I get ridiculously anxious before a running event/competition.
On the day of my half marathon, I was so nervous I could barely eat. I had cereal (only like half the amount I usually have) and then I grabbed a muffin. I ate the muffin from like 10am-3pm. It took me 3 hours to eat it. It had a lot of carbs, which is why I forced myself to eat it. But I was alone from this time, as well, because my mom was hanging out with her friend during the day. So I didn't eat anything else. Later around 4/5 we had an early dinner of some pasta stuff and a couple of raw veggies. I could barely eat there either. Then my run was at 7. I had some pre workout and water and stuff before the run. It turns out I didn't do so poorly on so little food. I think it's because I probably ate mostly carbs, so at least that was good.
Before runs in cross country I would get so nervous I wouldn't want to eat. I specifically remember it was Bay of Quinte, and I was ridiculously nervous. My time was worse than the last run I had in cross country. At BOQ I swear I was like shaking. Standing/warming up at the starting line was the worst feeling ever. I felt like I was waiting for hours. Then at COSSA I was a little nervous, but nowhere as bad as BOQ.
Now I have my 30k in 13 days. I am nervous for it now. But it is in the morning, which is good so I don't have as much time to be nervous throughout the day or waiting. The thing I am the most nervous for is the fact that there are 8,500 people running it. What the fudge? I'm also nervous because there are 3 corrals and I am not in any of them. I'm with the "other" runners. I'm not that slow! Grr. Whatever.
I hope to run it in 2:45:00. But if I get an adrenaline rush, I might be able to run it in 2:30. Somehow I doubt this. I'll hopefully not go over 3:00.
Usually my pace for 30k is between 5:00min/km-5:46min/km
So that means that my time will be 2:30-2:53.
Ahh! Stresss.
To calm down, I usually just wait it out. The nerves go away about 1-2km after I start running.
I am a little more nervous for my half marathon, even though it is 21.1km. It's because I am really going to try to get a really good time! I want to try to get it under 1:45. The fastest I've run a half-marathon distance is 1:47. But that wasn't an event. So in the toronto half-marathon, I really am going to push it.
I'm going for a run today. Probably going to be somewhere between a 18-22km run. I ran 30k on Thursday.
Let's do this!
Do you get nervous before you run?
On the day of my half marathon, I was so nervous I could barely eat. I had cereal (only like half the amount I usually have) and then I grabbed a muffin. I ate the muffin from like 10am-3pm. It took me 3 hours to eat it. It had a lot of carbs, which is why I forced myself to eat it. But I was alone from this time, as well, because my mom was hanging out with her friend during the day. So I didn't eat anything else. Later around 4/5 we had an early dinner of some pasta stuff and a couple of raw veggies. I could barely eat there either. Then my run was at 7. I had some pre workout and water and stuff before the run. It turns out I didn't do so poorly on so little food. I think it's because I probably ate mostly carbs, so at least that was good.
Before runs in cross country I would get so nervous I wouldn't want to eat. I specifically remember it was Bay of Quinte, and I was ridiculously nervous. My time was worse than the last run I had in cross country. At BOQ I swear I was like shaking. Standing/warming up at the starting line was the worst feeling ever. I felt like I was waiting for hours. Then at COSSA I was a little nervous, but nowhere as bad as BOQ.
Now I have my 30k in 13 days. I am nervous for it now. But it is in the morning, which is good so I don't have as much time to be nervous throughout the day or waiting. The thing I am the most nervous for is the fact that there are 8,500 people running it. What the fudge? I'm also nervous because there are 3 corrals and I am not in any of them. I'm with the "other" runners. I'm not that slow! Grr. Whatever.
I hope to run it in 2:45:00. But if I get an adrenaline rush, I might be able to run it in 2:30. Somehow I doubt this. I'll hopefully not go over 3:00.
Usually my pace for 30k is between 5:00min/km-5:46min/km
So that means that my time will be 2:30-2:53.
Ahh! Stresss.
To calm down, I usually just wait it out. The nerves go away about 1-2km after I start running.
I am a little more nervous for my half marathon, even though it is 21.1km. It's because I am really going to try to get a really good time! I want to try to get it under 1:45. The fastest I've run a half-marathon distance is 1:47. But that wasn't an event. So in the toronto half-marathon, I really am going to push it.
I'm going for a run today. Probably going to be somewhere between a 18-22km run. I ran 30k on Thursday.
Let's do this!
Do you get nervous before you run?
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