How can teammates work together in longer races?
There are several ways teammates can work together in a race. One of the biggest is the mental edge it can play for them. Running a race can sometimes feel you are out there on your own. When you have someone there with you, someone you train with each day, it inspires you to keep working harder. As a competitor, when two runners from the same team are racing you, it is demoralizing. Now you not only feel alone, you are also outnumbered. One of the best things teammates do when they race together is making moves at the same time. When one teammate passes a runner, the other one puts in a surge at the same time. Suddenly the runner they have passed thinks there race is falling apart, and may give up. You have now beaten them, without even getting to the finish line. Having a teammate there is also encouraging. When we race, we have highs and lows. Every great race has a point where your body feels it needs to slow down. That is when the great race is made, when the athlete is able to pu
