Sluggish day before race - What's your remedy?

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    Snoach

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    7 years ago 09/23/2016 11:37am EDT

    I think we've all had races where we weren't feeling the best the day before a race. I've got two that have worked for me pretty well.

    1. Contrast baths - 5/1/4/1/3/1/2/1/1 - Cold/Warm- always end on cold (coupled with fast strides after normal pre race mileage)

    2. Did this before Turkey Trot one year after driving back all night from Denver 4 days before - felt like shit the 3 days leading up to Wednesday.

    Warmup + Drills

    8x200 @ goal 8 mile pace (Dallas)

    4x50 Fast

    Does anyone have anything that they rely on to get their legs primed for race day?

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    7 years ago 09/23/2016 11:46am EDT
    re: Snoach

    Day before: 30 minute run. Middle 8 minutes at marathon pace, the rest easy. 2-3 very relaxed strides after.

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    7 years ago 09/23/2016 1:09pm EDT
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    txRUNNERgirl

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    7 years ago 09/23/2016 1:16pm EDT
    re: Snoach

    I usually run better on race day after I felt sluggish the day before. I don't do anything special. Just an easy run of 4 miles or so with a few pick-ups and/or strides after.

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    7 years ago 09/23/2016 1:18pm EDT
    re: Snoach

    30 minutes easy. 3-4 strides afterwards. If I don't feel heavy and sluggish during the warm up on race day I get worried.

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    7 years ago 09/23/2016 1:34pm EDT
    re: Snoach

    Snoach wrote:

    I think we've all had races where we weren't feeling the best the day before a race. I've got two that have worked for me pretty well.

    1. Contrast baths - 5/1/4/1/3/1/2/1/1 - Cold/Warm- always end on cold (coupled with fast strides after normal pre race mileage)

    2. Did this before Turkey Trot one year after driving back all night from Denver 4 days before - felt like shit the 3 days leading up to Wednesday.

    Warmup + Drills

    8x200 @ goal 8 mile pace (Dallas)

    4x50 Fast

    Does anyone have anything that they rely on to get their legs primed for race day?

    My lifetime 3k pr was set at about 4pm the day after a long tequila night in college. I slept all day on the way to the meet and did a half-hearted warm-up. I was barely able to get half a bagel down without wanting to puke around noon. (Somehow I never did vom.) The gun went off and I just made it my goal to hit the splits I planned on until I dropped. I got to 800m to go and was within 1-second of planned pace. Dropped the hammer at 600 to go, scorched the field, and became a campus legend.

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