Is your race pace scaring you? ↓ It should be :) A common misconception is that you need to run 80-90% of your goal race distance at race pace in training to be able to sustain it on race day (like running 8k at 5:00/km pace to nail a 50-minute 10k). In reality, most runners can only hold their goal pace for about 50% of their race distance during training… and are still able to run the full distance at that pace on race day. Why? Because during training: - You’re not as rested as you will be on