Preparing For Your Half Marathon For Charity

So you might have conquered a 5k charity run, possibly a 10 charity running event and now you are in the big league preparing for your Half marathon. The week leading up to your half marathon for charity must be planned and executed carefully to ensure that you reap the full rewards at the Half Marathon. Here are the Run for charity top tips to prepare for the Half marathon for charity race day.

Half Marathon Kit.

Oh the options are endless when preparing your kit for your half marathon for charity. We suggest not going overboard as you can end up spending an absolute fortune on your half marathon race day kit. Make sure you test all your half marathon kit out – not the day before but weeks before, think of the worst outcomes, chaffing, blisters – ouch!  Ensure you race kit is ready on the eve of your half marathon.

Half Marathon Taper

Charity runner’s attempting their first half marathon for charity must learn the rules of tapering. This put simply means that you will run shorter distances in the lead up to the half marathon for charity, ensuring you are bursting with energy and in peak fitness on event day. If you ran the half marathon distance the day before the charity event, you will commence the race feeling tired and sore. All half marathon training plans will provide you with the rules of tapering down before the event.

Eating before your Half Marathon

On the day of your half marathon for charity there are 2 very, very important meals. These are the dinner the night before your half marathon for charity and breakfast the morning of the event. Charity runners should make sure they know the correct time their half marathon begins and work out exactly how many hours in advance to eat their breakfast, most professional runners say around 3 hours is optimal, as it is long enough  to give your breakfast some time to digest but not long enough to leave you feeling hungry. If your travel time is tricky or the half marathon for charity starts very early, it may be worth packing a breakfast you can eat on the road. Dinner the night before your marathon for charity is equally important and should be filled with carbohydrates, protein and bursting with nutrients to get ensure you are feeling fantastic at the start line.

Half Marathon Warming Up

Never underestimate the power of warming up before a charity run, weather it be a 5k or 10k and especially a half marathon for charity. Your training for your half marathon for charity will have prepped you to understand your body best. Charity runners all have different needs to warm up before their charity runs event. At run for charity, we are constantly reminding our runners how important it is to warm up before the charity running event. From gentle stretching to 5 minute jog pre-event, warming up before your half marathon for charity will ensure your experience is smoother and more enjoyable.

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