Episode 42: Running with Friends Series- Race Day Rituals
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Welcome to another episode of Chasing Life. Today's guest is Leti from the Marathon Running Podcast, and we are going to be talking about our race day rituals. Welcome, Leti. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm very excited to talk about this today. So Sarah, we're 20 days away from our races, which both happen to be on September 26th. So at the time of this recording, we've got just a little bit less than three weeks to go. Are you ready for yours? How's your training going?

I feel really good with my training. Actually, this upcoming week is my last kind of peak week. Next week, I start to...

um, taper a little bit and then it's race week. So I'm really excited to have a really strong week this week and I'm feeling good. This is the highest mileage I've ever logged training for a half marathon. So I'm excited to see what happens on race. I haven't raced a half marathon in almost two years. So I'm excited to see how it all comes together. How's your training going? Your marathon is coming up quick. You've been logging some high mileage. How's your body feeling?

I'm super excited for you. And yeah, so I'm doing still, still at the 80 miles a week, probably another couple of weeks of that. And then tapering down for, I think only five days, but you know, it is what it is. I'm not the brains behind this training plan. I'm just going to follow it. I feel like my body is slowly starting to fall apart, but I guess that's part of it. And I can't wait for it to be done.

Yeah, I'm excited for you. I know you've been working really hard for this Berlin Marathon and there's even been question off and on whether or not it will happen. So it's pretty exciting that it looks like the green light is still there, even just a couple of weeks out. Yes, yes. And if any of you listeners haven't heard last week's podcast, we talked to one of the people from the Berlin Marathon in charge of communication and interviewed him

on all things from COVID to who's going to be there from the elite. So that's a super exciting episode. That's episode 68. If you want to go back to that. Our last episode that we did together, we talked about how to prep for races that you're traveling to. So today's episode, we wanted to talk about our race day rituals. We thought it would be fun to share with our listeners and each other what we do the day before race, the morning of the race, and what

Maybe you'll get some ideas for your own training or you'll just get some laughs out of this episode, but either way, we hope you enjoy it. Yes, definitely. I think this is going to be a very fun episode given that all runners are, we're pretty much people of routines and want to have everything on point. So I think we'll all get some laughs out of this episode. Yeah. So why don't you start us off? What do you do the day before your race? All right. So the day before the marathon,

Since I live in Florida, in a very small town of Florida, I usually have to travel to marathons. So the day before I arrive at whatever hotel I'm staying at, I check in early if possible. And then I try to find the marathon or half marathon expo and go there to pick up my bib and figure out a little bit of the course.

So I know there's a lot of people that want to know the course turn by turn. I am the opposite. I don't want to see the course at all. I don't look at the website for the course. I just look where the starting line is. So that way I know where to go, but anything else will distract me and I'll start counting backwards in my head when I'm racing, if I know where the course goes. So it's kind of weird, but you know, that, that, that's how it is.

So then I go to the expo, like I said, I try to enjoy it and really get hyped up for the marathon. Um, hopefully there's a bigger expo and there's a lot of people there just like that energy of, of that. I kind of feed of that and get excited for my race. Then probably around three or 4 PM, uh,

I try to have dinner and I know that's also a little bit early, but I just know how my body works. And I try to carb load or, you know, have a meal that has higher carbs in it.

So I either go have pasta or I try to get Chinese food. Don't ask me why, but I guess it's one of those things. I had Chinese food before a PR one time. So then you tend to go back and try to do the same thing and recreate that situation. And so I have it in my head that

I'm going to try to either find Chinese food. And if I can't, then I'll try to have some pasta. And then after that, I usually go back to the hotel and I just...

have my iPad and I just watch Netflix movies and try to not move at all and just have peace because as you know, I have toddlers at home and I don't have that. So if I am out of town and I have my own hotel room, you bet you that I'm going to be sitting there and just kind of enjoying, enjoying that piece a whole bunch. Nice. And

And one thing that you've mentioned to me is that you read a particular book the night before a race. Can you tell us about that and what book it is? Yes. So every evening when I'm about to turn off the light,

I pull out my summary of the key concepts of endure by Alex Hutchinson. I keep talking about this book on my podcast episodes because I just absolutely love it. It's a sports psychology book. And each chapter is kind of like a short story of how an athlete went through something to discover a morale or a lesson. And this tiny little booklet is,

is a summary of those chapters. And it just really gets me into that mindset, you know, about sports psychology and how to handle tomorrow. And that, you know, the limitations that are there are kind of more in your brain, like your body will, that's basically his whole concept, you know, your body will not

If you quit, it's not because your body can't handle it because your mind will quit before you quit. So I like reading that because whenever I'll be tired the next day, I try to remember those concepts.

