do you, and how do you, warm up before a 1/2 marathon?

Paul said:

Do you warm up before a 1/2 marathon? If so, how do you warm up? It's my
first and I am in it to finish so maybe warming up is not that important but
I do notice on my long runs that I feel better after 2.3 miles.

In answer to your question, I do very little warmup before a half. A very small
amount of jogging, a few strides, maybe some stretching if I feel like it. No
more than a mile total. Pace is quite slow, and it's OK to be a little sluggish
out of the blocks.

Given your goals, I would recommend using the first 2.3 miles of the race
to warm up.

Cheers,
--
Elflord

Paul said:

Do you warm up before a 1/2 marathon? If so, how do you warm up? It's my
first and I am in it to finish so maybe warming up is not that important but
I do notice on my long runs that I feel better after 2.3 miles.

Thanks

all depends on YOU, and what you normally do before runs, especially
long ones. whatever works for you in training - do that for the race.

me - i always do some gentle stretches before training runs, and for
morning races, to warm up muscles that are still tight from inactivity
during sleep, i will do a 5 - 10 min. jog, then do those same
stretches. then i'm good to go.

don't change your routine on race morning.... stick with familiar
food, warm-up, clothes, etc.

best of luck!

I did it ! My first 1/2.

I followed everyone's guidance who ALL said don't change your routine.

Thanks.

Now to working on moving my anaebic threshold higher

Paul said:

Do you warm up before a 1/2 marathon? If so, how do you warm up?

Yep. I do 20-30mins when I can
5 - v slow jog
10 - drills + normal jog
10 - about LSD pace
5 - some lines at 10k pace