One piece of racing advice I dispense regularly, and one which is regularly ignored by many of the runners I coach, is to race at an even pace. But there are certain occasions in a race when a well-timed burst of speed is an even better strategy

Long days, warm weather and road races on any given weekend – it's enough to make a runner giddy. But before you wallpaper your garage with race numbers, consider the race strategy of Kenenisa Bekele, the current world record holder in the 5,000m

-tuning speed with rest. The strategy works because if you sustain a high training volume for too long, you'll fatigue. But if you reduce volume for an extended period of time, your fitness will begin to erode. Thus, to continuously race well, you must return