7.7km “long run” day, race taper edition. 60 minute workout on the dot.
All easy (low-to-mid zone 1) except I wanted to do one km at race pace to see how my target power and HR translates to pace on a hilly technical trail (as compared to the hilly road course I ran last Wednesday)
Answer: almost the same. I guess doing 80-90% of my training on dirt has been good for something!
5:36/km for the 5th kilo. The rest of the run hovered around 8:00/km, more or less.
Since I managed to run that km at almost exactly half-marathon target power and HR... I have concluded that I’m ready and on track!