by Webmaster | Apr 8, 2025 | Racing
Experienced runners usually have a pre-and post-race routine, including the following checklist of race day items they’ll need to feel comfortable before and after the race. Race Clothes. Staying comfortable and as cool as possible should be bywords. Long sleeve...
by Webmaster | Apr 6, 2025 | Racing
Everything we do in life is preceded by a private, mental conversation. In the weeks before a marathon, for example, your thoughts could represent competing ways of pacing the race, e.g., start fast or slow. Your thinking always decides the issue. You could be...
by Webmaster | Mar 15, 2025 | Racing
The following guidelines assume you are preparing for an early-morning race in hot-weather Hawaii. Storing Glycogen Energy (carbohydrate loading). Glycogen, a form of muscle sugar which derives from carbohydrate (starchy foods) is the limiting factor in long-distance...
by Webmaster | Mar 15, 2025 | Racing
Pacing is the most important skill in the sport of long-distance racing. Go too fast at any point in a race and you increase your risk of a fatigue-induced, crashing slow-down before the finish. Go too slow and you risk the equally ignominious embarrassment of a...
by Webmaster | Mar 15, 2025 | Racing
The first practice race scheduled in the BC Endurance marathon training is the Windward 25K (15.5 miles). It comes a mere seven weeks into the training when our longest workout will have been only 2.5 hours long. So, many of our athletes wonder how they can finish 15...
