20 June 2020

Longest Day - longest run (of the year so far)

StartEnd CharlburyDucklingtonNorth LeighMinster LovellA4095A40A361 WITNEY

StartFinish

30.6 km run
5:21 /km pace
2:43:56 moving

352 m of climbing; 2:43:56 door to door; 16% off-road (mostly road); heart averaging 151 bpm and peaking at 164.

Spice
How this one felt
SpiceHard, steep, or genuinely quick
GrindMetres climbed per kilometre
DistanceHow far
EffortHeart-rate load

What the numbers say

Read as a long run. You have not run this route often enough to compare section by section, so this is the run on its own terms.

It is the quickest of the 5 runs you have logged at about this distance.

The pace eased 6% over the last fifth, which is the normal shape of a long run and not something to fix.

What this kind of run is for: steady and sustainable; finishing strong beats starting fast.

75100125150175 m 0 102030 31 km vertical scale exaggerated 69× WALKINGJOGGINGRUNNINGSPRINTING 01020 km/h 0 102030 31 km EnduranceTempoThreshold 140150160170 bpm 0 102030 31 km