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Jun
19
My first 5k (3.1 mile) race was a huge success. I blame my success on my inexperience in racing. When I started the race I was behind most of my team. Questions popped into my head: “Am I going fast enough? Do I need to slow down? How far have I gone?” That is when I remembered advice given to me before the race by one of my brothers, “Start hard and set a quick pace. If you think that you can go faster then do it.”
This advice resulted in me starting hard and setting a quick pace. I had hit the one mile mark when I thought I had done only a half mile! Hitting that mark early made me think that I could go faster, and faster. Which I did. Increasing my speed throughout the race helped me achieve my race goal. When I started passing people near the end it helped me remain curious of my running potential.
My school’s coach has always told the cross country team to “Go ballistic at the finish.” Some runners think this means ‘when you can see the finish line, start sprinting.’ Personally, I believe it means during the last third of a race pick it up.
Finishing the last third of the race fastest, while all of your competators slow down, helps you to feel faster. Feeling faster helps you go faster. The end of the race is the most important part, and if you run it well you will feel great.
The article Finish Strong in Every Race from Runner’s World lays out a helpful training routine so that you can dig deep at the end of the race.
Explode and go ballistic before you see the finish line! Push yourself and remain curious of what you can do in the last third of the race.
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This is my blog where I write about running, training, races, and anything else running related. Because I run for Mountain View High School I may write about my team and opposing teams in the Treasure Valley. Everything written in this blog is my personal opinion and does not reflect the views of my coaches, my teammates, or my school.