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

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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!

1. Training For The Event/Distance with specific workouts

1. Anaerobic

2. Aerobic

3. Workouts 20% of the time

4. Paces specific to your VDOT fitness

2. Being selective with your races

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

2. You need time to train for the races

3. Picking courses that are FAST

4. Picking races during optimal time of year

5. Course spectators? People to run with?

6. Limiting how often you race

3. Building the mental muscle

1. Doing uncomfortable things

2. 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

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

4. Building confidence in workouts by practicing negative splits

5. 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

4. The little things like tapering, fueling and carb loading

1. Carbon plated shoes can make you faster

2. Beats can make you faster

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

4. Hydration is key

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