We always called it what it was, warmup run or later even the j-word.
What's with this 'shakeout" run thing? Thought it was something males did after urinating?
We always called it what it was, warmup run or later even the j-word.
What's with this 'shakeout" run thing? Thought it was something males did after urinating?
A warmup is bigoted a race, a shakeout may be several hours before a race. It is generally used to describe any short run that a high mileage runner does. The term doesn’t exist for runners who routinely do 4 mile runs.
Predictor wrote:
A warmup is bigoted a race, a shakeout may be several hours before a race. It is generally used to describe any short run that a high mileage runner does. The term doesn’t exist for runners who routinely do 4 mile runs.
What if you did 10/10 or 7/13 or 7/10....what is the shakeout?
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
Predictor wrote:
A warmup is bigoted a race, a shakeout may be several hours before a race. It is generally used to describe any short run that a high mileage runner does. The term doesn’t exist for runners who routinely do 4 mile runs.
What if you did 10/10 or 7/13 or 7/10....what is the shakeout?
Alan
The slower one.
Billy Cunningham wrote:
What's with this 'shakeout" run thing?
A term widely used on strava to tag embarassing slow/short efforts like they're part of a bigger plan.
HJ hunter wrote:
A term widely used on strava to tag embarassing slow/short efforts like they're part of a bigger plan.
Why I have stopped making my runs public in Strava so I can shakeout and shakin at peace.
When it became an excuse for running slow.
Don't know when it originated but it was standard practice back when I was in college.
Shakeout has a very specific meaning. It is a short very easy jog of 5-20 minutes (usually 10 minutes) done 3-5 hours before a race.
Usually it is a morning race and the shakeout wakes up your body and gets it going. So if you race at 10am, you might shakeout at 6am. Then you can have some breakfast and you'll be wide awake and ready at race time. A shakeout is NOT a warmup because it does not warm you up for the race.
I think it originated in 1973.
gimmetheshakes wrote:
I think it originated in 1973.
Yes. Exactly!
d1 exp wrote:
Don't know when it originated but it was standard practice back when I was in college.
Shakeout has a very specific meaning. It is a short very easy jog of 5-20 minutes (usually 10 minutes) done 3-5 hours before a race.
Usually it is a morning race and the shakeout wakes up your body and gets it going. So if you race at 10am, you might shakeout at 6am. Then you can have some breakfast and you'll be wide awake and ready at race time. A shakeout is NOT a warmup because it does not warm you up for the race.
Also applies to a short run performed by marathoners the day before an event, often after a day of travel to reach a fancy big city race. May or may not include a couple of strides.
Never heard it used to apply to an easy run on a double day before ... that’s a new one for me.
HJ hunter wrote:
Billy Cunningham wrote:
What's with this 'shakeout" run thing?
A term widely used on strava to tag embarassing slow/short efforts like they're part of a bigger plan.
I agree. The prevalence of the term is quite sad. Justifying slow efforts is born out of some insecurity about a lack of effort/result on hard days and races. Let the times speak for themselves. No one cares about your pace on the in between days.
The run is not new. The run has been used for years.
The term is new.
Current generation needs a term for everything.
Just like tempo runs. Tempo runs were run for years without being referred to as such. Now there's a word for it.
Young baboons need a word or they can't handle the function.
Distinctly remember doing a 10 minute shakeout circa 1971. When it became a thing is for the historians to decide.
I've heard it applied to recovery run days where you're just 'shaking' the fatigue out of legs. The runs are generally short and slow. Not to be confused with easy run days which will have more volume.
That is how slow people make themselves feel special when they go even slower . Millennials invented it. Just like "uptempo."
Sand Dunes wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
What if you did 10/10 or 7/13 or 7/10....what is the shakeout?
Alan
The slower one.
What if they are both the same pace? What if the longer run is slower? A 13 mile shakeout?
A run is a run...
Alan
First heard the term in early 00's while in college. Mybdrive home was usually 6-8 hours long, and I would get my real run in prior to the drive, and would do a shakeout run when I arrived. Prevented my muscles from cramping up to get me ready for the next day's real running session.
Note: since I was a competitive college runner, all my runs were done at 5:45-6:00 pace! Even shakeout runs! Ha!
PS-- what's a strava? When did that become a running thing?
I ran college track and XC in the 70s, we and some other teams would sometimes do an easy run (10-20 minutes) on the day of the race, but a few hours before. And sometimes few hours after the race (usually about 25 or 30 minutes). However, we wouldn't do both on the same day! It didn't have a name.
I first heard the term shakeout run about 20 years ago and have no problem with its use. But if you don't like it blame Obama and you'll feel good about yourself.
A warmup immediately precedes a race. A shakeout run is much earlier.