Creating
Your Personal Guide To Racing
Faster
By
Eric Schwartz
A
great way to learn to race
faster is to document your
racing experiences. After each
race fill out an evaluation,
documenting such things as
race conditions, nutrition
(before and during race), race
strategy, etc. Then use this
as a road map for success in
future races.
For
example, every time you do
an ironman you could spend
two hours agonizing over what
to put in your transition bags,
or you can write down what
you did, and then use that
list the next time you do an
ironman. Or, you might do several
short distance races and learn
that you need to take in calories
for a race over 1:40, but for
shorter races you can go without.
Maybe you do the same bike
race every year and at a crucial
point a small lead pack is
created. Write it down, and
look at your race evaluation
before next year's race, and
train for that moment. If you're
lucky, you might have found
a secret bathroom with no lines.
Remembering that for next year's
race is priceless.
At
some point a famous athlete philosopher,
maybe it was Athlacrotes, said, “Those
athletes that don't learn from
history are bound to repeat their
mistakes.” Do
race evaluations regularly and
don't repeat mistakes.
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