When did you start running effort-based during the 5k rather than planning out your race and pace?

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Meb Keflezighi · Answer

Hi everyone, riding a 5k is a challenge but I usually like to do effort based versus pace or on how you're going to do on the race. It is important to know that it is the threshold in the 5k that will get you to that finish line. You know you can't start too slow and you can't start too fast but a medium happy will get you. Anyone if you can, if you can strategize to the best you can, I think it's important to finish the race as fast as in the last mile. But conditions are different, competitors are different, you have to make the most calculated decision when the gun goes off and based on your effort to get ready for that finish line and as long as you finish strong, that's the most important thing. Good luck and most importantly have fun.

Aliphine Tuliamuk · Answer

As I have gotten older, I have realized that, you know, the time, like being able to run a PR, run fast, should come as a product of competition. And so I really enjoy being competitive. I enjoy competing with others. And if you end up in a race that is very stuck, then you end up running really fast and getting your fast time. But yeah, like I have never, I've never really gone to a lot of races where it's time-based. It's usually, you know, how many people can I beat? And as a marathoner, you know, I have always gravitated towards races that don't have any place makers. You know, I have always just gone out there and competed and see how many people can I beat. And, you know, through that, you become stronger both mentally and physically. Because when you're trying to beat as many people as you can, you can't let them go. You know, sometimes you have to like, you know, suck it up and just stick with them because you know that if you let them go, you're never going to catch somebody. And you know, I had to practice that, especially during my Boston Marathon, actually, where I felt really bad. And, you know, the front group was, had already left. And I had a couple of women that I was running with, and I was feeling really, really bad. And I thought, if I let these women go, I'm never going to catch them. And as a result, you know, like I ran with them the entire race, and I actually ended up feeling really well over the last 10K. But as a result of that, I ended up running a PR of almost two minutes. So like I didn't go out there to run fast. I just went out there to compete. And as a result of that, you know, I ended up running a really good time. But I've only ran once where I went out after time, and I find that it stresses me out just thinking about like, the gun goes off, and then I have to run a certain pace. I've never really enjoyed it. So I just like to compete usually.

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"When did you start running effort-based during the 5k rather than planning out your race and pace? "