How will athletes need to adjust their recovery routines in preparation for this new event?

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Dave McGovern · Answer

I believe what we're talking about is the new ECODEN relay for racewalkers. It's unclear how this is going to operate, whether there are going to be four legs when four athletes or four legs and two athletes. The original World Athletics press release said it was going to be two athletes doing four legs, so there would be about a 45 minute rest in between. So athletes are going to have to practice recovering from a hard 10k plus or minus or plus, and then recovering to be able to do another one 45 minutes later. So you would want to practice that in training. I mean, I don't know how you adjust it, but you would want to practice maybe splitting up some of your tempo workouts instead of doing a hard 10 miler, do a hard 5 miler, take a 45 minute break, and do ice baths and Norma Tech boots and stretch and maybe get a massage and then warm up again and go and do another 5 miles. I think that's how you would prepare for it.

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"How will athletes need to adjust their recovery routines in preparation for this new event?"