by about 7pm, so you have plenty of time to digest it and get a good night’s sleep.Race morningGet up early enough to eat and digest a small meal. The amount of time required varies from runner to runner, so it’s helpful to try your pre-race meal timing
You've been training for months. You've spent more early mornings in running shoes than you have tucked up in bed; you've done short runs, long runs, quick ones and slow ones, all of them at paces ranging from 'race' to 'rather not actually, thanks
Time: 3:52GUTTED!Having written and chatted for nearly three months on the sub 3:45 thread a number of us managed to meet up pre-race (Ping Pong Boy, Save Ferris, Scotty, Sarah Gregory, Peter Bedwell & Ashley Smith among others) and because I wore a
-vascular fitness – if not improving it – and allows you to then plan your year post-winter, using brick sessions pre-competition (two or three disciplines in one training session or repeat bike, run, bike, run etc). I would recommend you research the single
on sleep. Don’t stay long at the pre-race expo. Remember: during this final week, you can’t under-do. You can only overdo.The Final HoursFeeling calm, confident and in control is your misson on race morning. Here's how to come by the three Cs: Be sure your
.In the loaded men’s race, Kenyan Martin Lel, with a pre-race 2:10:00 PB, was only the 17th fastest on times. However, his win wasn’t the surprise some made out. In 2003 he won the New York City Marathon and the World Half-Marathon Championships, and he had shown
: your calorie and carbohydrate intake needs to match your training energy output. However, as your training volume increases and then tapers, so should your food intake. Planning your pre-race diet needn't be a nutritional nightmare: here are 25 handy
the lowdown on charity places.Think positive: "Two roads diverged... I took the one less travelled by" Robert Frost, poetThe Fear: Race-Day AnxietyThe Fix: Channel the FearCan I really handle my goal pace? What if that stitch hits at halfway? Pre-race anxiety
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desire and competitive aggression. But does sex really deplete your reserves, as athletes have traditionally feared? Rubbish, says Emmanuele Jannini, Professor of Endocrinology at the University of L'Aquila, Italy. In fact, pre-race sex can give you a
