Are there any specific stretches or exercises that you recommend to help prevent injury during this type of event?

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Dave McGovern · Answer

I don't know if there's anything specific to this event. You would do specific exercises depending on what your common injuries are. Common injuries in racewalkers are high hamstring tendonitis or tendinopathy, hamstring pulls, groin, kind of the pubic symphysis, kind of groin injuries, iliotibial band, ITBS syndrome, plantar fasciitis, shin pain. So whatever your particular injuries are, that's what you would want to do. There's really no difference for this event other than that long rest break that's probably going to require you to do a lot of these stretches and warm-up drills to get ready for the next leg of the relay if they've got this laid out where it's one athlete doing two legs. It remains to be seen though.

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"Are there any specific stretches or exercises that you recommend to help prevent injury during this type of event?"