Tips For Beginner Runners

[@aaroncecil7509]

If your goal is just to finish a race, sure, training at that same distance kind of defeats the point of entering and paying for that race. But if you have time based goals, training that distance can absolutely be a benefit. It can help you develop race day strategies, understanding how hard you can or can't pace yourself. And you're most likely to PR on race day anyway as you'll be fully tapered and further trained than prior runs, so race day is still the ultimate test of your abilities. Heck, if you're doing something 10K or less I'd absolutely recommend distance days where you run (slower than race pace) further than your race distance.

[@vstarrunning]

True, but this was mainly aimed at real beginners, runners just trying to finish a race. But you are right, for 10k or less, of course there is no problem with running that same distance in training.