{"id":709,"date":"2017-05-25T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k"},"modified":"2017-06-23T01:06:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T00:06:49","slug":"tips-for-running-a-10k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k","title":{"rendered":"Tips For Running A 10K"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Naomi Stewart<\/p>\n

\n
\"Tips<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10K or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance isn\u2019t always easy. But don\u2019t get in a sweat \u2013 here are my top running tips to get you across the finish line\u2026<\/p>\n

Commit<\/h2>\n

If you say you’re gonna do it, do it. Don’t enter, ‘forget’ to train or leave yourself with no time to train and then have to pull out. Know what you’re signing up for before you begin and make a rough plan of how and when you can train.<\/p>\n

Plan<\/h2>\n

This one is kind of a biggie. No great athlete turned up to race day without training and smashed it. You gotta train, train and then train some more. Build yourself up slowly, monitor how you feel before and after you run. Keep track of your distance and time. If you’re a first time runner or expert you’ll find that you can quickly build momentum and speed in a matter of short weeks.<\/p>\n

Bad Days<\/h2>\n

Everyone has ‘off’ days when they don’t feel like training and that’s absolutely fine. But don\u2019t make them a habit. Even if you\u2019re not feeling it, just do what you can \u2013 and you can\u2019t beat that post-exercise feeling, right?<\/p>\n

Food<\/h2>\n

Keep track of what foods make you feel good and bad when you run. I recommend a jam sandwich about 45 mins before running. Why? It’s got high sugar and carbs for energy (and it\u2019s pretty damn tasty too!)<\/p>\n

The Night Before<\/h2>\n

I’m not gonna lie to you, if you’re a newbie to events like this you’re not gonna get much sleep (pre-race jitters) but that\u2019s OK. Eat your last meal around 6\/7pm so that everything has time to digest properly. Check the weather and prep accordingly! Leave out your badge number, sports kit, trainers, gels, or whatever else you might need so that on race day you’re not running around getting everything ready and can focus on the actual run.<\/p>\n

Race Day<\/h2>\n

There’s no going back now. Don’t eat anything that your body isn’t used to on race day. It’s a recipe for disaster (literally). If this is your first run or you’ve done a few of these by now, the crowd and support from the sidelines is phenomenal. This and the adrenaline alone will keep you going. Remember there are water stations so don’t weigh yourself down with a water bottle. Oh and ALWAYS save the best \u2018til last! Start slow,finish FAST! <\/p>\n

You got this, girl!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Naomi Stewart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[123],"tags":[319,1335,242],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-us-2","tag-10k","tag-run","tag-tip"],"yoast_head":"\nTips For Running A 10K<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"by Naomi Stewart Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10k or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips For Running A 10K\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Naomi Stewart Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10k or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Fix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-25T16:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-23T00:06:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zoe Williams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zoe Williams\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zoe Williams\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50303014269d5f20aa74a211bdab5fb8\"},\"headline\":\"Tips For Running A 10K\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-25T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-23T00:06:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"10K\",\"run\",\"Tip\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k\",\"name\":\"Tips For Running A 10K\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-25T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-23T00:06:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50303014269d5f20aa74a211bdab5fb8\"},\"description\":\"by Naomi Stewart Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10k or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/tips-for-running-a-10k#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tips For Running A 10K\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Fix\",\"description\":\"Get yours...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50303014269d5f20aa74a211bdab5fb8\",\"name\":\"Zoe Williams\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd7080f54b5027a28990f6e0dd5fbd9ab2345f00779e2b7cc45454075f3ffdb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd7080f54b5027a28990f6e0dd5fbd9ab2345f00779e2b7cc45454075f3ffdb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd7080f54b5027a28990f6e0dd5fbd9ab2345f00779e2b7cc45454075f3ffdb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zoe Williams\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/us\\\/story\\\/author\\\/zoe-williamsboohoo-com\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips For Running A 10K","description":"by Naomi Stewart Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10k or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tips For Running A 10K","og_description":"by Naomi Stewart Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10k or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance ...","og_url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k","og_site_name":"The Fix","article_published_time":"2017-05-25T16:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-23T00:06:49+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Zoe Williams","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zoe Williams","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k"},"author":{"name":"Zoe Williams","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/50303014269d5f20aa74a211bdab5fb8"},"headline":"Tips For Running A 10K","datePublished":"2017-05-25T16:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-23T00:06:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k"},"wordCount":433,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg","keywords":["10K","run","Tip"],"articleSection":["Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k","url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k","name":"Tips For Running A 10K","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg","datePublished":"2017-05-25T16:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-23T00:06:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/50303014269d5f20aa74a211bdab5fb8"},"description":"by Naomi Stewart Whether you\u2019ve signed up for a 10k or just wanna dust off your trainers and get movin\u2019 \u2013 going the distance ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tips-for-running-a-10k_54311_44234.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/tips-for-running-a-10k#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips For Running A 10K"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/","name":"The Fix","description":"Get yours...","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/50303014269d5f20aa74a211bdab5fb8","name":"Zoe Williams","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd7080f54b5027a28990f6e0dd5fbd9ab2345f00779e2b7cc45454075f3ffdb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd7080f54b5027a28990f6e0dd5fbd9ab2345f00779e2b7cc45454075f3ffdb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd7080f54b5027a28990f6e0dd5fbd9ab2345f00779e2b7cc45454075f3ffdb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Zoe Williams"},"url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/story\/author\/zoe-williamsboohoo-com"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ZKVV-br","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28577,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/28577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}