So seeing as how most people are probably training for marathons or half marathons I figured this would be a good opportunity to display how running a 5k race could be beneficial to your training.
For starters 5k races are pretty easy to find and their generally cheap in terms of cost.
When you choose to use a 5k race as a workout ideally it should not be treated as easy or recovery run but a harder type workout. Workouts that would be ideal be tempo runs, mile repeats etc. In addition to these workout this would provide a good opportunity to practice racing strategy. If you choose to do intervals then obviously you don't have rest breaks.However the bottom line is that this should be treated as a glorified workout: in other words you should be training while at the same time keeping the racing element into the workout to achieve the most out of the race.
The fact that you are running a race in preparation for a bigger race provides you with the opportunity to work out a routine for race day. When race day comes it will be important for your psychological state to know what your wearing. A good idea is to lay exactly what your wearing before race day. If your in a rush you won't have to worry about clothes. Furthermore knowing what your warm up routine is will also help with your psychological state. Lastly make sure you have a grip on all the little logistical things , how to get their, registration etc. Remember this is basically a trial run.
This idea of using a 5k race as a training day can also be applied to the 10k race as well. Depending on where your mileage is at you could do it as a faster paced long run.
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For starters 5k races are pretty easy to find and their generally cheap in terms of cost.
When you choose to use a 5k race as a workout ideally it should not be treated as easy or recovery run but a harder type workout. Workouts that would be ideal be tempo runs, mile repeats etc. In addition to these workout this would provide a good opportunity to practice racing strategy. If you choose to do intervals then obviously you don't have rest breaks.However the bottom line is that this should be treated as a glorified workout: in other words you should be training while at the same time keeping the racing element into the workout to achieve the most out of the race.
The fact that you are running a race in preparation for a bigger race provides you with the opportunity to work out a routine for race day. When race day comes it will be important for your psychological state to know what your wearing. A good idea is to lay exactly what your wearing before race day. If your in a rush you won't have to worry about clothes. Furthermore knowing what your warm up routine is will also help with your psychological state. Lastly make sure you have a grip on all the little logistical things , how to get their, registration etc. Remember this is basically a trial run.
This idea of using a 5k race as a training day can also be applied to the 10k race as well. Depending on where your mileage is at you could do it as a faster paced long run.
Click here to get Free Shipping on Under Armour!!
Thanks For Reading!!
Keep Running!!
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