Are you on an endurance training program getting ready for a major race or event?

Do you run out of energy and motivation, or get overwhelmed by doubts?

If you've ever participated in endurance events like marathons, cross-country skiing, or long distance rowing, you'll have noticed that winning is not just a physical battle. No matter how 'fit' you are, how physically strong and capable, you also have to win the mental battle. What's going on in your head is just as or even more important than what you're doing with your body.

The real challenge of endurance training

This shows up even when you're in the training phase. The challenge is to keep on doing what it takes, for as long as it takes. You have to be able to sustain the huge physical effort, the tactics, the necessary pace and rhythm, for very long periods of time. The trouble is, while your body is doing the same thing over and over for so long, your mind becomes liable to invasion. Invasion of the motivation snatchers.

What are motivation snatchers? They are those annoying little voices that choose such moments to pipe up. You know the sort of thing: "Why am I doing this?" "You're never going to make it, you really might as well stop now." "I'm sure I've already lost a whole minute on my last time." "I wonder what X is doing." "This is a waste of time." "Why don't I just switch to a sprint event?" "I'm so bo-o-o-o-o-o-red." And so on.

This recording will help you repel those negative thoughts.

As you relax and listen repeatedly to your download, you'll notice that you:

• Relax faster - and deeper - each time you listen

• Find you can sustain your focus for longer and longer periods

• Discover how to be fully 'present' in your surroundings

• Become expert tuning out any negative thoughts that arise

• Experience being in a state of 'flow' more often

• Find yourself really relishing your training as well as the challenge of the events you take part in.