The Confidence Game In Running, Riding & Life
Confidence. We all struggle with it. Or at least that’s what I tell myself. Because I struggle with it in running, as in most things. I am a fan of casino and I love online casino games such as the games that can be played in casino666 but sometimes, my confidence is just so low that I often think “can I really win?”.
The last two months have been a real confidence struggle for me. And it all comes down to the day I fell off a horse.
Since then, I’ve been struggling through injury to get back into running shape, riding shape, and mental shape to believe that I can do the things I set out to do—score a personal record in a September half marathon, run an October marathon, continue to make progress as a runner and a horseback rider.
Shaken confidence is pernicious. It takes root like a tree and begins to shade every thing you do.
You thought you were making progress as a runner? Think again. You won’t be able to run a sub-2 hour half-marathon this fall. Not gonna happen! Maybe next year, kid.
You think you’re a good enough rider to play polo? Not even close. Maybe you should just give up. Hang up your mallet and call it a day. Or else you’re going to fall again!
A Christmas Story comes to mind. I feel like I have a chorus of naysayers in my brain chanting, You’ll shoot your eye out!
They’re the type of thoughts that, if given in to, undermine your best efforts and all but guarantee a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure. Read the rest of this entry →