weekly check-in

[ilanarama]

Hello, runners? How goes it? Did you race this weekend? Are you racing next weekend? How goes the change of seasons in your part of the world?

Here's your inspirational quote for the week:

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable." - Sir Roger Bannister

Comments

[ilanarama]

Huh, I haven't had side stitches in a long time but oddly in my trail race a few weeks ago, two of my friends had problems with it (who hadn't had them, either).

You don't, of course, need to take it TOO easy. I would suggest that if you don't have a particular program, that on your last run before the race (Thursday? I usually like a day off before races) you do some strides toward the end - smoothly accelerate to as fast as you can go with good form, hold that speed for 10 seconds or so, and then smoothly decelerate to easy pace. Jog easy until you feel like you've recovered, and then do it again. 3 or 4 of these is a good tune-up.

[sophinisba]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give that a try on Thursday.