Should You Trust a Pace Group During Your Next Race?

Pacing is hard. Wouldn’t it be great to forget about perfect pacing your next race and just follow a pace group? You’ll be led by a more experienced runner leading you to your dream finish time.  
Plus you’ll have a whole group of people trying for the exact same thing. You can relax, keep your eyes off your watch, and ride the pace group wave all the way to a new personal record.
Or it could be a complete disaster and ruin your race…
Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition.
Today I’m going to explore the pros and cons of pace groups.  
You’ll learn:

how to determine if a pace group is right for you

what questions to ask the group leader, and

when not to follow a pace group

If you’ve got a race coming up soon and you figured you’d just rely on a pace group to help get you across the line, you’re going to want to listen to this one first.
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