Yeah, I feel like that's really powerful, especially the last few miles of a marathon, your body is definitely tired. And so just to kind of have that refresher so that you have maybe a mantra going through your mind in those last few miles, I feel like is very helpful. And what a great practice that you've set up for yourself.

Yeah, yeah, no, that's, I really like that. And another last thing that I do the night before a marathon is I do the, and I'm doing air quotes here, flat leddy, which is, you've seen them on Instagram, you've seen them on Facebook for people that take their marathons semi-serious or just want to have fun with it. We lay out all of our running clothes.

So I'll lay down my shorts, I'll lay down my sports bra and I'll put my bib on it. And then I'll put my shoes next to it and my sunglasses, my visor, my running watch and my bracelet and laid out, take a picture. And that's flat leddy, I guess you would call that. And, you know, it kind of helps to have your race gear all lined up to make sure that everything is there, but it's also kind of a fun thing. It's part of the whole routine.

Absolutely. Yeah. It seems like really corny, but it serves a really good purpose that you're like, okay, where's my shorts, my socks, my like headphones and any other accessories and gels and goo. And you just make sure you have it all in one place so that you're not rushing around the morning of the race and you know, it's already there and you've already double checked anything. Yeah. Yeah. So that sums up my evening. How does your day go on the day before the marathon? What do you do, Sarah? I

I'm going to talk about what I do or what I will do for my upcoming half marathon, which is a local race. And so because it is local, I will be able to sleep in my own bed. So what I do for that race is I

go to the expo usually around like midday so that I make sure that I'm not like going last minute, that I pick up my big bib there and then I can just make sure I check that kind of off my list

And then for the rest of the day, I usually just kind of veg out. I'll like watch TV. This year in particular, I'm actually going to be going to a pasta dinner the night before. Usually I cook my own dinner, but I am kind of being honored this year at this year's half marathon because it's the 10th anniversary of this particular local race. And I'm one of 40 runners who have registered for all 10 years of this race. And so I'm...

being honored as what they call a legacy runner. So I will be going to a pasta dinner the night before. So I'll make sure I'll get some pasta in. One year I had a PR and I had a Wegman sub the day before. So maybe I should do that more often. Anyone who was in New York or the

or the northeast knows about Wegmans. I had Wegmans, Sub, and like ice cream and I was like hmm this was I got my last PR so maybe that's what I should do this year. And lots of water throughout the day too.

I've laid out my race gear. I do a flat Sarah as well. Make sure everything is together. I pin my bib on my shirt and layout, make sure that my watch is charged, that I I'm kind of,

particular about what clothes I wear for the race. I mean, a tip is to never wear new clothing that you haven't run in before, because you don't know whether or not it will chafe your body or if it's too heavy to wear during race day. So wear clothes you've worn before and just try to get to bed at a good hour. Also understanding that

at least for me, I don't usually sleep great the night before a race that most runners don't. It's almost the two nights before a race that is what the most helpful is. Do you watch any particular movies or is it just whatever? Is it running related or is it just whatever? Yeah, it's kind of, you know, I haven't had a, honestly, I haven't had a race in a while. I can't remember, but usually it's just kind of whatever's on.

If I really kind of need to chill and relax, I'll put on my favorite show, which is Gilmore Girls. I've watched that like a thousand times, but it's just kind of a show that I can like fall asleep to. I don't need to pay attention to. I watch it when I like need a pick me up. I watch it when I just kind of need something to take my mind off of things. And so if I had to pick something, it probably default to that, but it might also be like a favorite movie. It's nothing in particular, but just kind of,

vegging on the couch. Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Nice. It sounds relaxing. Sounds just like what you need the night before the day before a marathon. Now that we've covered the day before, what do you do the morning of? How early do you get to the race? Do you do anything in particular in the morning? What do you eat? That's all that good stuff. So

The morning off, I try to get away with not getting up too early, but then at the same time, I know for myself that I need to eat something early so I can go to the bathroom. So that way I can go to the race. So I

That given I'm not a big coffee drinker, I barely ever drink coffee. I drink decaf at home if I drink anything. So the day of the marathon, I drink coffee, which helps that whole bathroom routine thing. It also gets me jittery, which I don't like, but at the same time, you're already nervous anyway.

