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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 10k this weekend.  It's my first 6.2 miles - I did 6 last weekend.  It took 80 minutes so about 13:20 minute miles.  I don't want to start out too fast and injure myself, hating the last 2-3 miles.  Charts say if my recovery day pace is 13:20, I should be doing 11 minute miles.  That seems really fast!  I don't think I can do 10k in under 70 minutes.

What are your strategies for pacing in a race?  [/quote]

I use the app "Run with Hal" for my marathon training and it does a great job sharing pacing strategies. And its free! I'd highly recommend downloading it for really strong guidance.

In my training, I've been running 6x/week. Four of those are at a base pace, which is ~45 seconds slower than race pace. 1 day per week is some sort of workout to 'shock' the body (hill work, tempo runs, track work), and then the LR days are usually back at base pace.

If your comfort zone is 13:20's I'd say stick with that for now and try to do some shorter faster runs to adjust your body to the feeling of running at that pace.[/quote]

The race is this weekend.  I think I can do better than 13:20 for 6 miles.  I've been doing that for the first half and then upping to 12ish for the 2nd half.  - op[/quote]

I would keep with the strategy you have above. Start at something you know is doable and then slowly speed up in the second half. If it’s your first 10k, it’s just good to get familiar racing that distance. [/quote]

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