1st Ever Race Tomorrow!

Jay said:

OK, it's more like a jog for me, but considering that 4 weeks ago I couldn't
even run 1K, making it through a 10K will be quite an accomplishment.

Quoted message said:

A couple questions for the seasoned veterans;

I'm not a seasoned veteran, but I recently ran my first 10K.

Quoted message said:

What should I be eating tonight and tomorrow morning? The race starts at
2:45 pm,
and more importantly, my training over the last 4 weeks has got me from 0K
to 7K, but that is it. Will the adrenaline get me through the last 2-3K that
I have yet to do?

Eat normal food. I wouldn't eat any lunch. My 10K was in the morning and my
(very light) breakfast was making itself known from my stomach. The important
thing is to run a pace that you know you can maintain, don't get caught up in
the excitement and start out too fast. My longest run before the 10K was 4.8
miles. I finished OK, but I was really beat by the end of it.

Tim
--
Tim Newsome nuisance.at.casualhacker.net http://www.casualhacker.net/

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What should I be eating tonight and
tomorrow morning? The race starts
at 2:45 pm,

Quoted message said:

You shouldn't eat anything unusual. Eat what
you normally eat before you run. Personally,
I would have a good breakfast and a light
lunch at least 2.5 hours before the
scheduled start of the race.

In addition, be sure to be sufficiently hydrated.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and more importantly, my training over the
last 4 weeks has got me from 0K to 7K,
but that is it. Will the adrenaline get me
through the last 2-3K that I have yet to do?

Focus on completion and not on winning the
race. Take adequate walking breaks. Make
sure to stop at every water stop, walk, and
hydrate.

Drink a case of beer. You're doomed anyways, so you might as well be
drunk if you are going to make a fool of yourself.

Jay said:

OK, it's more like a jog for me, but considering that 4 weeks ago I couldn't
even run 1K, making it through a 10K will be quite an accomplishment.

A couple questions for the seasoned veterans;

What should I be eating tonight and tomorrow morning? The race starts at
2:45 pm,

Same as you'd normally eat before a training run at that time of day. Don't
experiment on race day.

Quoted message said:

and more importantly, my training over the last 4 weeks has got me from 0K
to 7K, but that is it. Will the adrenaline get me through the last 2-3K that
I have yet to do?

You'll be fine.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

OK, it's more like a jog for me, but considering that 4 weeks ago I couldn't
even run 1K, making it through a 10K will be quite an accomplishment.

A couple questions for the seasoned veterans;

What should I be eating tonight and tomorrow morning? The race starts at
2:45 pm,
and more importantly, my training over the last 4 weeks has got me from 0K
to 7K, but that is it. Will the adrenaline get me through the last 2-3K that
I have yet to do?

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Drink a case of beer. You're doomed anyways, so you might as well be
drunk if you are going to make a fool of yourself.

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WHO WAS IT, THREATENED THE PRESIDENT?

WHO ADVOCATED AID TO TERRORISTS?

YEP, our own BILL DAVIDSON, just one day after
the 9-11 attack, while the victims were still burning.
______________________________­_____________________
"we should bomb that pathetic excuse for a man too, or at
least give his location to every terrorist group we can find, and
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a coked-up dopehead running the country".

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YO! Homeland Security dudes: KEY PHRASES!
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THERE'S YER ANTISOCIAL NUT CASE, RIGHT THERE!
COULD BE another John Hinckley. Check him out!

This US citizen publicly called for AID to TERRORISTS:
IS HIS NAME ON YOUR LIST? Check him out!

To long-suffering RMMB contributors: DO COPY AND PASTE
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to respond to the NOT-REALLY-ANNONYMOUS troll on
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is also "TheBillRodgers" and his clones.

Will Bill's own words amuse him as much as they amuse us?
WILL THEY AMUSE OTHERS? Let's find out.
Let's be sure BILL gets the attention he deserves and craves.

COPY, PASTE, REPLY to our TROLL. IT'S THAT EASY

<yawn> areshole.

Never EVER drink water before a race. Water causes cancer. It's the one
thing every cancer victim has in common, they all drank water.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You shouldn't eat anything unusual. Eat what
you normally eat before you run. Personally,
I would have a good breakfast and a light
lunch at least 2.5 hours before the
scheduled start of the race.

In addition, be sure to be sufficiently hydrated.

Well, that too. Again, no experimenting on race day.

--
Phil M.

Thanks all (Haffenerfer excluded, although I may take up the drinking advice
AFTER the race).
"Jay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OK, it's more like a jog for me, but considering that 4 weeks ago I
couldn't even run 1K, making it through a 10K will be quite an
accomplishment.

A couple questions for the seasoned veterans;

What should I be eating tonight and tomorrow morning? The race starts at
2:45 pm,
and more importantly, my training over the last 4 weeks has got me from 0K
to 7K, but that is it. Will the adrenaline get me through the last 2-3K
that I have yet to do?

So how did it go? Race Reports, man, Race Reports!