So I wake up, I try to eat something. I'm still figuring out my nutrition, whatever works for me. Usually it's half a banana and then I eat some kind of granola bar, but I'm not very regimented with that, unfortunately yet. I know that's a big key thing to focus on eventually. So then I put all my clothes on, brush my teeth,

And, and that's basically it. You know, I just put some, um, I put some body glide on cause I know chafing is real, especially if you're running 26 miles, I think anything over 15 miles kind of needs that because it's just a lot of friction depending on where you are. And then I head out to the race. Um, no big particularities in, in that aspect for me. How soon do you get to the race before it starts?

I try to be there about 45 minutes early and,

depending on where it is. I've just, I did one of the world majors, the Abbott world majors, which was Chicago. And I had no idea that the race security was so steep or so deep that you had to go through multiple lines of security and bag check and all that stuff. And, uh, but luckily a friend of mine the night before the race told me about this whole security thing. And you actually had to be there quite a bit early just to get

through that and make it into your corral. So I'm assuming with this next marathon, I'm going to have to be there early too, because I'm assuming the security is just going to be as bad as, as with Chicago. Do you do any particular warmup before you start your race?

So before I start running, I think I do a couple of strides here and there, but, um, you know, just make sure, I mean, at that point I've already been up for a couple of hours, so I'm pretty loose. It's not like when you wake up first and then when you kind of stiff after all this running your, first of all, your training bulk mileage went down and, um, you've been up for a while. So, um,

I usually feel pretty good just starting to run as soon as the race starts. That's good. Some people, yeah, they have like a whole long lengthy warmup routine. But to me, when I've run a marathon, I'm like, well, is it the first couple of miles warmup? Right. That's how you're supposed to look at them anyway, because you're supposed to try to do negative splits and start out slowly. So, all right, Sarah. So tell me about your morning routine. What do you do before your race? Yeah.

So the morning of my race, I usually try to wake up about at least two hours before the start of the race around six. And I eat first thing so that my body has time to digest. And usually what I eat is a shake and I put a banana in it with almond milk. And so I found that shakes are a little more easily digestible for my body, but I also need to incorporate some carbs. I

I like to eat oatmeal, but sometimes it doesn't always agree with my stomach. So I'm still kind of playing around with my nutrition too. But I think I found kind of when I prepare fueling for my long run,

That if I at least eat the food well enough in advance and I can go to the bathroom, then the run goes fine. After I eat my breakfast, then I actually, a race day ritual that's very particular to race only is I French braid my own hair. I do two braids and I've always done this from like my very first 5k over 10 years ago, I French braided my hair. So that's one of my race day rituals.

things. It kind of puts me in that mindset, like, okay, this day is different than just a normal long run. And then I get dressed and I head out the door and I try to get to the race start about an hour beforehand. And that's mostly just to stand in line for the bathroom so that I can like go again before the race starts. So if all goes well,

I have like student line gone to the bathroom and then about a half an hour before the race. Just make sure like I'll go back to my car and take off any layers that I may have been wearing like an extra jacket or something and drop off like

Anything else I extra been carrying around like a water bottle I tend to, I have a pre workout that I drink before race so I don't like coffee but it has caffeine in it and then one of the things I got to make sure I do for this particular races, again, trying to improve my feeling is have like two gels about 15 minutes before I've been using the honey stinger gels.

And so like have two of those tablets about 15 minutes before the race, maybe do a little warmup, some drills and strides. Line up at the start line with like about 10 minutes to go and still kind of moving around, getting my heart rate up. And cause a half marathon, you don't have as long to warm up. So I got to make sure that I'm kind of warm going into the start of the race.

I like it. I like the whole idea that you have about the braiding of the hair. And I've actually heard about that, that there was a lady that would do it and travel from Expo to Expo to braid runner's hair. So that's really cool.

Yeah. And I like that you also have this whole thing about taking layers off. So I'm assuming you're talking about taking your own layers off and putting them back into your car, because I know that if you don't have that availability of a car, there's a lot of times that runners, including me, we wear stuff from Goodwill, like a sweater and pants. And you wear these to the starting line and you corral and right before, right before the gun shoots off,

people take the layers off and everything that is being discarded is going to be donated to some organization.

