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Races & Events are a little different when Running with Power.
The next few posts will dig into the detail, but in summary (and as a taster):
β‘ Your race-day power target is based on your fitness and capabilities
β‘ Tapering uses power-based metrics to determine when and how to taper
β‘ On the day, your target is your target for the entire event (no adjustments needed)
β‘ You wonβt be able to (or need to) run with pacers
β‘ Youβll run to power, to achieve your personal best on the day
This is quite different than:
β looking up a hopeful goal time from a table compiled using data from thousands of runners (many of whom are nothing like you)
β tapering for a period and approach determined using general guidelines
β wearing a wrist band telling you your pace (per mile or kilometre) based on whether the section is uphill, downhill or flat
β going out too fast and suffering the consequences later in the event
β trying to keep up with pacers to achieve your hopeful goal time
It takes a little getting used to.
Especially the part about running to a power target rather than a (hopeful) goal time.
But this effort-based approach has been proven hundreds of times and has produced many unexpected personal bests.
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