What are some good Cross Country 5k strategies?

The best pace is suicide pace.

First of all, the best strategy is to run your best event. When I was 15 my best event was the paved 10k. It was not 5k on dirt or grass. Therefore, I raced 10k on roads. As long as you're running where your strength lies you've won half the battle. You do, of course have a choice in this matter, don't you?

Dixie Gnormose wrote:

First of all, the best strategy is to run your best event. When I was 15 my best event was the paved 10k. It was not 5k on dirt or grass. Therefore, I raced 10k on roads. As long as you're running where your strength lies you've won half the battle. You do, of course have a choice in this matter, don't you?

Yeah, what he said. B/c you should only do things you are awesome at. What's the point of trying to improve at things that you are not the best at?

Dixie is a POS

FrannyFrumpsAlot wrote:

The best pace is suicide pace.

And today is a good day to die.

Never, EVER lead during the first mile. If you know you can win, wait until 1.5 miles and just blitz the last half of the race.

If it is really competitive, run comfortably hard the first mile and then work on catching runners the rest of the race until you are within a few seconds of the leader. Pull up behind him with a half mile to go and run right on his heels until a quarter mile left. At that point just take off sprinting leaving him in the dust. You should have a big enough lead to do a couple push-ups before walking backwards across the finish line.

Quick first 800 / K. Comfortable pace right before til 2 mile, then murder yourself

this is rediculous

Winning is my favorite strategy.

Then losing.

But winning was the 1st strategy. It had the priority. Followed by losing.