fighter

i got this runner's world.. tips from elite runners..this was one of them:

Repeat a Mantra
"I have a lot of different words that I say to myself. One is 'fighter.' I think that and all of a sudden things come into focus for me. Even if I don't speed up, in my mind I calm down. I use my workouts to practice responding to these one-word cues."
—Kara Goucher