McMillan Running describes steady paced runs as having an easy to medium effort level. Let's say his description of easy and mine don't have a lot of overlap. I did manage to keep mostly within the target pace range I'd calculated but it was never going to happen running up Pennylands Bank which although it's quite a short hill doesn't take prisoners. I always hope there is lots of traffic at the top of the bank so I can stop on the verge for a breather. I was out of luck tonight and had to keep running, though fortunately there is a slight downhill back into Broadway.
In theory the steady pace is close to the pace I can run a half marathon at. It was fine for today's planned 3 miles but that's less than a quarter of the distance I'll be covering. It's going to be a tough one.
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