Building Running Confidence

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 02/10/2023: Today’s call is all exploring the concept of building confidence through a running lens. In this call, we define confidence as our belief in our ability to accomplish something. From here, we identify two types of confidence, extrinsic and intrinsic confidence, and discuss how to build intrinsic confidence through training and specific tools. Many of these tools were mentioned in last week’s mental performance toolset call, so please refer back to that call for tips on developing affirmations, visualization and mental imagery, as well as others. Throughout this call we mention that confidence is a growable skill, it’s not something that just exists or we’re born with. If you don't feel confident in a particular part of your running journey, use that as an opportunity to grow your confidence through the techniques and practices mentioned here. Think about implementing one new technique into preparation for a workout or long-run, and one new technique into the workout or long-run itself at a time. Develop a sense for what you feel works well for you and what doesn’t through practice and experimentation with the goal of showing up for your next big event feeling more prepared and confident to go the distance. I hope you enjoy this episode and as usual, if you have any feedback, a question for a future call or are looking for support in your running journey, please visit us on the web at microcosm-coaching.com or contact us at [email protected]