You can only achieve what your mind can visualize

Welcome Team Challenge participants! I can only hope you are as excited to start the training program as I am in coaching such a fantastic group. You are destined to achieve great things! So now that you have signed up and are ready to get started, an obvious question is: What should I do until the official training starts? If you are already active with running or walking, continue your workouts. If you haven’t started yet, you can start easy walking approximately 10-15 minutes daily. Don’t worry about intensity at this point. We will cover those aspects of training when the program starts.
So what else can you do to prepare for the training program? A very useful but often overlooked side of training is psycho-cybernetics, also known as self visualization. This technique of seeing oneself being successful is based on research by Maxwell Maltz and published as a book in 1960. Self visualization techniques use the mind-body connection as the driver in succeeding and achieving goals.
Psycho-cybernetics can be defined as the process of making a change by using the subconscious mind. There are many specific techniques that can be used. Some of these techniques include, writing notes to yourself with positive messages about workouts or the race, visualizing finishing a workout, visualizing completing the half-marathon, and even visualizing yourself having success with fundraising efforts. The main idea is reprogramming negative thoughts into positives.
This part of your training takes virtually no physical effort and requires 10-15 minutes per day. Find a quiet place and relax. (you can close your eyes but don’t fall asleep!) Visualize successfully completing whatever task you choose.  You may want to start with the small tasks, and eventually begin self visualization of successfully completing the overall goal. Don’t forget to leave motivational notes that you will see each day, in places you will see them, like on the bathroom mirror, the background of your computer screen, or even the default screen on your phone.
Many professional athletes use these techniques to stay motivated and achieve success. You can use the same techniques to find success in Napa! Remember: You can only achieve what your mind can visualize.

Feel free to contact Coach Brad by emailing him at krugler@yahoo.com or email Coach Stacey at coachstaceym@gmail.com.