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Have you ever seen an athlete have an amazing race and wonder how they were able to pull it off? Do you ever wish you could get the extra edge that other athletes seem to have on race day? Today we are going to be talking about the main factors that go into having a great race. There are a variety of areas you can improve on when it comes to mastering your race day performance. When you try to get 1% better in each area, it adds up to be a lot!
Training For The Event/Distance with specific workouts
Anaerobic
Aerobic
Workouts 20% of the time
Paces specific to your VDOT fitness
Being selective with your races
You can’t expect to race every month and improve forever
You need time to train for the races
Picking courses that are FAST
Picking races during optimal time of year
Course spectators? People to run with?
Limiting how often you race
Building the mental muscle
Doing uncomfortable things
Sarah Sellers 2018 Boston Marathon: she ran after working nursing shirts. When you train in a tired state, it can help with the rough patches during a race
You don’t need to train in perfect conditions or always feel like running
Building confidence in workouts by practicing negative splits
Don’t let yourself get handicapped by yourself: “I always blow up”, “I am not good at marathons”. You have to practice how you speak to yourself and not go down a negative spital
The little things like tapering, fueling and carb loading
Carbon plated shoes can make you faster
Beats can make you faster
Fueling properly will allow you to race to your potential in events over 90 min
Hydration is key
Make sure you have all the loose ends taken care of!
