2k Race Plan

Please take a few minutes to share a 2k race plan that either worked very well or not very well at all.

My personal favorite is what I did today. 10-15 hard strokes, then nail goal split until 1000m. At 500m in, there should be absolutely no problems. It should actually be more difficult to slow down to your goal split than anything else. 500m-1000m is still fairly easy. Coming into the half way point I like to be very close to my target split. As long as I know I'm in the ball game at the half way point, I know I'll be fine. Around 1200m in, I start to let the rate creep up a bit as I try to drop the split by a second. 1500m the rate is still climbing and I take another move to drop the split. Sprinting all depends on what is left. If I did the rest of the race correctly, there won't be much of a sprint. A sprint usually indicates too much energy left over and not enough time to use it. Don't worry about the sprint. My wife says if your last 500m is any part of your race plan that you might as well start over. Plan the body of your race and the last 500 will take care of itself.

Any other suggestions or non-suggestions?