Encouragement Methods

[Wahine]

I think you win the award for weird

It doesn't seem to matter if I'm swimming, biking, or running, I'll hear Dory from "Finding Nemo": "Keep swimming, swimming, swimming...Keep swimming, swimming, swimming...". However, on long, bad hills, when I think I can't give it any more, in time with my pedaling: "f*ck, f*ck, f*ck..."

I do Dora too when I'm riding, "Just keep swimming" has a nice rhythm and helps my cadence especially in head winds. I'll be adding your other mantra as well.

Running, I always think of a Heather Fuhr passing Paula Newby-Fraser at IM Kona 1997. No one thought she could win and she rocked that race. In the IM broadcast they played the song "Bittersweet Shymphony" by The Verve while you watched Heather overtake Paula. So, often I get that song in my head and go over it again and again while I run. I wish I could find a link to the actual IM footage, but I can't. Here's the video for the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZ2aQz8KVE

I'm going running tomorrow!!

[Meg McKilty]

Too bad The Verve ripped off a song the band broke up due to bankruptacy and lawsuits from royalty rights.