Have you ever wanted to train for a road race? Or see how fast you really can be at one?

Well, here are some reasons why you may want to…

There are many benefits to training for a race, both mental and physical. 

Some of the mental benefits to signing up for a road race are that it gives you an event to think about, to train for. This is important because it gives you a focal point. Focus is one of the most important elements to an effective lifestyle program. Focus gives you drive, something to look forward to and a date to accomplish your best. It also signs you up to spend at least an hour with other individuals that are driven to have healthy practices in their lives as well. I have been in many road races and let me tell you that words cannot describe the excitement of being at the start line of a race, with thousands of other people, including top elite athletes in the world, setting off to exercise their bodies. The statement “power in numbers” comes to mind when I think of race day.

I have seen the funniest people running road races. From the fully clothed elves to the man running in no shoes and a g-string…lol, I find that many racers have this fun loving goofiness in there character and it really comes to life on race day. Situations like this make exercising fun! When it’s fun, it gives you drive and makes you crave participating again!

When you love what you do it is more likely to become part of who you are for your life!

If you are a competitive person, improvement on your performance becomes your drive. If you have completed a lot of races in your life, you already know how great it feels to get a new personal best! Maybe now you’re ready to take it to the next level and find out how nutrition and weights can up the bar in your performance. I’m a competitive runner myself. Understanding how and where nutrition, cross training and recovery play a key role in my desire to improve is very important.

Another important key element that is definitely affected by how you eat and cross train is injury prevention. You are only as strong as your weakest link. If you are not eating right that weak link will not be as strong as it can be, if you are pushing your body extremely hard that weak link is more likely to be pushed to far which may result in an injury. Some injuries do not just go always, others keep you from running for weeks or even months! Injury prevention should ALWAYS be on your mind as a race at any level!