How Do You Prepare For A Marathon Mentally?
After months of training, your body will be ready for your first marathon. You must also prepare your mind and spirit for an experience that will represent a grueling physical test. As you taper the length of your training runs in the final pre-marathon days, prepare yourself mentally for the ordeal. Step 1 Get plenty of rest before the marathon. This is just as important several nights before the marathon as the night before. Rest provide you with the mental focus and clarity that you will need to keep digging deep in the final miles of the marathon. Step 2 Perform a visualization exercise. See yourself as you pass serenely through each mile of the marathon and finally approach the finish line. Focus on this visualization during your long training runs in the final weeks before your marathon. Return to it as you fall asleep and recall it on the morning of the race right after you wake up. Visit it once again as you join the other runners at the starting line. Step 3 Wander among the o
