2010, January: the road to Molly Malone's

[marathondan]

Regarding race strategy I would always advise being agressive in the first half of a race. I think it's been proved by sports scientists that if you go out faster than you're comfortable with your body will cope better than you expect in the closing stages and bring you home in a faster time

Wow, that's the first time I've seen anyone say that. Do you have a link, GM? I tend to agree, up to 10K - I feel there's little to lose, and I want to finish having spent every drop of energy. But for longer distances, personally I prefer to have an evenly paced plan, and stick to it.

Then again, this strategy doesn't seem to have done you any harm in your recent races...