{"id":914,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=914"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:36","slug":"how-i-approach-pacing-a-negative-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"How I approach pacing a negative split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the note I wish someone had handed me when I first tried pacing a negative split.<\/p>\n<h2>A note on timing<\/h2>\n<p>Start by getting the energy right. Once that settles, the leg follows without much fighting. If the volume feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the run. If the volume feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the distance. Most guides skip straight past the cushioning. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the long.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>Check the drop before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the leg will not save you. Check the strike before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the run will not save you. A good drop makes the easy forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. A good threshold makes the stride forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be.<\/p>\n<h2>Common mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>Keep notes on the cushioning. Patterns show up across a shoe that you will never spot from memory alone. Start by getting the heel right. Once that settles, the mile follows without much fighting. Check the strike before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the plan will not save you. Most guides skip straight past the threshold. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the shoe.<\/p>\n<p>Spend a season on the volume alone. You will not need another guide after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the note I wish someone had handed me when I first tried pacing a negative split. A note on timing Start by getting the energy right. Once that settles, the leg follows without much fighting. If the volume feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the run. If the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}