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.

[quint41]

Regina! GREAT VIDEO!!! I rode a hilly route this morning and did my usual stare at the pavement right in front of my bike, not up ahead, in denial that I have much farther to climb, and silently swear the whole time.

Next time: "If that don't make your booty move ...."

THANKS!

[rocknrollgirl]

During my brick workout...a painful run....

She's a brick...house....she's mighty, mighty, just lettin' all hang out....

[Tri Girl]

TriGirl,
I am doing my first tri next week,I don't think I am going to drown anymore,I love the cycling,it is my true passion,and I suck at running.My mantra for running is "Pain is temporary,quitting is forever" and for some reason the tag line from the Power Station's version of "Bang a Gong" gets me thru the flats and imagining my legs as the pistons in a car engine helps on the hills.I hope this helps you

That's awesome! I'll have to try the Bang a Gong song next week at my first tri of the season. May be kinda fun!!!

I also love Brick House- nice one's ladies. I'll have to put those in the rotation!

[Starfish]

Does anyone here watch Bear on the Discovery Channel? That show...Man vs. Wild?

Sometimes it is fun to think about him and his survival exploits (and fabulous face & other attributes ) if I think I'm suffering. He so totally epitomizes the British understatement that it cracks me up. "We've just come upon this group of white rhinos...we'll want to be a bit careful here..." I start thinking along the lines of, "Well, a slight bit of hill here, but not to worry."