RACE DAY TIPS with Adam Cohen
Training can be a lot like drinking: to have a great time you need to know when to stop. In the week leading up to a race or event, athletes can do more to undermine their training than they can to enhance it. Yet, just like that “one more” drink, it’s the prospect of getting a little extra something that gets you in trouble. - Chris Carmichael (Carmichael Training Systems) There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to preparing for an event. Many people will try to cram in last minute workouts, hydration, and rest into the final few days before an event. In reality any high intensity workouts during race week will not benefit you at all on race day but may actually raise your fatigue levels. All of your fitness work such as running, cycling and swimming workouts need to be done in the weeks leading up to your race, race week should be spent doing lighter workouts such as easy spins on a bicycle or some light running. Some people like to do “openers” the day before the event which typically would consist of some moderate intervals to get
the blood flowing.
needs this time to recover from the weeks of training and racNow let’s talk a bit about hying. August to May is a really dration. No you can not chug long time to keep the body a gallon of water the day of the performing at a high level so race and claim to be hydrated. it’s important to take rest very Hydration is extremely important seriously from the very first race for endurance sports. Racing of the season. There is really two hours in the Florida sun with no tip or trick to this one other 20lbs of gear on is definitely than turning the TV and phones hard on the body. Proper Hyoff and forcing yourself to go to drations should be maintained bed. during training and racing but let’s be real, No one is perfect. I Hopefully this small write up try to step up my hydration four will help some of the FTR memto five days before the event. bership out. I Will be at every Everyone’s a little different when Hare Scramble and enduro this it comes to water intake but I season, feel free to walk up and try to drink a minimum of 5-7 introduce yourself and ask me bottles of water per day. Many some questions. I’m also on people like to train and race facebook and instagram if you with different hydration subwant to reach out. stances added to their water but you’re going to want to test Adam Cohen them during your training days Former National & State Mounas some people find them hard tain Bike Champion of the stomach. Last but not least is rest. Most of us work full time jobs and many work jobs that require physical labor which makes this last topic of rest very difficult to achieve. Rest on race week is extremely important, your body
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