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245. Running Explained’s Elisabeth Scott on Pacing, Easy Runs, Zone 2, and More

The Strength Running Podcast

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The Pace Calculator Is Not God, Is It?

A the pace calculator is a guide. It is supposed to point you in the nearest direction, and not god. You might be an awesome five k runner and never get close to your marathon equivalent just because you're not built that way. And if your marathon time does not correlate with your five k time, it's probably because the marathon is a tricky distance to race. So i think we have to recognize that it takes a long time to properly train for a long race like a marathon. We can really build our skill in racing short events fairly quickly. Because with the marathon, you're putting all your eggs in one basket.

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