Subject: RE: Question about tris and runs I immediately go to the front of every 5k, 10k, and 15k race I enter (except if I know there are some much faster runners ) and let the pretenders fall off the pace after the first mile. That's how I won the last 15k I was in last summer. Admittedly, there are bigger races where I end up being one of the pretenders and get my butt kicked by a bunch of sub-33 10k racers.
If you stay in the middle of the pack at the beginning of the race you will lose contact with the lead group fairly quickly and never make up the gap. Especially in the 5k, which seems like a sprint to me after doing so many marathons, you need to go out quickly and try to hang on with the pack. The race is over before you know it. This requires that you warm up thoroughly before the race and get to the line ready to go. All of the above assumes that you've done the training to back it up. Good luck. |