Race Day Routine with Lucas

Hello there and welcome to the new Running Monsters blog! We've done some major changes in the past few days, including adding new authors to the monster team and updating the layout. I hope you all enjoy the new look!

Tonight the men's distance squad is travelling to UW Parkside to run the 3000 meters. We originally had off this weekend but Russ wants to get another race under our belts. Everyone has their own typical routine they like to follow on the day of a competition, so I thought I'd take you through mine.

I started the day off at 7:30 with a breakfast of fruit and fat-free yogurt. I like to load up on fruits the day of a race because they're full of carbohydrates and easy to digest. Some people think the fiber could be a problem but I never seem to have that issue. In fact, fruits are pretty much the only thing I can eat without any fear of digestive crisis. A couple classes later I grabbed a plate of pasta for lunch. Just enough to fuel the monster without weighing me down. After finishing this blog post I think I might go for a quick nap before we leave-30 minutes is all it takes to recharge the batteries a little bit and keep everything operating smoothly.

My normal race-day routine doesn't really differ that much from any other day. I make sure to eat the right foods in the right amounts at the right times, and always try to get plenty of sleep the night before, but other than that I just sort of stick with my everyday schedule. The idea is that I've already found out what works through daily trial and error, and I don't want to differ from that too much and make my body deal with a bunch of changes in the hours before the race. Hopefully it'll all work out tonight, because Russ wants me to run 9:36-an 11 second PR! My leg is still not quite "normal" but it's functional at least, so I'll see what I can do...