WHEN TO WAKE UP, PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

A FEW YEARS AGO, I was having lunch with the great Joe Friel.  I'd paid to fly him out and have him speak to a select group...

... and I learned a lot.

Probably more than anyone, because I had him to myself.

How much sleep should we get Joe?

As much as you need.

How much do I need?

Well, let me make it simple for ya.

Ok.

I don't use an alarm clock, I get up when I'm done sleeping.

Dang.  Simple. Advice.

But, what about raceday?  Then we do need to set an alarm, we do need to be up and going through our routine.

Here's how I do it:

• Saturday is my mock raceday.
• Friday I go through the motions of prepping bike and gear.
• Friday night I experiment with different foods.
• Saturday I wake up at the same time I'll be waking up on raceday.
• Test out what I'm planning to eat on raceday.
• Start riding when I plan to start riding on raceday.

The rest of the week, I'm mostly following Joe's advice.

If anything...

... we need an alarm for when to hit the hay.

https://pedalindustries.com/collections/raceday-ready/products/raceday-ready-checklists

I have 3 checklists:

1. The RaceDay Bag™ is a checklist with it's labeled pockets.
2. The RaceDay Bike Checklist™ starts counting down a week or so out.
3. The RaceDay Body, Mind Soul™ is my daily checklist.

You can download them here, for free:  

https://pedalindustries.com/collections/raceday-ready/products/raceday-ready-checklists

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160.8
7 hrs 78%
Body Water 60.3%
0 Pull Ups + 30 Power PushUps + 30 Heavy Squats 
30 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling