Hi everyone?
I've not been in a race for two years and finally I'm getting back into it. I've got my first race coming up (LINCOLN 10K)
faced loads of injuries and slipped disc recently but I'm still determined to run.
my question is how effective is carb loading? especially over a short distance as 10K?
does it help?
I've never really followed carb loading before and manage quite well. ran a half marathon in 1:35 on two weetabixs = not clever i know!
any advice is welcome.
all I want is to beat my previous best time on that course which is 42:35. it should be possible to beat as my fastest 10k is 38:23 so fingers crossed.
anyone else running this race?
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A half marathon on a breakfast of 2 weetabix is perfectly okay. I know people who train and race with no breakfast.
2 weetabix sounds like good prep for a HM to me!
The ten k's Ive done Ive just eaten my usual stuff really. Just made sure that I had plenty of water the day before. Though I think having something with pasta for my lunch gives me a psychological advantage!!! And steak for tea has always produced good results!!!
the Half marathon was late in the day. thats the only reason i thought two weetabixs was a little low for both breakfast and dinner.
do you really think warming up helps? I personally do a few stretches and thats it. i take more time mentally warming up than on my muscles. but i suppose everyone is different.
I'm no race veteran but in my limited experience I've benefited greatly from a proper heart-beat raising warm-up. My 10k times are in the same 'ball-park' as yours - you're not hanging about and I'd guess that your HR would be over 90% of max pretty quickly into the race. I reckon this is much less of a shock to the system if your CV system has already had a bit of a work-out, e.g. a good couple of miles working up to a reasonable pace, and working up a decent sweat (well, I do anyway).
I definitely see the purpose of a 10k warm-up being to get the body, including cardiovascular system, into 'race-gear' rather than just limbering up or stretching out a few muscles.
but i thought that the more relaxed the muscles the better they are at performing?
maybe i have this wrong.
thanks