Staying hydrated can be a big issue at the Peachtree Road Race, especially since the race is in the middle of the summer on a hot, humid day. Its important to hydrate 30 minutes prior to the Peachtree Road Race, along with other critical hydrating methods-Here are a few tips on how to make sure you stay hydrated for the nation’s largest 10k- See you there!

With over 55,000 runners in the Peachtree Road Race, its important to set a realistic strategy for this hilly 10k. Learn how to customize a personal strategy to help you navigate the race!

The nation’s largest 10k, the Peachtree Road Race, is right around the corner! Typically the race is on a very hot, humid day which can mean trouble if you’re not properly hydrated. In this video I give you a few helpful tips on staying hydrated before the big event.

Its getting to be the hardest time of year to stay motivated. This year we had an incredibly tough winter to run through, many many days in the 20’s.  Having run in Minneapolis and Wisconsin for most of my life, I’m surprised how tough it is to adjust to temperature change down here.  You never really feel acclimated to the weather in Georgia because it can be cold in the morning, and warm in the afternoon.  I can run in high 30’s, but I’m just having trouble motivating myself.

I really felt like I needed someone to run with or I might not get a good run in.  We’re going to do 9 miles today but we keep pushing the time back because it was just so hard to wake up this morning!

Yesterday we had a really good run- I did 10 miles in the morning, it started raining half way through my run but my body temperature was already warm so I went ahead and finished.  I’m looking forward to getting a good 9 miles in, and I’m excited for the temperature to get warmer- you’ll see more people out by the river training for the Peachtree Road Race and other races and it’s a great camaraderie and a lot of fun to see everyone out by the river.

I’ve had to re-adjust my days… I’m not used to having this much time to myself  (I typically have two workouts a day).  Because the tent inhibits my recovery and I am so over trained,  I’m taking off 6 months from the tent which again will inhibit my ability to train but will increase my chances of recovering as quickly as possible.

I’ve cut my miles back to 45 miles/week just to get my body and hormones back in balance from over-training that I did between September and December.  Bermuda’s race in January was over the top for me.

The plan is for me to carry a little more fat, giving me little more estrogen in my body which allows my body to stabilize so I’m not training quite so hard.  The negative is that I had to pull out of the elite races I had planned for this winter/early spring season so I’m now shooting for the April time frame hoping that if things in the next month come together, that would be a realistic time to get going again.  If I can be back into good running mode in the next month or so, then I can start putting a good base together in being ready to go for races.

Worst case scenario, I really want to be ready for the Peachtree Road Race- it’s a race my kids can go to, it in my back yard, and it’s the largest 10k in the nation…10ks are my favorite races. It’s the race I ran well at 2 years ago, and I know most of the people involved in it, and sponsoring it so it’s a great opportunity to be with friends and people I know as well as the elite running community that comes in not only nationally, but internationally.

I also see Heart of the Summer (the Minneapolis road race) as one of the best races for me to hit a record in for a few reasons:
-I’m from Minneapolis and I have a lot of local support at that race
-it’s a nice, flat course that I’m familiar with

Some of the elites from the Minneapolis pro runners are there like Katie McGregor who is one of the best 10k runners in the nation, so she’s a great person to pace with and try to make a record with.