There are a lot of factors that influence your pace with the major ones being:

• Road vs. Trail
• Rocky/technical trail or easy trail
• Hills or no hills
• Obstacles
• You’re better with training!!

I developed a simple way of comparing longer runs I’ve done to understand my pace in different situations.  One major factor is the elevation gain so I have calculated an elevation gain factor for each run which is:

elevation factor = total gain in feet/distance in miles

2019 History (arranged from flattest to most elevation gain/mile, T = technical rocky trail, O = included obstacles, pace is moving pace)