

#SHOULD YOU RUN THE DAY BEFORE A RACE PLUS#
Well, in the simplest terms, it boils down to 30 minute runs, five days a week, at a moderate pace, plus two strength training workouts. At least 2 days of muscle resistance training that includes every major muscle group.75 to 150 minutes per week of vigorous cardiovascular physical activity, *AND*.150 minutes to 5 hours per week of moderate, cardiovascular physical activity, *OR*.The following amounts of exercise, per week, are recommended as a baseline for optimal health: Department of Health and Human Services (and ACSM, CDC, etc.) in mind. Completely understandable, and well deserved! If you fall into this category, I recommend keeping the basic guidelines for physical activity for healthy adults, recommended by U.S. You’ve completed your goal race, and you’re ready for a break from long, structured training. So I’m going to address both cases in this post. The most common answers are going to be either maintaining running fitness solely for health purposes, or maintaining a running base for future race purposes.

Now is the time to contemplate what your short term and long term goals are when it comes to maintaining running fitness. Worse yet, maybe your races are currently indefinitely postponed. Or, maybe you simply haven’t pulled the trigger on signing up for your next race. So, you’ve run your race, and you’re unsure of what to do in the future.
