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Sep 26, 2013
Running Tips

Train Your Mind & Body to Get Ready for Race Day with Finish Line Intervals

If you are running a fall race and haven’t started to work on training your brain, now is the time!

This workout will help you visualize success as you complete a challenging interval workout. For the workout run each interval a little bit faster than the last. For example:

  • Interval 1: Run at 75% effort
  • Interval 2: Run at 80% effort
  • Interval 3: Run at 90% effort
  • Interval 4: Run at 95% effort

Since it’s never too early to train your brain during a training cycle, you can do this workout at any point in your plan after you have gained experience doing speedwork.

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If you’re looking for other ways to up your mental game read Train Your Brain: Stop Psyching Yourself Out Before Your Run.

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  1. Theodora says

    September 27, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    This sounds familiar 😉

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I'm Jess Underhill, a certified run coach and freelance fitness writer. I experienced my first runner’s high when I was 13 and it had a profound impact on how I saw myself and this world. My mission in life is to help people chase down their personal bests and crush their goals so that they too, can change their perceptions. Read More…

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