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🗓️ 15 March 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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As spring approaches, many runners are preparing for their first race of the season and may be wondering how to pace themselves in the race or during key workouts. Luckily, a properly crafted workout can be used to help estimate fitness for almost any distance.
Whether you’re hoping for a PR or just curious about what finishing time to expect, then these race predictor workouts can help you make an educated guess of future race performance. We’ll go through several of these workouts for many distances and explain how you can calculate your race time using paces from those runs. This will include answering questions such as:
If you have an upcoming race on the calendar or wonder how you would perform in one then you’ll want to tune in for an exciting conversation.
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0:00.0 | You're going to run your best race if you have a plan in place. You know, going into a race without really having any idea of what your fitness is or what you're capable of, is kind of a recipe for disaster because pacing is such a critical component of running a |
0:14.3 | strong race and having a good plan is a big piece of that. |
0:19.1 | That was Coach Jeff speaking about the importance of a good pacing strategy. |
0:23.0 | Today's show is all about predictor workouts, |
0:25.6 | including what they are and how you can use them |
0:28.1 | to craft the most beneficial pacing strategy |
0:30.1 | given your personal level of fitness and racing experience. |
0:34.0 | I think just about every novice runner has had the experience of going out way too hot at the start |
0:38.2 | of a race and paying the price in the final miles. |
0:41.0 | I know I have, and it can feel like your legs have completely stopped working. |
0:45.0 | Alternatively, you might be overly cautious and cross the finish line wishing you'd pushed a little bit harder. |
0:50.0 | In either case, you probably could have run a lot faster with a well-crafted pacing strategy. |
0:56.0 | In this discussion, we're going to help you do exactly that. |
0:59.2 | We'll go over what are race predictor workouts, including how to fit them into your training, along with some examples of workouts |
1:05.3 | you can use to nail down your pacing strategy. |
1:08.3 | I wish that I'd known these tips when I was newer to running, but these workouts are |
1:11.8 | a staple in my training plans now, and I think |
1:14.1 | racers of all levels can use them to help perfect the racing strategy. |
1:18.1 | So if you're wondering how to pace your next race, this one's for you. Hello, |
1:23.0 | Hello runners and welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast where our goal is making you a better |
1:36.2 | runner with each and every episode. I'm your showrunner, Corey Nagler and I'm not an elite |
1:41.4 | runner but together we'll explore new strategies and topics to take your running to the next level. |
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