Roll with it- Race day changes... Published by adming - On 07.35 - This post haved 0 komentar

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That's the face of a guy who just pooped in an alley...ewwww.

I saw this article on Active.com, on how to adapt to race-day changes written by Patrick McCrann. It focuses on marathons specifically, but I think it's a good read for any race really. It also hit home for me. This is something I'm working on. For most of my races in my short running career I had my mentor running with me who could reign me in. Now I'm learning the ins and outs of this on my own.

Coach Jen has had me doing race plans since last June, each race we've added a step to the planning process. For my first half this year we included a "what ifs" section. I didn't think much of it until after the race, when a couple of my what ifs happened and I didn't react well.

Between typing up my race plan for Saturday and reading this post, it hit me...Jen is teaching me this skill, how to adapt to things on race day and not freak out. One big what if for this race is the weather related...the heat, specifically. We talked about a pacing goal but if it's going to be super hot, we're going to revisit it and adjust as needed. The other major one is in-race nutrition, it's trial and error sure, but keeping calm,not panicking and adjusting will yield better results than mentally checking out. For both, I know I can adjust on Saturday based on what's going on...I need to remain positive.

Being in a positive state of mind will help with the ability to adapt on race day. I know the ability to adapt on race day is tied the metal exercise we're doing this week. I said I wasn't going to share any of the reasons I'm going to have a good race, but I'm sharing part of today's note to Coach Jen. To remind myself why I run and who I run for, I'm going to write Pam and the girls' names, as well as mine, on my arms. I'll have a reminder in sight the entire race.

I may post tomorrow, I may not. It's a rest day and I'm off of work. If you're racing, enjoy. If you're coming out to cheer, cheer loud. If you're running 13.1 Chicago and want to meet before or after, email me.

I'm excited. I'm ready to run and have fun. More later!

02 Jun, 2011

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Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/cubicle-dad/2011/06/roll-with-it--race-day-changes.html
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