, but the day before, jog two to four miles to release some of your pent-up energy.For sub-marathon races, tapering for between three and seven days can be beneficial. During this time, cut your usual run distances in half, and if you do any speedwork, make
No matter how much preparation you’ve done beforehand, sometimes on race-day things just don’t go to plan. But for this week’s questioner, a disappointing performance has left her void of all motivation to continue – can you help her regain her
system is giving me lots of energy to run a good race. Concentrating on that really helps and makes the experience positive, rather than negative. You can also develop rituals that relax you before a race. I race a great deal (though slowly) and tend
