A 4th of...5k Races
How I'm Gearing Up For a 🔥 Race
Tis the morning of the 4th of July, which means, like many of you as well, I’m about to leave for my road race.
While I know not everyone races today, a good majority of us do.
On this particularly warm summer morning, here are the things I’m doing to get myself ready to run a race. And again, maybe you aren’t racing, but you’re just going for a run. Most of the same tactics will apply.
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Hydrate, but not just today, all through the week.
Stay out of the sun as much as possible.
Abbreviate my warmup run before the race. We don’t need as much when it is hot out. Instead of a normal 3 miles before a 5k, I’m planning on 12 minutes of easy running, 2 x 60-90 second “pickups”, and then another 3-4 minutes of easy running.
Bring extra frozen water bottles to cool my core temperature down pre-race.
I know we have a “towel” that you can freeze, which helps cool you down, that I’m going to find as soon as I’m done writing.
Keep my foot off the gas. I’m feeling good and my workouts are trending in the correct direction, but that doesn’t mean I need to go all-in for this. I have two 1-mile races in the next week, so I don’t want all my eggs crushed in one basket.
Continue to focus on the big picture. For me, that is staying healthy and getting fit. I want to fit in some triathlon races, and I’m also targeting my sub-5-minute mile attempt.
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