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Negative Split or the action of negative splitting is a racing strategy that involves running the second half of the race faster than the first part of the race. There are similar but different strategies that can easily be confused with negative splitting such as “even splitting” and/or “sit and kick.” Negative splitting has been a strategy of runner for quite some time now with runners such as Steve Prefontaine, Wilson Kipsang, Julia Lucas, and Galen Rupp using them in races. Like every racing strategy there are pros and cons, with negative splitting having its strengths in shaving time off the clock and its weakness being that it will not always get the runner the win, but often has led to wins.