of how you are doing during the race, starting at your feet working up your body, does anything really hurt? Is anything really going to fall off?
Your body knows the best pace to run at and it will naturally find it. Listen to those internal cues, your breathing, your posture, your foot strike, just try to enjoy the freedom of just running.
Every race is different, no 2 races are ever the same due to outside influences that we can’t control.
But in every race you can learn so much, develop skills, resilience, and determination, try not to hang too much happiness on the results of one race.