Race day strategies.Whether you're a middle of the packer, a front liner, or a newcomer, anyone who pins on a number at the starting line starting line n. Sports The point or line at which a race begins. Noun 1. starting line - a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game scratch line, scratch, start develops a few tricks to beat the jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics and to give it your best. Some personal race day strategies can have a superstitious quality Runners often develop a quirky list of necessary pre-race behaviors-certain music to listen to on the way or lucky underwear. Jack Daniels Jack Daniels may refer to:
Other tricks may be built on personal experience--what to eat before the race, how much to drink, what clothes cause the least trouble, a particular warm-up routine. Whatever race ritual you develop, the purpose is to provide habits that you can rely on to get you through the jitters, and to keep you from forgetting important pre-race routines. Here is a checklist of items you should plan for before a race. Use it to develop your own routine. * Taper your training regimen before a race. Allowing adequate rest before a race actually improves performance. * Make sure you get enough sleep. * Your pre-race diet should include plenty of carbohydrates. * Eat light on race day, but drink enough to be maximally hydrated hy·drat·ed adj. Chemically combined with water, especially existing in the form of a hydrate. Adj. 1. hydrated - containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) hydrous . * Check the weather and plan accordingly. * Prepare a checklist of items you want to have at the race, including Vaseline, extra socks, Bandaids, sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays. sun·screen n. , and extra clothes for after the race. * If possible, pick up your number prior to race day to save some worry before the race. * Don't choose new shoes or clothing for a race. Everything should be well broken in. * Develop a race day warm-up routine that includes stretching. Jogging, jumping, knee lifts, heel lifts--whatever works for you to get your muscles warm and limber before the race begins can help prevent an injury. Remember too, race day nervousness serves a useful purpose. Adrenaline is a performance booster. All athletes know that this is one reason why competition can bring out their best performance. Adrenaline acts like a power booster and you would not want to be completely relaxed before a race. So eat a ritual meal, say your magic mantra, and enjoy the super-charge some jitters can give. A good warm-up is important both psychologically and physiologically. Your aerobic system needs to get primed for the race. Having race day litters can impair use of your glycogen glycogen (glī`kəjən), starchlike polysaccharide (see carbohydrate) that is found in the liver and muscles of humans and the higher animals and in the cells of the lower animals. stores, and if your race takes more than 90 minutes, glycogen stores are a limiting factor A factor or condition that, either temporarily or permanently, impedes mission accomplishment. Illustrative examples are transportation network deficiencies, lack of in-place facilities, malpositioned forces or materiel, extreme climatic conditions, distance, transit or overflight rights, in performance. Pete Pfitzinger Peter ("Pete") Dickson Pfitzinger (born August 29, 1957) is a former American distance runner, who later became an author and exercise physiologist. He is best known for his accomplishments in the marathon, an event in which he represented the United States in two Summer Olympic M.S. |
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