--so sang Sir Elton John -- and so am I ( but only just) after running my longest training run yet this morning - 15 klm. I am running out of time until 10 August - and I want to get another one of these in before I go to the "race" itself.
The pic above is the topography of today's run and the pacing of it - the peak of the terrain is around 80 metres
I seem to have 2 paces when I run - my 5K Parkrun pace is around 7 mins per K ( a little faster for my PB) and I managed to do that pace in the 8.3Klm funrun that I did last Sunday. My slow, conversational longrun pace is around 8 minutes per Klm. I have only ever wanted to finish this upcoming 14K race in an upright position - last year there were 83,000 runners and walkers, of them 14,000 DNF!! There were 1685 entrants in the male 60-70 age group - and an 8 minute pace will land me right in the centre of the finishers of that lot. (about 240 of them DNF)
Runkeeper does not give a very good graph of pace - it would be good if it was more "analyzable" but it seems that my pace across the whole distance is fairly constant , even up and down hills!! I think it makes me look like an Army Tank - slow and steady
There was a time after I signed up for this race that I wondered could I even walk the 14ks??? So it looks like I can - and I think I will be able to dance again within 24 hours. Right now - I think it is time for a couple of beers.
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Wow! Bazza, you running machine! There's hardly any difference in pace between running up and running down those mega hills. I'm very impressed! Now for goodness sake, get yourself a cold beer and put your feet up.
Slow and steady is definitely they way to go. Don't know about you but I now find longer, slower runs to be much more enjoyable than a dash to 5k.
Good luck with the race. Of course beyond that 15k, I found that once I could do 10k confidently, if not particularly quickly, the longer distances became a matter of keeping it going. Which by the look of your data, you are far better at than me!
The climb at the end will be the fly in the ointment! Like you say, slow and steady will get you to the finish post. I would go steady down the hills too. When you allow yourself to run free downhill, you inadvertently twist at the waist. After a while this gives you stitch! Thankfully I find this out before my hilly race.
Good luck with the rest of the training. I'm sure you'll be fine though Baz
Ah - that explains something I couldn't work out the other day... quick sprint down a big downhill and I had a massive stitch... BOTH laps... THANK YOU MissW...
Yes - although this race has a huge climb halfway through the race, it also has a steepish 3 klm downhill right to the finish line at Bondi Beach. I am told that MANY people come to grief on this long downhill final section. ,
Wow - just wow! Well done Bazza... you'll be in top shape for 10th August...
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I think it makes me look like an Army Tank - slow and steady 
I'm still in shock - I've completed W6R3 - 25 mins non-stop :-)
Amazed I'm still going😁😁
Hello, I'm still here
I'm slower than the mighty Mo Farah, but I still graduated today!!
I graduated! (Thank you Laura!) but can anyone advise re my stride length? I'm still so slow
