Ep 30. Women's Running Workshop. 7. Race day prep and recovery

Welcome to episode 30 of the Women’s Running Podcast. This is our 7th Running Workshop, in which I chat to Holly Taylor about our training ahead of our half marathon this weekend. We open this episode with the mother of all confessions in terms of that virtual half, so hang on to your hats. Mainly, though we talk about tapering, race day prep and a bit about recovery too. So we talk about Holly’s walk/run strategy, which has been brilliant and has worked fantastically for her, and we also talk about how we should be training and what we should be eating in this last week before the race. There’s a bit of a shocker there where we both confess that neither of us like porridge, and I expect us both to be banished from the running community for saying so. So we talk about other things we could eat for breakfast, and whether we really need to carb load before a half. And we chat about how best to recover after our 13 miles. Small warning: Holly is a leetle bit sweary when the possibility of not necking a bottle of prosecco the minute she finishes is mooted, but I think that’s fair enough. Anyway, we’ve decided that okay, we shan’t get smashed the second we cross over our respective finish lines, but we certainly will enjoy a glass or seven that evening. So there. We also talk about keeping our motivation going post-half, and as I’ve signed Hol up to another race, she can’t get out of that one. If you’re running a race for you this weekend, let me know as it would be lovely to run with you virtually. And in our next workshop we'll chat about how to prepare for our best 10K in May! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=67575412) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.