I think this is something masters suffer from noticeably. At the end of a meet, our performances start to fall of, and knowing this, we expect our best performances to be in the early to mid of our event line up and plan our events accordingly, hoping our favorite events lands early to mid meet.
If you follow the blogs of some of the more frequent competitors, there are a couple that don't suffer much of a performance drop off at the end of a meet and their training volume is usually closer to 25k than to 10k/week.
This is about mental expectancy and physical preparation. You can perform in 5+ events in a day. But if you don't expect to, if you've already got your list of excuses ready, if you don't eat and drink throughout the day to keep yourself energized, if you don't warm up or warm down properly, then of course you're going to suck. Prepare correctly and believe in yourself and you'll be amazed at what you can do.
I think this is something masters suffer from noticeably. At the end of a meet, our performances start to fall of, and knowing this, we expect our best performances to be in the early to mid of our event line up and plan our events accordingly, hoping our favorite events lands early to mid meet.
If you follow the blogs of some of the more frequent competitors, there are a couple that don't suffer much of a performance drop off at the end of a meet and their training volume is usually closer to 25k than to 10k/week.
This is about mental expectancy and physical preparation. You can perform in 5+ events in a day. But if you don't expect to, if you've already got your list of excuses ready, if you don't eat and drink throughout the day to keep yourself energized, if you don't warm up or warm down properly, then of course you're going to suck. Prepare correctly and believe in yourself and you'll be amazed at what you can do.
