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Photo by Hammer & Axe Training on July 20, 2026. May be an image of sports equipment and text that says 'EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR WARMUP Here's Coach Drew Hunter' exact pre-race routine.'.
Photo by Hammer & Axe Training on July 20, 2026. May be an image of timer, poster and text that says 'The First 30 Minutes (T-minus 60:00 from start) Flow rope, skips, walking backwards 15 min easy jog 2 min uptempo pickup (~5:20-5:00 pace) 1 minjog 320 sec ON/ 40 sec OFF effort, get faster each one start at 3K Total: ~3 miles 20-21 min 父'.
Photo by Hammer & Axe Training on July 20, 2026. May be an image of poster and text that says 'The Key Mindset "Idon't overanalyze the pace of any of this. It's all feel. I've run 5:00 pace On these strides before races and still had a great result. The warmup is about readiness, not proving fitness." 父'.
Photo by Hammer & Axe Training on July 20, 2026. May be an image of poster, timer and text that says 'The Final 25 Minutes 10 min of drills ~5 min to decompress + strip layers 5 walking drills, then 5 faster skipping drills .15-20 min out: 2-360M sprints or a hard 200m rep FASTER than race pace, full rest Then... race time. 父'.
Photo by Hammer & Axe Training on July 20, 2026. May be an image of text that says 'Your Turn Don't copy this experiment with it. Test new warmup routines before workouts (not races) until you find what gets YOUR body ready toroll. to roll. 父'.
Photo by Hammer & Axe Training on July 20, 2026. May be an image of hammer, sports equipment, axe and text that says 'FOLLOW @HAMMERANDAXETRAINING FOR MORE TRAINING TIPS AND ESSENTIALS FOR ALL RUNNERS 父 AND TRAINING PLANS AT: EXPLORE 1:1 COACHING HAXTRAINING COM'.
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Posted On: July 20th 2026, 05:36 pm
Coach Drew’s full pre-race warmup routine.

Not meant for you to directly copy, but to take the concepts and experiment.

Test out different routines during warmups before your workouts (not races!) and find what gets you most ready to run fast.

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