Burned out? No way!
Burned Out? NO WAY! How can anyone burn out on running? Time to shake things up!
- Plan tomorrow's run for 10 PM ... if you normally run in the morning.
- Run in the woods, if you normally run on the road. How about Maybury State Park at 8 Mile and Beck? The trail is awesome! Especially in the dark with a headlamp!
- Start and finish your run at a lake and dive in ... preferably naked! Yikes!
- Try some GU, new shoes, new route, new run partner or run with a group. Click here for group runs at Running Fit stores.
- Go to a high school track at night and put some beer along the track. Do a few easy, or hard, miles. Finish with a cool down walk with beer in hand. Seeing the beer on each lap is may inspire you.
- Run a race. Don't even make plans; just find one on line (runmichigan.com) and go!
- Get someone to drop you off a long way from home with no way to get back but to run!
- Drive to a spot some evening then run home. In the morning, run back and get your car!
Run Wild,
Randy Step
Developing a Marathon Strategy.
Before the fall marathon season starts its time to develop your marathon strategy.
It doesnt matter if its your first or 50th marathon; a well thought out race strategy will set you up for success. By strategy I mean an hour by hour, mile by mile plan to follow on marathon day. The strategy should include pace, fluid - food intake, footwear and apparel. A well-planed strategy will take away some race day stress and will stack the deck in your favor. Transportation to and from the race and a race weekend schedule will also help.
Pace:
Gaining a sense of pace will help you from making the all too common mistake of going out too fast in the beginning of the marathon. Remember that most world records set at the marathon distance were set with "negative splits", that is, with a faster second half.