Assignment 20: Charlotte Kessinger

How to...
How to win a track race specifically the 1600/one mile.
1. You must prepare yourself mentally and want to win. The one thing that many physically prepared people do is lose to their own selves. You have to believe in your ability and have to want to win.
2. Once you've prepared your mind, you must train your body. Run at least 5 days a week. To have a well rounded training plan include an easy recovery day, a long run where you increase your mileage, two speed work days where you do shorter harder faster repeats of distances such as 300m, 400m, 600m or 800m and a day with a mix sprints and repeats.
3. Prepare for at least 4 weeks prior to racing.
4. Leading up to race day, you must eat enough healthy foods to allow your body to work hard and recover.
5. On race day, wake up at a normal time, eat toast and peanut butter and relax your mind.
6. At the place of the race, warm yourself up by running at least 800m. Stretch yourself, keep yourself loose.
7. Once it is time to race, find someone to stick with and pace with.
8. Lap 2 and 3 are extremely important to push hard on as everyone is tired of sprinting lap 1. Most people lose their race here, so now this is where you win it. Once lap three is over give it your all on the last lap. Don't hold back you are almost done.
9. If you follow this list, you may not finish first but you are sure to reach a personal record of effort and time.