Many endurance athletes want to finish a race within a certain goal time, thereby creating a goal race pace. After an appropriate taper and with the excitement of race day, many athletes can push themselves harder in a race situation than in training. As a result, goal race pace is often faster than what is sustainable or healthy in daily training. Some athletes never run at their goal pace until race day, which results in a bit of a shock to the body. One way to avoid this problem is to include short, 5– 30–minute periods of training at goal race pace mixed within a longer workout. This will help “teach” the body what it is like to move at that pace and make it that much easier and more comfortable on race day.