It’s Tuesday so I’m linking up with these wonderful ladies:

Erika @ MCM Mama Runs, Marcia @ Marcia’s Healthy Slice and Patty @ My no-guilt life for

Today’s Belated Topic is: Racing Mistakes

If you have raced, you have made a mistake or two or ten.

I race a lot, so you can imagine all the mistakes, I’ve made.

I have so many that I have to divide them into categories –

Before –

• Not training properly.
• Not training on hills for a hilly race.
• Dressing too warmly
• Not dressing warm enough
• Not using the facilities before
• Not bringing throw a ways for cold race starts
• Not bringing a bag to check for clothes after the race
• Not carb loading the night before a big race
• Eating the wrong foods the night before a big race
• Wearing something new
• Not lubricating and getting chafed
• Not using sunscreen and getting burned
• Putting too many miles on the feet the day before a big race
• Arriving late for a race
• Not charging your watch
• Not starting your watch
• Not DNSing when injured

During –

• Not hydrating enough
• Not fueling enough
• Eating the wrong fuel
• Starting out too fast
• Walking too often
• Mentally giving up on a race
• Not DNFing when injured

After –

• Not hydrating
• Not re-fueling
• Not stretching
• Dwelling on a disappointing finish time

I would like some do-overs on these races (and others):