Mentally preparing yourself to run a marathon

THE Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon is a physical battle but the mind plays a huge part also. If you tell yourself something enough times you’ll start to believe it.

Repetition of what you want to achieve is key to winning the mental battle of a marathon. I watched a documentary about Steve Redmond from Ballydehob, Co Cork recently. In 2012, he became the first person in the world to swim all the open water channels of the Ocean’s Seven challenge.

This amazing, odds-defying achievement required unbelievable mental strength.