[kerfwango]

<p>Here are mine:</p>
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<ol><li>Sleep as little as possible the week before the race. You'll be practically sprinting for the finish line as you think of getting back to bed.</li>
<li>Go to the gym 48 hours before the race and do squats with the heaviest weight you can manage. Be sure to lift to failure. 48 hours should be plenty of time for your quads to double in size before the race.</li>
<li>The night before the race, go to your favorite Italian restaurant and order the 274-cheese lasagna. You're going to need lots of calories.</li>
<li>On second thought, go low-carb.</li>
<li>Be sure to only run in brand new socks and shoes. You deserve to run in the best.</li>
<li>Some runners like to liven up their marathons by wearing a costume. Gorilla suits are always a crowd-pleaser.</li>
<li>Avoid the hydration stops during the race. There's something weird about people who get up on a Saturday just to hand out water to strangers.</li>
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[runfishhunt]

<p>8. Take a massive crap in a public parking lot after the race when there isn't a port-a-john in sight.</p>
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<p>My bad - this is a post marathon tip....</p>

 

[gretriever]

<p>9. (I learned this one working a water stop at the Chicago Marathon). Smoke a cigarette as you run. It only emphasizes just how in shape you are, and you get 20 style points for looking so bitchin' out there.</p>
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[Timr1]

<p>10.  Stop for a full beer + chips and salsa at mile 25. </p>

 

[gretriever]

<p>11. Carbo-load.</p>
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<p>Preferrably fettucine alfredo.</p>
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<p>Preferrably five minutes before the race begins.</p>
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[Horrible Peanut]

<p>When the race starts- run as fast as you possibly can! The adrenalin from the crowd will carry you over the next 25.2 miles.</p>

 

[Grizzly]

<p>Drink at least 2 litres in the minutes before the race.  Gotta hydrate.</p>

 

[Tech Tee]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>runfishhunt</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73431/post-your-best-pre-marathon-tips#post_1993918"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>8. Take a massive crap in a public parking lot after the race when there isn't a port-a-john in sight.</p>
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<p>My bad - this is a post marathon tip....</p>
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<p><br><br>
That's Carbo-UNloading.</p>
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[runfishhunt]

<p><br><br>
 </p>
<div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Tech Tee</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73431/post-your-best-pre-marathon-tips#post_1993950"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p><br><br>
That's Carbo-UNloading.</p>
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What goes in must come out....<br>
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[kerfwango]

<p>Do your daily good turn by asking a woman in the crowd pushing a jogger stroller if you can take her kid for a long walk and let her have some 'me' time.</p>

 

[coachie]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Timr1</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73431/post-your-best-pre-marathon-tips#post_1993921"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>10.  Stop for a full beer + chips and salsa at mile 25. </p>
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<br><br><p>The year I ran Grandma's (2001?  good lord that was 10 years ago!)  There was some dude with a keg around mile 21, 22...holding out cups of beer for us runners.</p>
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<p>You have no idea how tempted I was to grab one.  I should have.  I think back on it, and I definitely should have.</p>

 

[markalan]

<p>I did the Marine Corps a couple of years ago, and at mile 23 - they were giving out small cups of ice cold beer -  best beer I had<span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"></span></p>
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[Jensparks]

<p>I'm going to have to print these out so I remember to do them all ....</p>

 

[Rainey]

<p>Back when I was faster I stopped for a whopper and a large coke, also a beer at mile 21. I also stopped for a 10 minute massage. I still ran sub 4 hrs. </p>
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<p> No I'm not kidding.  </p>

 

[Timr1]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>coachie</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73431/post-your-best-pre-marathon-tips#post_1994050"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><p>The year I ran Grandma's (2001?  good lord that was 10 years ago!)  There was some dude with a keg around mile 21, 22...holding out cups of beer for us runners.</p>
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<p>You have no idea how tempted I was to grab one.  I should have.  I think back on it, and I definitely should have.</p>
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<p><br><br>
Yeah, some of my track club friends set up a stop at mile 25 with beer and chips and salsa for the Mercedes Marathon.  I've taken the beer on the run and one year I stopped and had some chips and salsa too. </p>
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