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Lots of questions:
Did you push too hard at miles 9 & 10?
I don't think so, I didn't speed up, just felt better.
If you remove the low hr walk section what was you ave hr for the run, 145 ish at a guess? Why didn't you run it at 138ish like yesterday?
In a word, elevation - 5k was flat, today wasn't:
How far did you run to get to the 5km yesterday? Had you doubled up like this previously, what were the 'day after' runs like if so?
Just under 3k, hardly anything therefore. I've always done a longer run after a day off before.
Advice would be to repeat sometime in the future maintaining lower hr throughout so you finish feeling fresher.
I could probably achieve that by running a flatter route
What are your taper plans?
Flying to Stockholm on the 1st, was going to focus on relaxing 1/2/3 then the marathon on the 4th
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Looking at the bar chart summary mile 9 is a good 20s quicker than prev miles pace & uphill too with a hr spike, I reckon you're maybe paying for that later in run.
The route also turns into prevailing wind later, if it was owt like my run same morning (was about 30 miles away from yours).
Doubt previous day had big impact on it.
elevation - 5k was flat, today wasn't
It was hillier & further (& a big step up in distance over prev block of runs by looks of your strava) so it'd make sense to run it at a steadier effort, even if that had made it slower than you'd have liked it'd be quicker overall than walking last 5km, plus a confidence booster from completion too.
If it helps to run longer on flat (mirrors mara course profile?) then definitely make sure next big run is on that terrain.
Also consider what you'd fueled/hydrated with etc, was that enough.
Re: Taper, be sure to allow a week of gentlerish stuff before you travel, there's a point beyond which there's no training benefit just additional fatigue...
It's complicated tho many factors, others may say different to above - take what bits you think will work for you & keep us all posted.
rhb
Lots of questions:
Did you push too hard at miles 9 & 10?
If you remove the low hr walk section what was you ave hr for the run, 145 ish at a guess? Why didn't you run it at 138ish like yesterday?
How far did you run to get to the 5km yesterday? Had you doubled up like this previously, what were the 'day after' runs like if so?
Advice would be to repeat sometime in the future maintaining lower hr throughout so you finish feeling fresher.
What are your taper plans?