Passionate Runner: Race Day - Final Prep

One in a series of podcasts on running, this one focusing on some things to consider the last couple of days before the big race. Time: 5 minutes, 15 seconds Here are the notes used to create this podcast: You've picked your race You've picked your plan to train for the race You've executed against this plan, now it is a couple of days before the race Have you checked out the course? Read what other runners may have said. Reviewed the map, driven the course... any number of ways to prepare Worse case on race day, check with some of the runners warming upsee if they ran the course before and what they have to say about it The Race day check list shoes shorts shirt number whatever you need if you are traveling to the race, make a list for the trip make a race day checklist coordinate logistics with those also coming to the race with you where are you going to meet after the race? what is a back up plan in case the weather or something else interrupts this rendezvous as part of your rest, the night before the night before is the most important day for sleep not that you should party all week and then make it all up on what night stay as normal as possible, go to bed earlier on the night before the night before human nature being what it is, you will be nervous before the race if you have traveled, you're not in your own bed, whether in a hotel or with a friend you may not get a good night's sleep. hence, the importance of the night before the night before if that is a good one, you should be okay for race day finally, run negative splits. start slowly, let the crowd work its way out to get some running room. don't go crazy weaving around this one or that one, especially early on you'll need that energy later