Marathon Race Pace

Here is a quick tip on how to pace yourself throughout your race:

Most marathoners go out way too hard during their marathon. The reason is because they are feeling good at the start line and start the race depending on how they are feeling. This is one of the worst tactics you can use as a beginner marathoner because you will blow up in the later stages of the race as your heart rate begins to soar.

A better way to pace yourself is to work out your splits for the 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mile marks. Simply work out what you predict your final time to be over the full distance and work backwards to find out your predicted splits at these mileage points.

A little tip is to then write these times down on the back of your hand (not the palm of your hand, because it will rub off with all the sweat) and then aim to pass the mileage marks at these points.

You should also aim to run the first 5 miles so that it feels like you are running way too slow.
If you are say 60 seconds behind your predicted time for the 5 mile mark then you can slowly
increase your pace with no great problems. However, if you are 60 seconds below your predicted race pace at the 5 mile mark, then you could be in trouble in the later stages of your race.

If you have no idea what race pace feels like, then you can work out your race pace over a 400m distance and aim to run these splits in the lead-up to your race on your shorter training sessions. This will subconsciously ground race-pace into your system so that you can tap into it in the initial stages of your marathon.

If you really want to know how to automatically ground race-pace into your body and
be able to turn it on at will then grab your copy of `Marathon Bible', available for a limited time
at:

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"Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be." -- Grandma Moses

That's exactly the same with wanting to run a marathon. It's what we make it. You can
either make it a difficult experience or make it a pleasure by following a marathon training system that works.

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