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Fall races are approaching quickly and people often want to begin talking about goal times for their races. There are websites like findmymarathon.com that have mile by mile breakdown of exactly what pace you should be running for each and every mile of a race based on course elevation. This is great to think about the variations of paces you might hit in a race, but it is important to remember that we are not robots. Unfortunately there isn’t a special formula that will work to know exactly what pace you will or should hit per mile because each mile might feel different to you personally. The weather, wind, mentally, water stops, etc can all impact how you are pacing.

Instead of focusing on mile by mile what pace you should be hitting we have a different approach we want our athletes to use. We are talking about speed limits at certain points during the race. We also want to spend these final weeks really visualizing and mentally preparing for how we want to feel at each mile of the race.