Episode 28. The Power of the S.O.S. and Race Reports!

Hello, everybody, and welcome to Start Where You Are, Running and Ultra Running.

I am your host, Erin Quinn, and I help people get to the start line of their first or their next ultra marathon.

For those of you that don't know me, I am a professional ultra running coach, a professional USA swim coach, an award-winning journalist, and a 15-time ultra marathon finisher.

And now I can say I am a four-time survival of the Schwangunks at triathlons.

What an incredible race.

What an incredible weekend.

Oh my God, I'm still really sore like I'm doing that two-step down the stairs.

We'll get into that later.

But in today's episode, I want to give you real tips that can help you in the midst of a race.

I want to help you turn your mental fortitude into your strongest asset on race day.

It's not going to be easy, but worthwhile ever is.

You know the things that you've worked the hardest for, that have given you the most satisfaction, the thing that you had worked so intensely on, been so passionate about, hit your head against the wall like a million times over and over again? and not giving up when you wanted to scream uncle, that's what endurance races and ultra marathons are all about.

It's finding a way to move forward when everything is telling you to stop, to just sit down and say, yep, it's been a ride.

I'm done here, folks.

Anyway, we're going to talk about setting pre-race goals, both in terms of performance and process.

And we will get into that.