Having a blonde moment! 🤔

[Millief]

Hi guys, I cannot seem to fathom out the average pace on Strava!!?? 🙄 I would've thought higher the numbers the faster you're running, but today I ran 3.36km as my short run and felt that I was a bit of a turbo snail 🐌 but my average pace was 6.31km/hr???? Slower than my longer run!? Also haven't a clue what elevation relates to? I know I am just being a bit thick!! 🤪 any clarification greatly appreciated 😁

[tony_a Graduate10]

I have to say before I started running i hadn’t really thought about pace, as most of the time we think in speed in everyday life. So you’re not being thick at all.

Your pace is showing you how long it takes you to run a set distance, in this case a kilometre. On your run it took you on average 6.45 to run each kilometre. The faster you go the pace number comes down.

This is opposite to speed which is how much distance you would cover in a set time, typically an hour. Your speed would be just under 9km per hour. As you get faster this goes up.

So if your pace was 6mins per km (lower) you would be running at a speed of 10km per hour (higher) - and overall you’re then faster. I’m not sure if that helps or just makes it even less clear. 😀😀

Not quite sure how Strava calculates the elevation number but I think it’s adding up the metres you have climbed on your run - I think it ignores downhill so should be total height climbed but not totally sure.

[Millief in reply to tony_a]

Thank you for that tony, makes perfect sense now!! 👍

[UpTheStanley Graduate10]

Yes, it’s telling you 6 minutes 45 seconds per k, not 6.45 kph.

[Millief in reply to UpTheStanley]

Thank you upthestanley I knew there would be an obvious answer I was missing! 😄

[Runningfit Graduate10]

Lower pace faster speed ...

For me avg 7.20 is fast

Slower might be 8.5

If you do 6.0 av pace then 5 x 6 is 30 so it would be a 30 minute parkrun

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Thank you for asking that question Millief, I have been really struggling with it too! Makes sense now, thank you!