10-04-2012, 03:36 PM
That actually does help...a lot. Especially the part about shortening my stride...I always noticed going down hills the breaking effect you're talking about... Since I was never much of a cross country racer (used to sprint in grade school) i never really concerned myself with optimizing this.
Very good.
The part about using the arms as well - very good. I'll be sure to concentrate on these things.
Last little detail - I've got a 24 hour flight (total time - 2 multi-hour stop overs in tokyo + seattle
) and will be landing at about 1pm on the 14th. My race is the next day at 9am. Should I just look to rest that day...could I/should I do a little 30 min light jog - since i've just sat on a plane for 20+ hours? I'm going to do the 3x5min at race pace tomorrow (instead of the 10x400m session - as per your advice). Or should I save that for friday? Instead do an easy 10x400m session? I was thinking I could do that, and just concentrate on easy ~96s laps (4:00/km pace)....
hehe...I suspect at this stage, I can't do much to improve my race time other than a little pace practicing....and not overdoing things...but any last minute advice is welcome!
Regards
Very good.
The part about using the arms as well - very good. I'll be sure to concentrate on these things.
Last little detail - I've got a 24 hour flight (total time - 2 multi-hour stop overs in tokyo + seattle
) and will be landing at about 1pm on the 14th. My race is the next day at 9am. Should I just look to rest that day...could I/should I do a little 30 min light jog - since i've just sat on a plane for 20+ hours? I'm going to do the 3x5min at race pace tomorrow (instead of the 10x400m session - as per your advice). Or should I save that for friday? Instead do an easy 10x400m session? I was thinking I could do that, and just concentrate on easy ~96s laps (4:00/km pace)....hehe...I suspect at this stage, I can't do much to improve my race time other than a little pace practicing....and not overdoing things...but any last minute advice is welcome!
Regards