Your approximate race time affects more than you might realize.
This includes important things, likefor a change in weather. “You should know if you’ll be running through the afternoon when it heats up,” Tuttle says, along with more upbeat action items, such as crafting the perfect playlist and planning your post-race brunch.
“Your cheer squad will be able to anticipate where you’ll be when, including when you cross the finish line,” Tuttle says. As for that playlist: “You’ll want toduring the last quarter of the race when your energy starts to wane.” It’s a lot harder to make this happen without a sense of timing. Most importantly, you need to plan your fuel accordingly. “Carbohydrate recommendations are based on how much time you spend running,” says Jessica Chon, R.D., which means not having a time estimate puts you at risk of messing up your food supply.
Chon says you should have 30 to 60 grams of carbohydrates every hour if you’re running 1 to 2.5 hours. “And if you’re running for longer than 2.5 hours, that goes up to about 90 grams of carbohydrates per hour,” she says. “The more you run, the more you need to rely on external additional sources for energy.”
Now that you know how to properly prepare for your next race, get out there and start training! If you ever have a problem determining your next goal, use our race time calculator for the solution.
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