Do you Have the Mental Stamina to Fight to the End?
Is your fitness strong enough to endure a five-hour battle so that you don’t lose your mental focus? Are you mentally able to push past the physical pain when your body is telling you it’s out of gas?
I loved the feeling of a close, hard-fought competition when I played football, hockey, and lacrosse in high school and college, and more recently golf and tennis. A close competition can bring out the best in you when your body is fit and you’re prepared mentally for battle. And today I like watching a close competition and observe the mental game antics of the competitors.
You might have recently witnessed an epic battle on the tennis court between the number one and two ranked players in the world, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, during the 2012 Australian Open. Nadal and Djokovic grinded out the longest match in grand slam final history, lasting five hours and 53 minutes. Neither competitor gave up until the last shot was played.
Even if you’re not a big tennis fan (or an ironman competitor), you have to appreciate theeffort given by Nadal and Djokovic during their six-hour match. It was likewatching two heavyweight fighters going at it.
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