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Jun 20, 2026

How to Train for Pace Changes in Crowded Races

My first experience running in a mass participation race was a brutal reality check. During training, I had mastered my paces with almost millimetric precision, but there I was, trapped behind a group of slower runners at kilometer 2, constantly slowing...

May 28, 2026

How to Perform a 5K Time Trial to Estimate Your 10K and Half Marathon Pace

For years, I trained blindly, never really knowing what paces I should be using in my workouts or what race goals were realistically within reach. I set arbitrary targets based on what I wanted to achieve—“I want to break two hours in the half marathon”...

May 12, 2026

Carbon-Plated Running Shoes: Do They Really Make You Faster?

When I first saw runners wearing carbon-plated shoes at the Bogotá half marathon three years ago, I thought it was pure marketing and placebo effect. “They’re just expensive shoes,” I told myself skeptically while running in my trusted traditional trainers...

March 21, 2026

Biomechanical differences between running on a treadmill and on asphalt

During the past winter, an injury forced me to train exclusively on a treadmill for six weeks. When I finally returned to running on asphalt, the first kilometers felt completely strange—almost as if I had never run before. My calves were burning...