8 days to go before my first race on Satruday the 19th. It's a 10 mile affair on reasonably flat ground. I'm in the 40 and over class, but squeaked in at 40 on the nose.
How hard should I be pushing it this week? I was going to train like normal right up to and including Thursday. Take friday off completely and race on Saturday. Should I also take Wednesday off??? OR???
I have been doing 10-15 miles on the bike (at about 85-90%mhr) and doing that everyother day (hoping to give myself a day of rest before hitting the cardio again). On the bike rest day I spend about a 45 minutes in the gym working the upper body (today I spent an hour). Friday, tomorrow, is bike day again. Might do something in the morning and again in the evening.
The race starts at 9am. How early should I get up before the event? Ideas on food before the race on race day?
I normally train in the mornings in a fasted state, and eat afterwards. A standard size water bottle usually lasts me about 25 minutes, for what that piece of information is worth.
At this point, I'm probably as ready as I'm gonna get. BUT, have about 8 days to still work myself out.
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
-Bob
How hard should I be pushing it this week? I was going to train like normal right up to and including Thursday. Take friday off completely and race on Saturday. Should I also take Wednesday off??? OR???
I have been doing 10-15 miles on the bike (at about 85-90%mhr) and doing that everyother day (hoping to give myself a day of rest before hitting the cardio again). On the bike rest day I spend about a 45 minutes in the gym working the upper body (today I spent an hour). Friday, tomorrow, is bike day again. Might do something in the morning and again in the evening.
The race starts at 9am. How early should I get up before the event? Ideas on food before the race on race day?
I normally train in the mornings in a fasted state, and eat afterwards. A standard size water bottle usually lasts me about 25 minutes, for what that piece of information is worth.
At this point, I'm probably as ready as I'm gonna get. BUT, have about 8 days to still work myself out.
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
-Bob