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I'm slightly confused: several sources define a given cadence (normally around 180 steps per minute) as ideal, but without mentioning the pace.

For instance, Garmin Connect says:

An often-citen target for running cadence is 180spm.

However, if everybody should run at 180spm, the difference between a person runnig at 4:00min/km and another one running at 5:30min/km or 7:10min/km or whatever other pace can only be the stride length.

That doesn't seem to be right... am I missing something here?

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    I believe I found a good explanation here (explaining that the adequate cadence does indeed change according to the pace), but I'll wait for proper answers.
    – Megaptera novaeangliae
    Sep 7, 2021 at 3:08
  • You can always answer your own question as well. :D
    – C. Lange ♦
    Sep 7, 2021 at 13:26
  • The vast majority of runners self select the cadence that is appropriate for their pace. As the article says, they counted the steps of elite runners mid race. Hardly a good representative sample.
    – JohnP ♦
    Sep 7, 2021 at 14:59
  • I've read in Daniels' book that the cadence among average to elite (long distance) runners is indeed comparable. So yes, the pace correlates mostly with the stride length!
    – Brauer Suzuki
    Sep 8, 2021 at 8:31

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