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| Raceday week, what should I do? (Read 234 times) |
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posted: 7/16/2007 at 12:23 PM |
| I'm having my 10k race on sunday 22 july, which is about 6 days time. I dunno what type of runs I shld go for during the days prior to the race. I was thinking of doing short slow runs on tuesday and wednesday and then chill back until raceday. What do you guys think? And is adding intervals, say on thurdays, a good idea? |
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posted: 7/16/2007 at 3:36 PM |
| Quote from sleepykitty on 7/16/2007 at 12:23 PM: I'm having my 10k race on sunday 22 july, which is about 6 days time. I dunno what type of runs I shld go for during the days prior to the race. I was thinking of doing short slow runs on tuesday and wednesday and then chill back until raceday. What do you guys think? And is adding intervals, say on thurdays, a good idea?
If you do any intervals at all on race week, do them early (Mon/Tues) or not all. Thursday is way too close to the race.
Just do nice easy running, and throw in some strides (100~150m bursts of controlled speed) into your easy runs after you're well warmed up.
Also, for a Sunday race, if you plan to take a day off prior, Friday is the best day to rest. Then run ~3 miles real slow and easy on Saturday. There is a tendency to be flat the day after a day off, so it's better to run easy the day before a race then take it off. |
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posted: 7/18/2007 at 2:43 PM |
Thanks jeff. I agree on the part where that the day after a rest day is hardest to run. It's gotta do with momentum i guess. Thanks for the output, I appreciate it  |
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