Race-day nerves are real - and they can make or break your performance. If you’ve ever stood in the starting corral with your heart pounding, thinking “I’m not ready” or “What if I can’t do this?”, this episode is for you.

In this episode of Master Your Mind on Race Day, running mindset coach Gillian shares practical, psychology-backed strategies to help you feel calm, confident, and mentally prepared before, during, and after your next race. Whether you’re running a 5K, half marathon, marathon, or your very first event, these tools will help you turn race anxiety into fuel - not fear.

You’ll learn:

• How to manage pre-race nerves using proven mindset techniques
• Why visualisation and mantras are powerful tools for race-day success
• How to reframe nerves as excitement
• The mental strategies runners use during a race to stay focused and strong
• What to do after your race to grow, reflect, and build long-term confidence

Plus, Gillian shares 9 powerful journal prompts to help you mentally prepare before race day and debrief intentionally afterward.

If you want to stop letting nerves or self-doubt sabotage your running, this episode will help you build a stronger, calmer, more resilient mindset - so you can show up on race day ready to run your best.

Work with Gillian:

For deeper support, Gillian works 1:1 with runners who want personalised race-day mindset strategies and long-term confidence. And inside The Runner Identity Project (TRIP), she helps runners transform mindset blocks into clarity, resilience, and an unshakeable runner identity.

Links:

- Break through what’s holding you back and unlock your next level with 1:1 Coaching

- Re-write your running story with The Runner Identity Project

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- If you are guessing what to eat before, during & after your run then look no further - grab this 3-part running fuel series.

- Learn to run online with the support of the Zero to 5K Run Club

- Join 31x31: Your 31-Day Movement Accountability Challenge

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