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    First Kay Syndrome

    Sep 21, 2018 3 minutes
    “Why is the first kilometre of my run so much more difficult than the final kilometre? How can I make it easier?”
    Tony

    SEAN TAIT, founder and running technique coach at Off the Mark answers your trail running questions in our ‘How and Why’ series.

    This is probably one of those questions that everybody wonders about at some stage in their running career, but nobody ever asks… So Tony, good on you mate!

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