LSUlakes
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- Jun 24, 2015
On the run Disney page it say that we will start receiving information 3 months for the event. Are we not a 3 months from the running weekend yet? Anyone got any e-mails?
About negative splits and a reason to attempt them. One idea for running negative splits is to keep your pace under control at the beginning of the race. At the start, your excitement can get the best of you and you just go out following the people in front of you and before you know it you just finished the first 5k at what would be a 5k PR, but still have 23.1 to go. Doing something like this will crush you towards the back half of the race. It's not a crazy thing to do either, since you have been running more than usual, a faster than normal 5k isn't as hard to do. It can happen to all levels of runners. I watched the Boston Marathon this year and there was a guy in the lead pack that the commentators had no idea who he was because he wasn't ranked in the top 50 ish runners. Well come to find out, the guy wanted his kids to see him on TV so he busted it for the first 5k - 10k and had a nice time at the half. I think his second half took him nearly 2 hours. He is an accomplished runner to be in the first wave and probably a 2:30 marathoner or better. Just and example of why going out to fast will cost you in the end. So while you may not end up running negative splits, it could help prevent you from making a mistake that will cost you in the end. I personally run my first mile 15 to 30 seconds slower than GMP to make sure I don't get caught up in the moment. That does mean looking at my watch a lot, but it pays off. If all goes well, I try to make up those few seconds in the last 5k of the race.
About negative splits and a reason to attempt them. One idea for running negative splits is to keep your pace under control at the beginning of the race. At the start, your excitement can get the best of you and you just go out following the people in front of you and before you know it you just finished the first 5k at what would be a 5k PR, but still have 23.1 to go. Doing something like this will crush you towards the back half of the race. It's not a crazy thing to do either, since you have been running more than usual, a faster than normal 5k isn't as hard to do. It can happen to all levels of runners. I watched the Boston Marathon this year and there was a guy in the lead pack that the commentators had no idea who he was because he wasn't ranked in the top 50 ish runners. Well come to find out, the guy wanted his kids to see him on TV so he busted it for the first 5k - 10k and had a nice time at the half. I think his second half took him nearly 2 hours. He is an accomplished runner to be in the first wave and probably a 2:30 marathoner or better. Just and example of why going out to fast will cost you in the end. So while you may not end up running negative splits, it could help prevent you from making a mistake that will cost you in the end. I personally run my first mile 15 to 30 seconds slower than GMP to make sure I don't get caught up in the moment. That does mean looking at my watch a lot, but it pays off. If all goes well, I try to make up those few seconds in the last 5k of the race.