{"id":8675,"date":"2018-03-15T17:44:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=8675"},"modified":"2025-06-09T06:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:26:31","slug":"how-to-mentally-prepare-for-challenges-in-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-mentally-prepare-for-challenges-in-races\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Mentally Prepare For Challenges in Races"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Do_You_Do_When_You_Have_Equipment_Failure_in_Races\"><\/span>What Do You Do When You Have Equipment Failure in Races?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-mentally-prepare-for-challenges-in-races\/#What_Do_You_Do_When_You_Have_Equipment_Failure_in_Races\" >What Do You Do When You Have Equipment Failure in Races?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-mentally-prepare-for-challenges-in-races\/#Do_you_have_a_race_plan\" >Do you have a race plan?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-mentally-prepare-for-challenges-in-races\/#What_do_you_do\" >What do you do?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-mentally-prepare-for-challenges-in-races\/#Triathlete_Confidence_Workbook_Program_%E2%80%93_Available_TODAY\" >Triathlete Confidence Workbook Program &#8211; Available TODAY!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s <strong>sports psychology<\/strong> podcast, <strong>mental game<\/strong> of sports expert Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Andre Bekker. He is a lifetime athlete and has been involved in sports all his life. In 2013, \u201914, and \u201915, he was ranked #1 in age category 50+ for 70.3 distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andre Bekker has coached triathletes for 5 years and more recently he has been helping triathletes with their <strong>mental games.<\/strong> Bekker has competed in several sports throughout his life, from karate to professional cycling. More recently in his career, he&#8217;s competed in Ironman races including 70.3 and full distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_you_have_a_race_plan\"><\/span>Do you have a race plan?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you use <strong>visualization<\/strong> before races?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You want everything to go smooth during races&#8230; but what happens when your goggles fall off or your bike tire pops?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you do when you have equipment issues or failure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you <strong>prepare mentally<\/strong> to deal with some of these challenges in the middle of a transition or swim?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_do\"><\/span>What do you do?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this week&#8217;s podcast to learn what <strong>mental game<\/strong> tips Dr. Cohn and Andre Bekker give to triathletes when having difficulty during a race with equipment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Get-Psyched-230-Bekker-Equiptment-Fail.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/triathletes-mental-toughness-mp3\/\"><strong>Download a Free Mental Toughness MP3 for Triathletes to Learn How to Overcome Top Mental Game Challenges!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Triathlete_Confidence_Workbook_Program_%E2%80%93_Available_TODAY\"><\/span>Triathlete Confidence Workbook Program &#8211; Available TODAY!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tri-Cover-Crop-Trans-210x300.png\" alt=\"Triathlete Confidence\" class=\"wp-image-8682\" style=\"width:167px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tri-Cover-Crop-Trans-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tri-Cover-Crop-Trans.png 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you are read to improve your mental toughness and perform with ultimate self-confidence in races, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/triathlete-mental-toughness\/\"><strong>Triathlete Confidence<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; will do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Patrick Cohn and Andre Bekker (formerly ranked #1 in age category 50+ for 70.3 distance) share powerful metnal strategies to elp you perfrom your best in races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/triathlete-mental-toughness\/\"><strong>Triathlete Confidence: Mental Toughness Training For Peak Performance in Racing<\/strong><\/a>\u201d is a complete workbook program of the TOP eight mental training sessions we teach our triathletes to help them boost racers\u2019 mental game and improve consistency \u2013 from how to mentally prepare for races to performing under pressure with <strong>mental toughness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c5bad0a1\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-29a251a5 gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/triathlete-mental-toughness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GET DETAILS<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-391a8520 gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.peaksports.com\/collections\/for-specific-sports\/products\/triathlete-confidence-digital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUY NOW<\/a>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Do You Do When You Have Equipment Failure in Races? 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