Training for competitive distance running and racing requires workouts that build your endurance, speed, stamina, strength, power and running economy. Most distance running training programs include workouts that improve your skills in all of those areas. But there is one area that many competitive distance training plans ignore - your ability to increase your pace to finishing kick speed. Your ability to shift into a sprint pace finishing kick speed when you are already fatigued isn't something you are born with or comes naturally. You must train both your mind and body to ignore your growing level of fatigue and accelerate to a sprint pace finish kick. The ability to out kick your opponents or the clock will help you reach new levels of running.
Here are some tips and workouts to help you develop your finishing kick.
