Shakeout The Morning of an Afternoon Race?

jog a mile at like 8:20 pace

A morning shakeout for an afternoon race makes more sense than an earlier race like your saturday invite lmao.

Both are fine, do it

I listen to the Morning Shakeout once I'm down for the night. Put the phone a couple feet from my head and relax.

What's a shakeout? There is no need to do anything the morning of a race. Save it for the afternoon

I used to sometimes do a (very!) easy 15ish minutes plus like 2 strides at lunch(ish)before a 4pm(ish) race and my legs always felt snappier and I usually ran better when I did.

Try it and see if it works for you.

As someone who always struggles with tightness at the beginning of this and on the warmup, I found it helpful to get that out of the way with an easy 15-20 min shakeout of very easing jogging, like 8 min pace (at least 5-6) hours before an afternoon race, followed by 4 to 6 strides relaxed not straining anything. Make sure to stretch and roll out after, maybe take a nap too to get some recovery.

If I had a 3pm race I wouldn’t be up at 6am doing anything. Get up at noon, large strong black coffee, massive dump, PB at 3pm

School should be enough to get your body loosened up throughout the day.

4 hours before warmup do 5-15min shakeout

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I personally loved how I felt in night races after doing a morning shake out run. Everyone is different with stuff like this though. I always responded better to higher mileage so makes sense a shake out run worked for me. Try it out… if it doesn’t work, it’s just one race

Source? I believe you. Just would be interested in reading more about it

My college coach had everyone do a 10-15 minute shakeout 5-6 hours before their race. If it's just an 800, 10 mins is fine. 15 minutes for a mile and up. Real slow jog--8:00-8:30 pace.

This would sometimes be annoying if we had a morning race. If our race was 10 am, we'd be up at 5 doing a shakeout. But, I think it's worth it. Gets the muscles moving, blood pumping, starts your daily cycle. Especially for college students, whose bodies are used to getting up at 10, doing a shakeout real early gives them a kickstart to the day.

Personally, I always felt my best races were at night, under the lights. Sleep in, shakeout in the afternoon, take some caffeine an hour out, and race like a madman at 8:00 PM!

I'm friends with a couple sub 4 guys (different schools) who do this - one does like 2 miles at 6:30 pace (including 2 strides), while the other does a mile at 8:10

I would rather sleep and get the added benefits of the extra rest. Then I would feel more awake at race time. I can do my warm up as usual.

I agree with the above. Your warmup before your race/s will be your "shake out run." If you really feel the need to do something in the morning, go for a brisk 15/20 minute walk.

Try it and see how you do. I've tried shake outs and found them to be overrated personally. Others swear by them.

Yeah I've never gotten anything out of doing shakeouts the day of, and I think that lots of runners just do them because they're neurotic and feel like they need to be doing something extra. But everyone's body is different, so figure out what works for you.

big fan of the shakeout. Usually just a mile, super slow. from a psychological perspective, if you feel terrible on a shake out, you still have another chance to warm up and feel decent later on in the day. idk I really liked doing a shake especially for an afternoon race

Yes.

I even do a 10 minute shake out jog for shorter (10k or less) morning road races.

This usually involves getting up before 5am and jogging out the door before breakfast. It supposed to wake up your central nervous system, and since doing it, I've performed much better in morning races.