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Race season is here!\u00a0 And we all want every one to be our best, or at least pretty good.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen every time.\u00a0 Bad races happen.\u00a0 Sometimes we’re running a training race just for fun and other times our day goes completely off course leading to results we’re not happy with.\u00a0 No matter which one your event is, here are some of Team ECRP<\/a>‘s favorite ways to make any one your best race yet.\"best<\/p>\n

Practice.<\/strong>\u00a0 Replicate every part of race day you can before hand.\u00a0 Get up and eat like you will that morning.\u00a0 Test out different nutrition strategies for during the race on your long training runs.\u00a0 Then practice messing it all up.\u00a0 Run in any kind of weather you can while making sure none of those winter layers chafe.\u00a0 Race day is unpredictable and the more prepared you are for the unknowns the closer you’ll be to having your fastest race yet.<\/p>\n

Plan.<\/strong>\u00a0 Know where you’ll park and if the race starts where it ends<\/a> or is point to point.\u00a0 Figure out what nutrition is on course or if you’ll need to bring what you’re comfortable with.\u00a0 Decide where you’ll meet your family afterwards.\u00a0 Doing all of these things will help eliminate unknowns which will make race day less stressful for everyone.<\/p>\n

\"bestFocus on you.<\/strong>\u00a0 You’re trying to run your best race.\u00a0 Not another runner’s.\u00a0 Don’t worry about how fast the people around you go out or what they’re going to do later on.\u00a0 You’re only in control of your own performance and pushing too hard early will cost a lot towards the end.\u00a0 Stick to the plan you made during training and the rest will fall into place.<\/p>\n

Have fun.<\/strong>\u00a0 Getting tense or stressed out in the middle of a race is a sure fire way to perform poorly.\u00a0 We run because it’s fun so let’s keep it that way.\u00a0 Stay loose, smile at the water stop volunteers and say ‘thank you’ to the course marshals.\u00a0 It’ll keep you happy, positive and well on your way to a wonderful finish.<\/p>\n

Use these tips and you’ll be a few steps closer to having your best race day yet.<\/p>\n

Coach Meredith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Race season is here!\u00a0 And we all want every one to be our best, or at least pretty good.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen every time.\u00a0 Bad races happen.\u00a0 Sometimes we’re running a training race just for fun and other times our day goes completely off course leading to results we’re not happy with.\u00a0 No matter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12,14,15],"tags":[18,17,9],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Run Your Best Race - East Coast Run Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We all want to have good races. 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