Long run - 26K with Gayle Stuebing

As we taper towards the Road2Hope Marathon in Hamilton in 2 weeks, we just did a "little" sixteen miler from Gibbons Park in London out through the trails of London to Byron and then up to the corner of Boler Road and Southdale Road, and then back again. A total of 26.19 kilometres, or 16.27 miles. Here is how our splits looked:

6:08
5:50
5:43
5:31
5:27
5:19
5:36
5:35
5:37
5:40
5:49
5:51
5:42
5:06
5:10
5:20
5:26
5:19
5:19
5:29
5:26
5:31
5:24
5:25
5:37
5:20
5:11 (200 m.)

Our average pace was 5:35 per kilometer. But as you can see from the split times above, we were able to bump up our pace over the last 10 kilometres to better than race pace (5:27/k.) for most of the route. Definitely a good run!