Welcome to week eight training. How is your training going or not going? Are you feeling stronger, or not quite sure that this is something that you will be able to do? Have you started visualizing your race or you don’t even know where to start to see it? These are the some of the things that are quite normal, and you are not alone! The first thing that I am going to tell you, and you have heard this before from me and Coach Brad, and he even wrote a piece on it - CONSISTENCY! It is so important. If you have not started training, please take the time to talk to either Coach Brad or myself so that we can get you started. However, it is important to be consistent from here on out. If you need to rearrange the training schedule talk to us, we will help you move days around so that it will fit your schedule. But, and I want you to hear what I am saying, if you need to rearrange your life to accommodate your training THAN THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO! I know that this may sound harsh, however, it is the truth, and what you must embrace. You need to eat, breathe and sleep this training so that you can be as prepared as you can be at the race. Come to Saturday trainings so that you can bond with your team and coaches. Coming to Saturday trainings is the one thing that will help with consistency.
This is the time that where your training is going to be intense, your Saturday trainings are going to be longer, the time that you spend during the week training is going to be longer, doing this on your own will be hard, why not make it easier on yourself and come to the Lakefront for the group training? Not only will you have your other teammate to train with, but the whole running or walking community that is out training for their events. It will also give you a better understanding of what it is like to be surrounded by other and how to navigate them. We understand that for some of you that it is a distance to travel, and that gas is expensive, but, we promise you the benefits will outweigh the negatives. Plus you just may meet someone that lives close to you and you can train during the week together and carpool to the city on Saturdays.
I want everyone to start thinking about traveling, and what the weekend is going to look like. In the very near future Coach Brad and myself will be hosting a race prep clinic, we are going to go over everything from what to pack and why, to what you can expect on race weekend. Please make sure that you come to that meeting as it is one of the most important clinics we will give. But start thinking about what you think you are going to need during your race, what are you going to wear, how are you shoes? Are you going to listen to music or nothing. How about your hydration pack, have you found one that you like? These are just some of the things that you are going to make sure you have ironed out before you leave.
Start this week - Saturday’s training is 10 miles for everyone, if there ever was a time to start preparing for the race, this is it. The sleep that you get on Thursday night, is going to be the sleep that you will run/walk on Saturday, so try to get 8 hours of solid sleep on Thursday night. Make sure that you are hydrating always, but make sure that on Thursday and Friday that you are you hydrated. Use the pee test as you guide. Eat a well balance meal both Thursday and Friday evening. Make sure that on Friday you eat both complex and simple carbohydrates. Friday evening if you partake in an alcoholic beverage, please limit it to one. Lay out what you are going to wear on Saturday morning so that all you will have to do is put it on. Have everything ready to go, and if you can even put whatever you are going to need in your car on Friday night so you are not having to remember everything that morning. A change of cloths and a pair of comfortable sandals to change into. Plan what you are going to eat on Saturday morning. What nutrition are you going to have with you? These are the trainings that you want to make sure that you have both nutrition and hydration with you. What about Gatorade? Can you use Gatorade, or do you have to use something else? If you do, you need to make sure that you have it with you. The point to the training from the beginning, but not is critical to figure all of this out now, so that come race weekend you will know everything that you have to do, you won’t even have to think about it. Failing to plan is planning to fail.
We will be meeting at the Lakefront, Montrose Harbor, start time is 7:30 AM Sharp. We will be starting with a few announcements and then we will be sending you on your way. You will be turning around at the 6.5 mile marker. I will be one my bike this week so that I can see as many of you as possible. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call or email either myself or Coach Brad.
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