The steady hand wins the race, a trainer says. His advice to his competitor for training for the 10k ...

It is good to dedicate to a solid pace, if you train at a consistent pace then you will become really good at that pace which is good for a long distance race. However, motor learning dictates that you practice what you preach. In other words, don't train for a consistent pace if you are planning a kick at the end of the race. The running should practice both components, in other words, practice the consistent pace and then the transition into the kick and the kick itself. All components of the run need to be learned and practised if he is going to be successful runner. If he does not train them to kick his muscles will still know how to work harder and faster. That being said they will fatigue much quicker and so will his cardiovascular system since he did not train at the higher cardiac output. So yes it is bad advice kind of, he should train how he plans to run the race.