Running 101: 8 Rules To Remember On Race Day
- By Linzay Logan
- Published Jul. 29, 2011
- Updated Nov. 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM UTC
2. Turn Down The Tunes
“If you must wear headphones, have the volume at a respectful level. Some races don’t have an entirely closed course, but even if they do, don’t make any assumptions that it’s safe out there. If the race does its job it should be but you never know and have to be able to be aware if something does come up.
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Linzay Logan
Linzay Logan is the copy editor for Competitor magazine and cares about punctuation probably a little too much. She particularly loves to avoid commas as well as add exclamation points whenever she can get away with it! She also loves to run marathons and half-marathons—probably a little too much. Don’t let her small size fool you; she’ll still try to outrun you anytime. Even though chances are she probably can’t.