#HURDLEMOMENT: How to Figure Out Your Perfect Running Pace
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Finding the "right" pace can be super confusing. For this week's #HURDLEMOMENT, I'm chatting with Coach Sam Tooley on how to zero in on your ideal 1-mile, 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon pace and beyond. We chat about how often you should be running at goal pace (spoiler: it's less than you might think), how to pick up the pace, and his best tips for all runners while racing IRL is off the table.
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| 0:00.0 | everybody has their own pace. The beauty of running to me is that you are on this journey to |
| 0:07.3 | just get better and it should be for yourself. It shouldn't be to keep up with anybody. It shouldn't be |
| 0:12.5 | to beat anybody. It should just be this constant pursuit of getting better and hopefully |
| 0:18.2 | enjoying the process as well. |
| 0:41.2 | Hey, hurdlers. I'm Leah Boddy popping in with another installment of Hurtle moment from Hurtle. This week, |
| 0:46.8 | I am bringing something that has been on my mind to the feed. We're talking all about pacing. I myself, without real races on the calendar, have been trying to pick things up, pick up the |
| 0:53.9 | speed, and have some fun trying to break my own |
| 0:57.2 | times. And so recently, I race with a 5K and a half marathon and I am excited to see what I can do. |
| 1:05.4 | And on my quest for speed, I had a lot of questions. And that is where today's special guest, Coach Sam |
| 1:13.4 | Tully, comes into the mix. Sam is an online endurance and mindset coach. He's also the owner of |
| 1:19.5 | Alpha Gims in New Jersey. And he's a dear friend of mine, one that's got a ton of intel to |
| 1:24.7 | answer all of the questions. And today's episode will talk about how to |
| 1:29.0 | figure out what your goal pace should be, how often you should actually be running at that pace. |
| 1:34.3 | Spoiler alert, it's not very often at all. What a typical week of training might look like |
| 1:39.6 | and the ever popular question, how do I get faster? Sam's been a huge resource for me and I'm so |
| 1:47.3 | excited to have him dispel his great attitude and wisdom on all of you. As always, if you like |
| 1:55.4 | what you're listening to, feel free to tag me over on social at hurdle podcast and at Emily Abadi. If you have a hurdle moment of your own to share or just want to say hi, reach out to me over |
| 2:05.0 | email. It's Emily at hurdle.us. If you haven't yet subscribed to the weekly hurdle newsletter |
| 2:11.1 | to link to do that is in the show notes. And last but not least, if you have yet to rate the show |
| 2:17.1 | in the iTunes store, I'm |
| 2:18.4 | pulling for this. We have six days left in August. Please head on in there, rate and view the show |
| 2:23.8 | and help me get to that thousand reviews and ratings goal. I know we can do it. And with that, |
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