Yeah, that's a really good point. So this particular race, the parking lot and the start line are like a block away from each other. So I'm very lucky that I can like kind of go between the two for the hour leading up to the race. But you make a great point that sometimes your car is not available. I know like with my marathon, it's a point to point course. So I get bust out to the start line. I'm not going to be able to go back to my car and drop layers off. But this is where a drop bag would be a part of the routine is,

Um, making sure that if you're wearing it, so in New York, my race, so it's the fall now it's cool in the mornings, but when you start running, you warm up. So like, I usually have an extra sweatshirt or jacket on before the race. And so I'll put those items back in my car or in a drop bag or whatever the situation is for that race. Stay as warm as I can up until the race, but they usually have a cutoff time on when drop bags need to be delivered. So yeah.

So, yeah, take that into account, too. If your car is nearby, you can drop things off. If it's not and you have a drop bag, then make sure that you know where the location of that is and you can get your belongings back or just find something from Goodwill and just toss it at the start line, too. Yes, that's my favorite just because I live in Florida and I'm super cold all the time when it's not hot.

you're mentioning that your weather right now is cool in the mornings. We're still at 90 degrees with very high humidity. And I know this sounds bad, but I actually like it because you can just wear your sports bra and your shorts and you get out of bed and it's not cold outside. And I know that the humidity, I mean, I don't know. I don't have a problem with the humidity and the heat as much as other people. So I'm

actually kind of dreading going to Germany. I know the temperatures will be better for my performance at the race, but I'm dreading standing at the starting line. So I'll definitely will be wearing a few layers all the way up until the race starts.

So, Leti, it has been so fun to hear what you do because it's different than what I do. And I bet, you know, every runner has their own routine. And we asked this question in our Facebook group, Running With Friends Community, and we got some really interesting answers. Can you share what some of those were?

Yes, for sure. So there was some funny ones that I just, and I don't know if this is a UK thing and for luck, people spit on to the bottoms of their shoes. Have you heard of that? I've not heard of that. Maybe I should try it.

Yeah. And another thing is that runners do is to wear the same footwear for every single race. That's interesting. See, I usually am rotating shoes. So by the time races come around, I'm in a new pair than what I had the race before. Yeah. No, I don't think this one is so weird actually, because I splurged and bought the vapor flies three years ago. And those are those shoes, you know, the 4% shoes they're

expensive they're 250 so you only wear them for your race day because they're shoes that only tolerate about 200 miles of running so to wear them for your training would kind of be you know a waste of of however many dollars i have a friend that calculated that each mile probably costs a dollar to wear so if you're gonna have shoes that are that expensive then those are your designated racing shoes so you probably shouldn't wear them for your training runs

Yeah, that would make sense. I also would agree that it doesn't seem odd, but just maybe not every runner has a set pair of racing shoes versus training shoes. I mean, I kind of think you should though. Yeah, I think you're right. Yeah. Because you put so much time into training.

That, you know, it's not like, I don't know, I can't compare it to anything else, but this is like your pair to wear to races. Right. I mean, you know, that's something the pros do, right? That they have probably like a lighter pair or something. I know for me, I guess I've been a little hesitant to have a separate shoe just for races because I tend to wear stability shoes. And so like I would be hesitant, I guess, until I try it.

That the race shoes maybe wouldn't be as stable because race shoes are meant to be lighter so that you would turn over your feet faster. So I have never tried it that my race shoes are different than my training shoes.

I mean, I hadn't tried it either until I had those Vaporflies and they are super light. But I feel like when you're racing, you're kind of leaning forward more and you spend more time on your toes and they literally felt like clouds and you didn't have to break them in. So it's just it's just kind of different. And now I'm kind of hooked on that whole concept that those are my racing shoes. They feel so much better than my normal shoes.

And I wish I were a millionaire so I could just have those for every single one of my runs. But it also kind of makes the race a little bit more special. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. To to have that special item that is only for races.

