Running For Trevor

hee hee. Rachelle. I will stick to my chit chats and almost not making it to my spot before the gun goes off ; D. but I have higher hopes for you so you better work on that!! btw I was going to ask if you were running this way this morning...darn missed out on a group run.

Sweet article. I'm way to guilty of not warming up properly. My most recent 10k I finally jogged a mile before the race and did a few strides. That first mile is always a wicked shock to me. This'll be one of my running new year's resolutions.. :)

wow, that's a lot of work to do before a race. generally the shorter the race the more warm up I do but nothing even close to that. It would be interesting to try this for a 5k or 10k.

Thanks for sharing!! It sounds like a lot of work. I normally just jog before the race too. I don't want to look like the weirdo doing drills, but those weirdos are usually the ones that kick my booty big time, so they must know what they are doing! :)

Good link. A solid warmup is so important, esp for half-marathon and below. At bigger races I've traveled to this is very evident - the better runners do much more sophisticated warmup routines than my typical "20 minutes + strides".

I definitely agree that Sarah's routine is a bit extreme. But like Jake said a solid warmup is so important for shorter races. I think keying in on all of these "little things" can really add up and make a significant difference. I've never taken a warmup too serious which mostly comes back to the fact that I don't really know what I'm doing. I figure if I want to improve my times in 2014 it can't hurt to start focussing more on the little things.