How do I set my pace, and how are the hills timed?
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Use − and + beside Pace to set your average pace in minutes and seconds per km or per mile, in 5-second steps. RunFast spreads that pace over the hills, slower on the climbs and quicker on the descents, so your splits and the hour you reach each stretch match how you really run.
Set it
- Map your run: Pace, with − and +. Each tap is 5 seconds; hold to step faster. Your finish time shows beside it, such as “finish 2:05”.
- A casual run: Your pace in the run’s form (Edit from the ⋯ menu in Runs). It’s used every time the run’s forecast is worked out.
- A race: Your pace follows Your goal time: the goal divided by the distance, rounded to 5 seconds. Without a goal, set it yourself. See setting a goal.
- A club run or race: the club’s page works the weather out at the club’s pace. Tap Open on the map to try yours.
- Going live: your plan pace is your race’s pace, and followers see how you’re doing against it.
Choose per km or per mile with km · °C and mi · °F, in Account on runfast.tech, or under You in the app. See kilometres and miles.
What your pace means
It’s your average for the whole run, start to finish. A 6:00 per km pace over 21.1 km finishes in about 2:07, whatever the hills.
How the hills are timed
RunFast spreads that time over the route by the energy running on a slope takes: slower up, quicker down, the way real runners pace a hilly course. You’ll see it in the SPLIT column of the kilometre table.
Because of that, you reach a long climb later than a flat pace would suggest, and RunFast gives you the weather for that later hour. On a warming morning, that can be the difference between Moderate and High heat stress.
Then the weather on top
Your pace sets your split times; the weather cost is added on top. See what the weather cost means.