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Multi-Day Racing Strategies part 4by Arpan DeAngelo Psychological factorsOur state of mind and our consciousness are also extremely important factors in a multi-day race, more so than in shorter races. In planning your strategy for a multi-day race, you must consider how to stay happy, cheerful and positive most of the time. Listening to music, singing, chanting, or other methods of keeping your mind positive and focused are important things that should be involved in your race strategy. Ultimately, experience alone will determine how much and when you need to use these psychological aids. Positive input from a helper or personal handler is very useful especially when you may be too tired and sore to concentrate on positive things. Having someone to remind you how well you are doing or to cheer you up when you are down will help you to keep moving when you otherwise feel like giving up or resting too much. This could make the difference between finishing the mileage and coming up short. Our state of mind and our consciousness have a great influence on our physical abilities. A good race strategy has to involve effective methods of keeping the mind focused and positive. Plan into your race strategy various items such as a Walkmans or MP3 players or listening to music. Having a list of songs to remind you to sing, or poems and prayers to memorize and repeat will make for a much more meaningful and enjoyable race. |