I need help in managing pre-race anxiety
I am a 100m 200m sprinter, I normally run well in practices, but when it gets to running in track meets, I overstride, my legs kick up to my thighs with high heel recovery weirdly so, can't lift my legs high, in short just underperforming. I've tried tons of stuff to deal with pre-race anxiety, like imagining yourself winning, running through the whole race a few times in your mind, masking your anxiety by pretending its excitement, box breathing, even recent attempts at just letting the anxiety go wild. Before I get into my blocks it kind of works, but as soon as I get out of my blocks, finish my acceleration everything goes wrong. Everytime after my race, I normally thought that it was because of my bad running form that caused this but I normally ran a lot faster, this time I started thinking it was because all these methods did not help me manage my pre-race anxiety. Can anyone gimme some advice on this? Maybe some mental training, rewiring or some exercises, routines, anything that helps. Please help. I'm desperate.🥲