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Old 04-08-2008, 09:27 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Runner Coug View Post
Sounds good, but it's awfully hard to run just a bit faster with each mile, due to variances in terrain, wind, etc. If I were you, I'd run 8 min miles for the first half, and then punch the gas. Even if you start to crash, you've only got a couple of miles to go.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. They did a study of recreational runners and found in the 10K that most will do better by going out faster and holding on as long as one can, than by trying to negative split.
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