Exactly. Yeah. So another one of those weird things that runners do was running part of the race course backwards before the race. How do people come up with that stuff? Maybe kind of what we talked about earlier about trying to prep for the race. I've driven on the race course before, or I've also done race previews. I don't do a lot of destination races. So my races are pretty local. So the odds are I could probably go and run the course backwards.

prior to the race. And our local running club often does previews of the local race courses, say like two weeks out from the race. So other runners will go and just run the course. To me, I actually opposite from you, I like to know what's coming up. And when I do the preview,

It helps me to prepare like, okay, next time I'm on this course, like this is how I'm going to be feeling. It helps to actually improve my mindset prepared for it. Or like, it kind of just helps me to remember what the course is like. So it's one less thing to now I have to think about the morning of the race. So it's interesting how you don't want anything to do with the race course. And I, I like to know what's coming up.

Yeah, I can see how it would work both ways. I can completely understand how it would work in your favor, but I just, I can't get there. Yeah.

All right. So we have another few answers from our running community, particularly our Facebook group, the running with friends community. If anyone wants to join it, it's on Facebook. And from that group, Emma Smith says where possible. I take my sleeping bag. I get there nice and early register and have a pre-race nap in my car. Yeah.

Yeah. I don't know if I would be able to sleep in my car, but again, it's all about that routine. Even if she just lays and relaxes and she sent a photo with it. So it actually looked really cozy. It didn't look like it would look like in my car. She actually has some space in her car. So Scott says I put mashed potatoes all over my face and body, but that's a joke. In reality, he says he prays for his body to cooperate between his stomach injuries and other injuries for about 30 minutes and

Kind of like a pep talk to himself. And then he relaxes and stretches and sips on a lot of water. He also argues with himself occasionally about carrying too much stuff in his hands and whether it's worth it to do it or not. I also, we didn't really mention it too much.

Though I feel like we should, as a footnote, to drink water the day before you're in leading up to your race too, to not forget to drink water and electrolytes. So your body is well hydrated going into your race. That's a very good routine we should implement. Yes, I...

I feel like it's kind of second nature to me now that I didn't even mention it, but I want to put that little footnote in there. I could do better with that. I'm always dehydrated. So sad, but maybe just Florida. I don't know. You probably with all your humidity. Right. All right. So Sarah Garth says,

I never do this for normal runs, but on race day, I always put an extra contact lens in my pocket because I'm terrified one will fall out and I won't be able to see anything. Her prescription is negative 14, which is pretty strong. I've never had this happen, but the night before my first marathon, I had a nightmare where one of my contact lenses fell out, which is why I started doing this. Also, when she races, she says her boyfriend always wears his lucky boxer briefs.

which have an octopus design on them because eight legs are better than two. Yeah, that's fun. She says he wears his lucky underwear because she doesn't wear any under her shorts. Which again, I think is a runner's preference too, especially for females on,

whether they wear any underwear under their shorts. So then the last one is Brian Davison. He says he has to watch the spirit of the marathon before his races, at least the race part of the movie. It helps him get pumped up before the race. So I can kind of relate to that one with, you know, the book that I read the night before.

And Spirit of the Marathon was a movie we mentioned in our Running Movies episode that we did a couple months ago. So that was a lot of input from our communities. There's one more that I wanted to mention, and I was kind of surprised that nobody mentioned it, but maybe it is not that common. I've seen people using Sharpie and writing mantras on their arms, and

And I think that's just a really awesome idea just because it's right in front of your face when you're running. So I wanted to share with you that I found a company, I think it's called Reminder Band, and they make those silicone bracelets kind of like, I don't know if you're too young to remember that, but when Lance Armstrong had these yellow Livestrong bracelets and

So it's that type of bracelet that you can wear and you can have them personalized, put whatever mantra that you want on there and whatever color. And I think that's just kind of cool. I had that for two of my races where I put the mantra that at the time was working for me on there. And when I was running, I was looking at it and I really enjoyed that.

Yeah, that's definitely a good idea. You mentioned a bracelet that you wear. Does that have a mantra on it or does it hold any significant meaning? Well, that's kind of what I was talking about when I said bracelet. I guess it's more like an arm band silicone type thing. And I used to have be in the mail on it because it would help me focus for each one of the 26 miles.

