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#48: Stop trying to run a marathon at sprint pace

The Academic Imperfectionist

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The Academic Imperfectionist Podcast

The longer the race, the less of an exact science it is to find the right balance between pace and endurance. Could you have put in a bit more effort climbing that hill at mile 97? Maybe. Does it matter? Probably not. Is beating yourself up about whether you made the right call likely to be helpful? Almost certainly not. And learning how to do it a little bit less is a long game too.

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