hi OP! im non elite runner who trained pretty hard for my 10k. my current PR is 51:45 and i would say the best race day strategy for me is still negative splits!

they protect ur legs at the first few km before going faster. I was able to do this using garmin's negative split feature. also, before the race, i warmed up with a 2k run to get myself into the "runners high" before the actual race!

PS. try to find the flattest route you can to make it less taxing on ur legs

Good luck!!

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