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Marathon Tips as the Day Approaches
Back to Running Tips No doubt many of you have read numerous sources on how to prepare for the big race and have heard many different tips and techniques to be optimally prepared for the marathon. It is important that you don't compare your personal regimen with others around you. You have spent the last several months training at your own pace and have participated in resistive training, stretching, nutritional habits, and even the use of specific clothing and shoes. It is vital that you continue your own training regimen up to and including the race. | |
| If you have been stretching on a consistent basis it is wise to continue the same regimen and not to increase the amount of time stretching nor the specific muscles that you stretch. Rather, continue the regimen of stretches you have been consistent with. If you have been undertaking a resistive training protocol, it is probably wise to stop two weeks prior to the marathon to give your muscles time to regenerate and have adequate rest. Nutritional habits are also vital and the research varies of what is most effective. What seems to be the most successful is to protein load two weeks before the marathon and carbohydrate load the week of the marathon. | |
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If you have recently bought new running shoes, you must at least have 3-4 weeks and at least one long run on those new shoes if you anticipate wearing them for the marathon. This is also true for the use of foot orthotics: unless you have actually been able to train with them over the last month or two, don't try to use them for the marathon. If you have had a recent injury with the long runs in preparation for the marathon, it is important to seek adequate medical attention and often a simple remedy will allow you to train and/or rest with enough time to still adequately complete the marathon. It is important that you relay any symptoms or injury to your pace group leader or the attending medical staff on Saturdays. We will be conducting more frequent clinics on the Saturdays before the marathon. If you can't make one these clinics, try calling us at (310) 286-0447 for some free advice. It is the wish of myself and my associates that you have a very successful and fulfilling marathon experience and congratulations in advance. Stephen Paulseth, MS PT SCS Back to Running Tips | |