Guys! I just found out about this awesome 5K training plan! And my older brother, of all people, told me about it.
In fact, he developed it! Here it is!
Of course, you’ll need to swap out your own dates for your race. Nick, my brother, is considering a April 4th race, so he wouldn’t get drunk on April 3rd, then he will drink the two NOS energy drinks before the race on April 4th. If you were considering a race this Saturday, March 7th, for example, you would make sure to not get drunk the night of the 6th, then drink the two NOS energy drinks before your race on the 7th.
I have to admit, I did question this a bit, but Nick has the credentials to back up his expertise:
Well, there ya go! I should give this a try for the 5K I am considering on March 14th*! It sounds a lot easier than actually training!
Ha ha ha. The full story is that Nick mentioned he wanted to do a 5K when he was in town for mine two weekends ago, so I found one in our hometown on April 4th, and asked him if he needed help with a training plan. To which he replied with all this. Ha! Only… I am laughing, but he is NOT joking. Which makes it even funnier, to me. He did give me permission to share his awesome training plan, and even offered to answer questions!
*I think I would rather race this flat course in Iowa on April 4th than my course out here on March 14th. We’ll see what happens!
Now that’s my kind of training plan! LOL!!!!
Ha ha ha
But for clarification: when should you take the 2 energy drinks? Before and/or during the race?? I think he is coming up short on supplements. He needs to take a few caffeine pills also IMO.
Definitely before the race. Good idea with the caffeine pills, too. I will suggest that 😉
bahahahaha!!!! Myspace.
Sadly, there’s a couple or races I’ve done where I could have used his advice about not drinking the day before. Nick’s so smart.
I DIED when I read that. Ha! Ha ha!
Dang. Well, now you know!
Wow, so training and coaching really runs in the family, doesn’t it? (get it? RUNS???? me so clever)
I don’t about Nick’s advice though. I’ve gotten drunk the night before a 5k AND gotten a PR. But then I had a really slow PR to work with, so maybe that’s another helpful tip?
Ha ha ha. Yes! Love it 😉
That is a good tip. Maybe you should walk your first 5K so PRing is easier at the next one? Or! Crawl it!
I think the point here is to not try too hard. That way, it’s really easy to smash your previous attempt!
This is hilarious! Like Rachel said: bahaha myspace!
Great advice. I assume. I don’t think I drink the night before a race. I mostly try to avoid things that make me want to poop my pants.
And, you know, if I still had MySpace, I’d totes ask him to be my coach. Could I pay him in beer?
Actually, I had a few glasses of wine before a race once and did surprisingly well – I am such a light weight!
I will inquire! LOL
Heck why even bother with the not getting drunk the night before? Hehehe.
Well, just not TOO drunk, because nobody wants to be that kid who has to pull over at 2.5 miles to throw up…although I almost had to be that kid once and I was stone cold sober.
Oh yeah. I told Nick is totally acceptable to throw up after a 5K or toward the end. But not at the start! 😉
Ha ha… I bet this would be a popular plan! He’ll have to come back and report in after putting the plan into action 🙂
I will definitely have him do a guest post! (or maybe I will be there and can report back!)
Certified running coach here. I totally recommend this training plan. 😉 Maybe add in a little more speedwork though… 😉 Also, he is my hero if he actually still has a MySpace.
Hey, “Don’t get drunk” the night before a race is good advice. LOL!
I could totally do that.
That is a great training plan. I would suggest only smoking one or two cigarettes during the race as well.
Ahh, yes. Good addition! LOL!
This sounds like a solid training plan, made better only by the addition of “Furious 7” on the 3rd!
Yes yes yes! I am so looking forward to seeing it with my fam! Only, my mom refuses to go since one of her boyfriends plays the bad guy (she doesn’t like seeing her BFs play bad guys, lol).
Hilarious!!