How to Reset Your Sleep Schedule for Early Morning Races [Video]

Most races in South Africa tend to start pretty early in the morning, especially when you factor in travel and wait time. That leaves typical sleep schedules in the dust.

“I had four races last year and all of them required getting up as early as 3:30 a.m.,” Joe English, elite-level master’s multi-sport athlete and former national coach for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team-In-Training program, tells Runner’s World. Especially for the bigger races, where there are a lot of logistics involved, it’s necessary to get up and race super early.

So if you need to reset your sleep schedule before a race to accommodate those pre-dawn times, how do you do it and how long will it take?

Why You Should Reset Your Sleep Schedule“Sleep used to take a back seat to exercise and nutrition, but in the past decade, we’re starting to realise that it’s really a tripod when it comes to athletic success,” Dr …