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Ben Thacker's avatar

Hello Mario, I would like to join the relay team if you still need people. My email address is bthacker2@hotmail.com if you need any additional information.

Thank you,

Ben Thacker

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Dr. Steven Murray D.C.'s avatar

It's a very interesting discussion on the pacing vs racing aspect of road running. Coming from a track and field background, and now moving into longer road races, it is interesting how different the mind set is when it comes to racing vs splits. Track is all racing, and we spent all of our time training with other people and learning to feed off the energy of the people around you. I would venture a bet that I would be 5-10% slower in any given race if I had to do it alone vs feeding off other people. There is something about being able to zone out and just get in the flow of the run that takes over at a certain point. Very similar to the Grant Fisher anecdote about wanting to FEEL the 61 sec pace vs having to worry about grinding it out himself. Your body has more in the tank then I think some people give it credit for if you let it do its thing. Don't get so hung up on the splits that if you start to feel good and see some fast ones in a race that you think that is somehow a bad thing!? That is what you did all that training for!

Trusting the training, only using the watch as a guide, and learning to check in with how the body feels throughout the race will get people father then I think they realize! Obviously you still need a race plan, but I personally like plans more about "how I want to feel" at 5k, 10km, etc, vs clock staring every 250m.

You might just surprise yourself!

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