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I wouldn't get too hung up on cadence. For one thing I think it's something which can increase with improved running fitness and efficiency (which itself will come from lots of miles), but also there's quite a bit of variance in cadence away from any supposed optimum. Particularly given your height, low cadence + long stride length will get you there quick enough. If you ever saw my club mate John Gilbert (Southern XC champion, 2:15 marathon runner, 6'2ish??) lolloping along you'd know low cadence can work pretty well!
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Haha good to know. And thanks too @Tenderloin. Sounds like form is more important will keep working on that
birofunk
New to running, have been at it since August or so.
I've managed to slowly get to a place where I've got my heart rate down and manage to run every other day pain free. A mixture of dynamic warm ups, yoga, foam rolling and strength exercises have really helped. I thought running would take less time than cycling. Apparently not! I had the cardio from cycling but it's totally different. Managed 100km total last month which I was pretty chuffed with. I know a lot of folk around here could do that in one outing!
One questions tho. I find it really hard to run easy at a high cadence. Is there any trick to this? On tempo runs I'm at around 170 but on really slow runs I can be as low as 150. I'm built like a giraffe (6'5) which probably doesn't help.