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If you sprint right from the start you're completely insane, and probably won't finish well. A mile should be ran at a fast but sustainable speed. If you are in the lead, never look back and don't listen for whoever is behind you, you should always keep looking straight as if your opponent is breathing down your neck. However, you spend about 6% more energy running in front for every 400m lap; so draft (stay behind) the person in the lead if there not going too slow for you or its a windy day. If your going to pass someone try not to do it on the turns. One of my favorite ways of passing people its when the winds on your side; all you have to do is make sure that no ones behind you and let the wind push you forward. Every lane out you run is an extra 40m per lap. If you start having negative thoughts about pushing hard just think of all the people that are watching you run, or all the people that will be proud of you when you get a record or a good place. If your feeling good and have some energy left start a sprint with 200 or more meters to go. If you cant do that then try to sprint at least 100m before the finish line. Good luck. How I do it is this: 1st 400m: Use the excitement of the race start to throw a little (and I do mean little) fast run to catch up with who you'll be keeping pace with. Don't think about any other part of the race but finishing that 400m at goal pace. 2nd 400m: Stay comftorable, keep a fast pace don't let anyone pass you now because that should have occurred in the beginning or it will occur at the end. If they're passing you now you're probably slowing up and positively splitting. JUst stay fast and stay comftorable and look at it as now when you're done this all you gotta do is an 800m. 3rd 400m: This is where you begin to pick it up, keep pace with the people around you and maybe get in front of one or two depending how you're doing in the race and how comftorable you are. Do not go all out. 4th 400m: No you really start to pick it up, think about this simple fact: this is the last time you have to run around the track so make it good. Your first 200m i would pick it up alot and see who's starting their sprint, second 200m literally kill yourself to the finish line. Straight sprint all you can put out in that one. Hope this helped.