As we all know most of us runners in highschool double at least once during the season, and i was wondering what is the best thing to eat and drink say if your running another event after your first event........
I've just been having gatorade (for glucose) and fig newtons (for carbs and more sugar) to eat and drink after my first event when i double.
What works best for you?
when tripling 1600-800-3200 I use gnc's electrolyte drink
i was wondering, i was given a small pack of hammer gel at a road race one time... Do u think that would be a good decision to consume after working out or racing. has anyone here used this product?
i go behind the stands and chug a couple beers...it helps you relax and it replenishes your carbs, it cant be beat
when i was in hs, it really depended on how much time in between the events. if the spacing was going to be more than 3 hrs, id have a powerbar harvest bar and a little bit of gatorade.
Yo High school wears you out, 2-3 meets a week, 2-3 events per meet. I always did it so I'd run 4X800 and 3200. The first and last events, in between I would drink a little water or maybe gatorade and jog a little.
So that may not be a bad plan.
Now in college I run 5k and 10k, I would have to be nuts to double up there.
Anyone ever heard of a same day 5k/10k double?
I've always went with a bannana & some Gatororade between races. That never did me any wrong.
I'll probably be doing the 5k/10k double at the meet next weekend. Most of the distance runners on my team are 1500/800 guys. The other guy buddies do the steeple and the 1500 or the 800 and the other is a 1500/5000 guy. Anyways, I think I'm going to be doing both to help my team win the invitational then move down to just the 5000 and maybe 1500 at conferences (its 4/16, stupid places get out early). The 10k goes off around 10 and 5k around 4, so ill be having a big lunch (sandwitch and stuff) right after the 5k, and relax. I can't wait to see how it goes.
one time i had to quadruple at conferences
400m 50.1x
800m 1:53
1600m 4:29
4 by 4: 49.xx split
the 800m was the first event, didnt do as good as i wanted but kind of made up for it with a 50.1 40mm right after it and a solid 1600m and 49 split in the 4 by 4
I was simply eating a powerbar and gatorade, felt fine except except for the legs
runnnnnnnnnin wrote:
one time i had to quadruple at conferences
I'm sure I'm not the only one here who quadrupled every meet my senior year in high school (3200, 1600, 800, 4x800).
These days I try to avoid running races on consecutive weekends!
Big Mac. Order of fries. Super Size Coke.
Out.
I once did the one-day 10/5 double at conference. Very hot, humid, and sunny out and the 10 went off first event of day (of course). I just sat back and did what it took to win the 10 in a pedestrian 33:02. Came back that afternoon in the 5 and hung onto the fresh guys and did the last 400 in 62 and eked out a 14:58 win.
Did a 4x800 relay, 1500, and 5000 the same day. That was much worse.
At nationals I did the 10000 (30:25) thursday, prelim of the 5 friday and finals of the 5 Saturday. Had nothing left for the finals of the 5 (14:54).
Who runs 2-3 meets a week? At my high school we might run a weekday meet twice a year. NEVER three meets in a week. Come on, no one does that.
Mtn dew wrote:
Who runs 2-3 meets a week? At my high school we might run a weekday meet twice a year. NEVER three meets in a week. Come on, no one does that.
A lot of teams do. In Central Mass high schools and New York high schools, it's not uncommon during the spring season. There's so many dual and tri-meets. I guess it also depends on how your coach/AD sets up the schedule...
yea I've had double weekday meets and then an invitational.
All during xc and outdoor we had duel meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays with invitationals on Saturdays. 800-1600-3200 at duel meets and 4x8, 4x16 and dmr on Saturdays.
In high school I quintupled during the regular season, if that's even a word. High Jump, LJ, 110H, 300H, and one of the sprint relays depending on the meet. Of course the HJ, LJ, and 110H don't take that much out of you. Especially since I usually passed a few rounds of the jumps and only ended up jumping 2 or 3 times all day.
Yup, in HS in Mass, we'd have a tri or dual meet pretty routinely on Tues/Thurs and then an invite on Saturday. That was for both CC and outdoor. At the time, I didn't really know there was any other way out there - just assumed everyone did it that way. I was surprised to find out that in college, you never raced during the week and sometimes went 2 weeks between races. Seems pretty naive of me, now, looking back. I loved it though. I wouldn't change a thing.