Forums >General Running>At what point do you up your pace?
Run easy on easy days, but run hard ( short of race effort) on hard days, the pace will be much slower than race pace because of cumulative fatigue, and non-race environment, but it should feel hard. Also I try to finish off every run either with some strides or try and make the last mile the fastest I can run for that run (again short of race effort).
I know this is not a new concept, but is something I was not doing but need to do to get off the plateau I find myself in for about 3 years now, that and need to run a bit more than I have been the last 2 years. This is definitely not for newer runners, but I think I no longer qualify as one, since my running log now has 5 digits.
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Including easy and recovery runs?
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Yes, easy days I plan to run a couple of strides.
Feeling the growl again
No reason not to do some strides most days. I wish I followed my own advice on that one more frequently.
Fast finish runs (hard mile at the end) I'd be a bit more selective about.
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but strides aren't the same as running the last mile hard. Do you mean something else?
" with some strides or try and make the last mile the fastest I can run for that run"
Two different things.