Category: PB or Race Tactics

** If you’ve heard people talking about ‘digging deep’ and learning how to do that in…

  ** Familiarise yourself with the course and with your pre-race routine. If you are unfamiliar…

    * Don’t wear compression gear. It adds extra resistance and tires you more quickly.…

X*Wear compression gear. Boosts blood flow to muscles and reduces the risk of injury. Keeps you…

* Don’t start too near to the front if you are smaller and slower (kids) you…

* Pinch yourself hard before that final sprint. (I don’t think this will work but causing…

* Smile. Smile every 1km it will relax you. Can’t hurt? There could be some hormonal…

*X Running cadence. Aim for about 90-95 strides a minute (180-190 footfalls). If this is quite…

  ** If you are doing a parkrun then start at the front that can save…

    *X Minor pain relief on-the-day. If you have a niggling minor injury that might…

*** Do a proper taper appropriate to your CURRENT level of fitness/fatigue. A generic taper might…

*** Do a proper taper. I’ve given tapers more consideration in <this> link. Do a bit of research.…