Race Day Mindset Session

Train your mind for race day, too.

You’ve done the physical training. Now it’s time to prepare your mind.

The Race Day Mindset Session is a personalised hypnotherapy session for runners and endurance athletes who want to manage race-day nerves, strengthen confidence, improve focus and mentally prepare for the unpredictable moments an event can bring.

You’ve put in the miles, the sessions, the planning and the preparation.

But race day brings its own challenges: nerves, pressure, uncertainty, discomfort, self-doubt, unexpected setbacks — and those moments where your mind suddenly becomes much louder than your legs.

Rather than simply visualising a “perfect” race, we’ll prepare you for the real one.

What can Race Day Mindset Hypnotherapy help you prepare for?

Your session is completely personalised to you and your upcoming event.

Depending on what you need, we may work on:

• managing pre-race nerves or anxiety

• building confidence in the training you’ve already done

• mentally rehearsing race morning and the start line

• staying calm when things don’t go to plan

• preparing for discomfort, fatigue or difficult moments

• reducing performance pressure and expectations

• reconnecting with your reasons for taking part

• strengthening focus and self-trust

• letting go of comparison or ego

• mentally rehearsing particular sections of your event

• visualising yourself responding calmly and confidently to challenges

• preparing mentally for the finish

The aim isn’t to convince yourself that the race will be easy.

It’s to help you feel mentally prepared, adaptable and confident in your ability to respond to whatever the day brings.

What happens during your Race Day Mindset Session?

We’ll begin with a conversation about your race, your training, your goals, and how you’re currently feeling about the event.

We’ll explore anything you feel particularly nervous, uncertain, or stuck around, as well as how you would ideally like to think, feel and respond on race day.

I’ll then guide you through a personalised hypnotherapy session using techniques such as visualisation, mental rehearsal and therapeutic suggestion.

The session is focused entirely around you, your race, and the mindset you want to take to the start line.

Your personalised race-day recording

After our session, you’ll receive a personalised hypnotherapy recording created around the work we’ve done together.

This gives you the opportunity to continue reinforcing the session before your event rather than leaving the work behind when our appointment ends.

You can listen to the recording during the lead-up to race day to help your mind become increasingly familiar with the thoughts, feelings and responses you want to bring into your event.

Who is this session for?

The Race Day Mindset Session is suitable for runners and endurance athletes preparing for an upcoming event — whether that’s your first race, a 10K, half marathon, marathon, ultra, triathlon, or another endurance challenge.

You don’t need to be experiencing severe race anxiety.

You may simply want to feel calmer, more focused and mentally prepared when you reach the start line.

This session may be particularly helpful if:

• you’ve struggled mentally during previous races

• you’re returning after a difficult race or DNF

• you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself

• you’re nervous about a particular part of your event

• your training has gone well but your confidence hasn’t quite caught up

• you tend to compare yourself with other athletes

• you’re worried about how you’ll cope when things become difficult

• you know your mindset could become a limiting factor on the day

• you worry about injury

Hypnotherapy for runners and endurance athletes

Alongside being a qualified hypnotherapist, I’m also an endurance athlete and ultra running coach.

I understand that race-day mindset isn’t simply about “thinking positively”.

Endurance events involve uncertainty, problem-solving, discomfort, patience, changing emotions and moments where you may have to adapt your original plan.

My approach combines hypnotherapy with an understanding of endurance sport to help you prepare for the race you’re actually going to experience — rather than an imaginary perfect version of it.

Pricing

Online Race Day Mindset Session — £85

A focused 60–75 minute one-to-one hypnotherapy session via Zoom, including:

• an initial conversation and race-day mindset deep dive

• your personalised hypnotherapy session

• mental rehearsal tailored to your event

• a personalised race-day hypnotherapy recording to use afterwards

In-person Race Day Mindset Session — £105

A focused 60–75 minute face-to-face hypnotherapy session in Dorset, including:

• an initial conversation and race-day mindset deep dive

• your personalised hypnotherapy session

• mental rehearsal tailored to your event

• a personalised race-day hypnotherapy recording to use afterwards

Both options include the same personalised preparation and follow-up recording. Simply choose the format that feels right for you.

Not sure whether this session is right for you?

You don’t need to book a consultation call before booking your Race Day Mindset Session.

However, if you’d like to have a quick conversation first, you’re very welcome to book a free 15-minute consultation call before deciding.

A focused performance session

The Race Day Mindset Session is designed as a focused, standalone performance-preparation session.

If what you’re experiencing feels connected to deeper anxiety, trauma, fear or another longstanding pattern, a single session may not be the most appropriate starting point. In that case, I may recommend my 6-session hypnotherapy programme, where we have more time to explore and work with what is happening.

Ready to prepare your mind for race day?

You’ve trained your body.

Now give your mind the chance to prepare too.

Book your Race Day Mindset Session