In an excerpt from her book 'Rise: My Story,' Lindsey Vonn says, 'This is my last race—ever, ever—so I am deep into all-or-nothing mode'
I am engaged in a delicate balancing act between psyching myself up and psyching myself out. I tell myself it’s just another race, but at the same time, I know that it’s not.
The night before a race, I always go to bed visualizing the course—every gate, every bump, every piece of terrain. I visualize it over and over again until it feels like it’s a part of me. When I wake up, a lot of times I feel tired, because if I’m being honest, I’m not a morning person. But as soon as I get on the bike, I start to feel better. That’s when I start to get into my laser-focused mental state.
I’m in Åre, Sweden, for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, a place where I’ve raced what feels like a million times before. I head back inside the lodge, back to all the boxes I need to check off before I’m ready to race. My routine is always exactly the same, a sequence that feels safe and familiar. I’ve been skiing these same hills for the past however many years, so at this point I know what I like, what’s worked well for me in the past, what’s maybe brought me a bit of luck, and I repeat these things into the ground. In ski racing, there are so many variables.
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