Oh I forgot one other important thing. The entire morning I'm drinking water. Being fully hydrated make me feel more awake. Just gotta make sure you get in one last pee before the race.
Oh I forgot one other important thing. The entire morning I'm drinking water. Being fully hydrated make me feel more awake. Just gotta make sure you get in one last pee before the race.
I've been running now for 60 years (ran 4:02 in 1968 on cinders) and perhaps now I should call it shuffling. Every morning I go out with heated gloves, baklava, tights and four layers. It's dark and about 15 degrees but it is peaceful and quiet except for an occasional coyote. The important thing is I'm moving and the "shuffle" usually takes about 75 minutes. Occasionally I will do fartleks on the trail but they don't last much more than a 440.
When Ron Clarke came to the US to run in the Modesto and Colesium Relays he stayed at my parent's house and we did a couple of workouts together. He asked me if there was a golf course nearby and I told him about Stanford. While we were driving over he asked me what I thought the most important part of the workout was and I was a little flummoxed with the question but then said "warmup"?. He said no. IT IS PUTTING ON YOUR SHORTS. I have never forgotten that advice and I gladly do it every day but Sunday.
Ed Schneider?!
same dude here wrote:
My solution for races is to just wake up earlier. Like for an 8 am race I'll wake up at 4:30 am.
haha, I used to do EXACTLY this. And it works very well.
I feel bloated at 4:30 in the morning. That's my biggest struggle. I've noticed that when I'm able to sleep in and get my run started at a more reasonable hour (8ish) the food I ate the night before has gone down. Dinner is always around 8pm for me.