Um, now I have one and it says focus and fly because focus that word just brings me back into, okay, stop dilly dallying around and thinking about other things. You're only going to be running for these three to four hours now. So focus on what you're doing and then fly because that reminds me to be light on my toes and just, you know, just kind of fly along. Um,

Yeah, those are great reminders. I tend to write my split times on my hand, like at the halfway mark of a half marathon, I'll write kind of what pace I want to be at and or on a

a marathon at the 20 mile mark, I'll kind of write where, where I want to be. Um, so that I know like, even if my miles fluctuate, if it equals out or averages out to where I want to be at that point in the race and it helps make me feel like I'm on track. Oh, that's interesting. That's cool. You write it in the palm of your hand or usually the back of my hand, like where my watches. And so when I look at my watch, I can kind of see the splits right next to it.

Oh, cool. Cool. They used to have that, I guess, before GPS watches got big, I guess at expos, you would be able to get some sort of, um, you know, those children tattoos where you just add water and you press it on your arms. They used to have that kind of stuff too. And, uh,

And that's interesting. Yeah. Yeah. I know even, I don't know if you've seen it at races, those who are kind of the pacers that are maybe helping people to hit certain milestone times, they get kind of a wristband with the miles and the pieces and the split times on it. So I just kind of pick out, you know, maybe two, depending on how long the, if it's a half marathon, um,

which I've raised more halves than I have full. So that's kind of what I can relate to most. Um, so a half marathon, I'll write like say the halfway mark and the 10 mile mark on my hands. And then, um, in my mind, I've also kind of worked out like what my average pace should be. Um, but then I have like the milestone full times, like not just the average pace, but say like, you know, 45 minutes or whatever it is so that I know kind of where I am.

at that point in the race. That's cool. I like that. Yeah. There's yeah. No, there's also another company called find marathons and you can put in what course you're running. And for 99% of races, I've tried to type in there. They actually did this. So what pops up is the name of the marathon, the course elevation course reviews and

basically a step-by-step through the course where you'll find harder elevations or other things. And then they also at the bottom have a chart where you can put in what your goal time is and you put in whether you want to start conservative or even effort. And then you can put in if you want negative splits, if you want aggressive negative splits, and it basically charts out 26 mile paces for each single one of the miles, uh,

what you have to run because I mean, you probably have hills where you live, but I live in pancake flat, Florida. So for me, there's zero elevation. If I wanted to run the same effort, everything would be a seven 30 minute pace. Whereas if you go even to Los Angeles, you can't run that pace because there's some kind of variation. So I found that a super helpful tool, not, not to buy it because you can buy anything,

a bracelet and it's kind of one of those clipped together things that you just mentioned where it has all the pieces on there, but just to look at it and see what this course is going to be like and where the hills are and all that. Yeah. That sounds like a really helpful tool. Yeah. So that was some interesting answers. Yes, it was. It was fun to hear what other people do compared to what I do.

Yeah, absolutely. And, um, to realize that we all as runners are a little bit crazy and whatever we do, there's somebody else doing it too. So it's not so bad. So Letty, this episode will come out shortly before our races. So I just want to wish you the best of luck in Berlin. And I can't wait to hear all about how it goes.

Absolutely. And thank you. And same to you with your bridge run half marathon. I hope that all your training pays out and that you have a massive PR and feel good about how that day goes for you. It'd be great to get a half marathon PR, but at this point, I'm also just hoping for a course PR. Yes. Yes. Cause every course is so different. So do you want to reveal some numbers of what your plan is? What have you been working towards there so you can throw it out there to the universe? Yeah. So my...

My half marathon PR is a 144.33. And so I've been using, since I ran that time in November of 2019, I actually have been using that as kind of my pacer. So I'd like to get that time. My course PR is a 146 something. Yeah.

Because I remember the last time I ran or raced that course, I was trying to get a 145, but didn't happen. So those are around 145 would be great. Course PR first and then a half marathon PR would be even better. Nice. What about your marathon time with Berlin?

So my realistic, hopefully PR goal time is faster than a 315. I don't know if it'll happen, but I did put in the training. So, you know, all we can do is that and then get nervous about it. But hopefully it'll be something around that I would really be happy with something sub 315. Well, you focus and fly.

I sure will.

So Leti, I think this concludes this episode. We're, I know we're both looking forward to anxiously excited for upcoming races. It was fun to talk about our race day rituals, hear other people's rituals, however different they might be from ours, but regardless, we would love to hear from you and what your race day rituals are. You can connect with us on Instagram or in our Facebook community, Running With Friends community.

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