236. Become a Better Racer: Hit Your Goals On Race Day‪!‬ Run4PRs

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Have you ever seen an athlete have an amazing race and wonder how they were able to pull it off? Do you ever wish you could get the extra edge that other athletes seem to have on race day? Today we are going to be talking about the main factors that go into having a great race. There are a variety of areas you can improve on when it comes to mastering your race day performance. When you try to get 1% better in each area, it adds up to be a lot!


Training For The Event/Distance with specific workouts



Anaerobic


Aerobic


Workouts 20% of the time


Paces specific to your VDOT fitness



Being selective with your races



You can’t expect to race every month and improve forever


You need time to train for the races


Picking courses that are FAST


Picking races during optimal time of year


Course spectators? People to run with?


Limiting how often you race



Building the mental muscle



Doing uncomfortable things


Sarah Sellers 2018 Boston Marathon: she ran after working nursing shirts. When you train in a tired state, it can help with the rough patches during a race


You don’t need to train in perfect conditions or always feel like running


Building confidence in workouts by practicing negative splits


Don’t let yourself get handicapped by yourself: “I always blow up”, “I am not good at marathons”. You have to practice how you speak to yourself and not go down a negative spital



The little things like tapering, fueling and carb loading



Carbon plated shoes can make you faster


Beats can make you faster


Fueling properly will allow you to race to your potential in events over 90 min


Hydration is key


Make sure you have all the loose ends taken care of!