I’m headed out this morning for the Augusta 70.3. I’ll stop in Atlanta to spend Friday with my buddy Ken Coleman and his family. Hopefully get a good nights rest and then make the 2.5 hour drive over to Augusta to get checked in and ready for the race on Sunday.

I have trained hard this year. I have trained consistently this year. As a result, I have put up my best times for a 10k, Sprint and Olympic distance triathlon. I have run and ridden farther and faster on a more consistent basis this year than I ever have before. I am as light as I have been in a while and I am most definitely in the best shape I have been in a long time. So, I should be ready to smoke this race right? Mentally I should feel confident in achieving my goals. . . Right?

Nope.

Right now, 3 days from my race I don’t feel great. I feel slow. I feel tired. I feel unprepared.

Frustrating? Yes.

Defeating? Absolutely Not.

That’s the thing about feelings. They can lie. They can be conditional. They can even conflict with what I know to be TRUE.

What I told you earlier? That I’ve trained hard. I’ve been consistent. I haven’t slacked. I’ve gotten results. That is the TRUTH! That is fact. My body is prepared. I am ready for this race. As a result I will do well.

See, when negative feelings rear their ugly head you have to have the truth to beat them down with. You have to lean on what you know to be true.

That’s what I’ll be doing Sunday morning. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Do you have negative feelings attacking right now? What TRUTH do you have to lean on?