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Trail Runner Nation

EP 587: The Art of Pacing

Trail Runner Nation

Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Runner, Coach, and Author Matt Fitzgerald has a new book out, On Pace, Discover How to Run Every Race at Your Real Limit.

If you go to the link you can get the first chapter for FREE!!!!

Matt helps us undersand why pacing matters, why it is difficult to do, and how to become better at it.

Find out more about Matt:
- Matt's primary web page
- Matt's training page with coaching plans

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, you have a goal for every run, like you're trying to get something specific out of

0:06.9

that run, whether it's a total gut busting set of intervals on a track, or it's your Thursday

0:13.3

easy run.

0:14.3

There's a goal that you're trying to get a specific benefit, and if you don't pace the

0:18.3

run correctly, you're not going to get the intended benefit from the run.

0:32.1

Welcome to the Trailhead of TrailRunner Nation, where you can go on virtual trail runs with

0:35.7

us and interesting guests that help us become better runners and hopefully better human

0:41.4

beings.

0:42.4

If it's your first time, welcome.

0:43.9

We love having you on the trail with us today.

0:47.1

And today we're going to run with author and runner Matt Fitzgerald, and we talk about

0:52.2

pacing, not a pacer pacing you, but pacing yourself.

0:56.3

It's very interesting.

0:57.7

And if the discussion inspires you, Matt has made the first chapter available to anybody

1:03.4

that wants to for free.

1:05.2

The link is in the show notes, Freeman.

1:07.7

We have show notes.

1:09.3

Don, I'm sitting here in my path projects Wheeler short.

1:15.0

They are one of my favorite pair of shorts.

1:17.0

They just feel good.

1:18.9

Scott these shorts can be worn on the trail or off the trail.

1:22.2

And that means you can ride down to the store and style in your Wheeler shorts.

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