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/
(NOTE: This poster owns a retail business selling triathlon related products).
matti58
Aug 25, 08 8:35
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My two favorite mantras come from one of my favorite Metallica songs - "Creeping Death."
1. "Motherf***er, I shall pass," which I say out loud when I'm in a bad patch. It helps me remember that the bad times come, but they ALWAYS pass as well. It encourages me to stick with it when things are tough, cuz it always get better.
2. "I rule the midnite air." I sing this out loud to myself in a 24-hour race (or similar) when it's the middle of the nite and I'm really tired.
3. "You've gotta get comfortable with being uncomfortable."
Irongirl
Aug 25, 08 8:37
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Right after I said that, I had a much better attitude and throughly enjoyed the rest of the run course!
By no means did I have a stellar run time but I had fun slogging through it.
Proud member of the Guru Cartel, EH!
Bulliams
Aug 25, 08 8:41
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Tigerchick,
You posted this once before (maybe a year and a half ago). I hope you don't mind, but I stole it and have been using is as my own since then. The "suck it up" part gives me the kick in the ass that I need, and the "princess" makes me giggle - I'm a (straight) dude.
DavidK
Aug 25, 08 8:42
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A few more.
I often think "ABC" which means "Always by cycling/circling" when I need to simply keep pedaling or need to lift the pace.
I also have one I lifted from a Dr. Ken Leistner article in Milo (a weightlifting/strength journal) = "Flail against the specter of mediocrity."
Last one - the word "Revolution" thought over and over and over.
David K
matti58
Aug 25, 08 8:43
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Now, which particular STers are the a-holes you are referring to? :)
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Aug 25, 08 8:43
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It is almost in the run so: form, form, form, feet under the body, fire the glutes.
Ultra-tri-guy
Aug 25, 08 8:48
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You most certainly are not one of them.A serious mantra is one that Ray Browning gave us all in 1994 at the carbo for IMC.He told us to just repeat "yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,-over and over again.It actually works.
The two I actually use,depending on how I'm feeling are:(again in time with my breathing)
"I am not tired" - over and over for hours.
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"It does not hurt" -over and over until the hurt goes away.
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Aussie Nick, back in Oz
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DuGuy
Aug 25, 08 8:50
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If it were easy everyone would do it.
"I consider myself blinding fast. I am like a gazelle on methamphetamines that has been shocked by a taser. That fast." - unclerico
harm
Aug 25, 08 8:56
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shut up brain!
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Aug 25, 08 9:01
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"I can do anything for <insert appropriate time frame here>"
jaretj
Aug 25, 08 9:09
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When the going gets tough, I eat more gels.
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Aug 25, 08 9:14
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"Could be worse....could be raining."
This is especially apropos during a pouring rain storm.
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I use a derivative of this that allows me to get angry at myself and kick my own sorry ass.......
SUCK IT UP, Buttercup!
Paul
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Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.
"What does not destroy me, makes me stronger."
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