Stronger Each Step activity

Slow & Steady: 3.5 km Run Around Capalaba

Garmin title: Brisbane Running

23 Feb 2026, 6:14 am

running
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Distance
3.50 km
Duration
27:23
Average pace
7:49/km

Activity story

Slow & Steady: 3.5 km Run Around Capalaba

Capalaba Run Reflections

Route
I chose Capalaba’s mix of road and light bushland for this run.

  • Streets: flat and forgiving.

  • Trail: a sudden dip into a small bushland stretch that gives a gentle change of pace, keeping things interesting.

Distance & Pace

  • 3.5 km in 27:23 – a steady, manageable chunk of time (~27 min).

  • Target pace: 7:49 min/km.

  • Most of the run stayed within that window, even though I slowed slightly on the trail portion.

Takeaway

Listening to my body, keeping the pace honest, and choosing a route that feels like a conversation rather than a challenge.
I’ll tweak my training to gradually increase distance, but right now, this feels like the right step forward.

Route map

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Privacy-trimmed public map

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Start hidden: 0.50 kmFinish hidden: 0.50 kmVisible GPS track: 2.50 km

Elevation profile

Elevation plotted against calculated distance along the route.

Heart rate

Heart rate plotted against calculated distance along the route.

Smoothed pace

Pace calculated from GPS distance and timestamps using a 250 m rolling window. Faster pace appears higher on the chart.

Kilometre laps

Derived from GPS track points, timestamps, and per-point heart rate data. The final row may be a partial kilometre.

LapDistanceTimePaceAvg HRMax HR
11.00 km6:366:36/km147 bpm166 bpm
21.00 km8:428:42/km167 bpm187 bpm
31.00 km8:038:03/km168 bpm177 bpm
4508 m3:517:35/km168 bpm179 bpm

Heart and effort

Average heart rate
163 bpm
Max heart rate
187 bpm
VO2 max
38.0
Calories
367 kcal

Movement

Moving time
25:56
Best pace
5:50/km
Average cadence
146 spm
Max cadence
174 spm
Elevation gain
26 m
Elevation loss
29 m