10 miles in the early morning. It was beautiful weather after last nights thunder storm. I turned on my phone metronome. After a warm up I set it at 174 and was surprised that I could run relaxed at that cadence. I ran 5 miles there and then decided to bump it up just two steps per minute to 176 for the last three. I only made it 1 mile through mile 8 at that cadence. It's amazing that just 2 steps per minute makes that much difference, but I think 174 a few months ago would be next to impossible. How important is all this cadence work? My theory is that if I do speed work and make big improvements in speed but with bad form I won't be able to sustain that speed for any extended distance. | 