Fast Finishes

I hate getting passed at the end of a race... well, I hate getting passed at any point during the race... but the end just seems worse because I've managed to stay ahead of that person for 99+ percent of time. But, alas, it only matters who crosses the finish line first. So, is there anything you can do to make sure your the passer and not the passee?

• Run a longer warmup before an interval session so that you're more tired than usual
• Drop the pace by 20-30sec / mile for the last 1/3 of your long run (I'm thinking this should be expressed more as a percent and not as a fixed time, but that's just me)
• Ladder Workout: 1-mile @ 5k pace, 1200m 1sec/lap faster, 1000m 2sec/lap faster, 800m 3sec/lap faster, 600m 4sec/lap faster, 400m 5sec/lap faster with 1:1 time recovery (I think the pace decrements are from the first mile, but it might be from the previous interval- i.e., the 400m would be 15sec/lap faster than the mile?... that seems way too fast)
• 10-mile acceleration run (dropping pace by 20sec every two-miles)

And, although easy/recovery runs are supposed to be easy, there's no use fighting yourself to stay at the same pace... most people speed up a little bit at the end!