Mental motivation for Everesting, FKT, and other solo challenges – Velonews.com July 2020

ByJulie Young

At a certain point, mental fortitude and mindset are the differentiators in competitive athletic outcomes. With solo challenges (Everesting, Fastest Known Times, etc) acting as our current competitive outlet, I wanted to glean some insights from a couple heavy hitters, Rebecca Rusch and Pete Stetina, on what it takes to mentally motivate to successfully go solo. Hear what they have to share, in my latest Velo News training article at https://www.velonews.com/training/mental-motivation-for-everesting-ftk-or-other-solo-challenges/

#mindsetseparatesthebestfromtherest

PC for Pete Stetina’s photos, Wil Matthews @wilmatthewsphoto
PC for Rebecca Rusch’s photos, Steve Fassbinder Republic of Doom

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