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Short distance runner to long distance, help?

I'm a short distance sports runner but have recently applied to do a 5K race and I'm struggling with getting myself into long distance, and pacing myself; does anyone have any suggestions to what may help me to go from short distance to long distance and what helps other when running?
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I've been running ca 5k for a while now and want to start running further; for me the just building up slowly and adding on a bit of distance here and there helps - not every single time because your body will get tired, but every other or every third run for example.
I don't know whether you are already using an app such as runkeeper or mapmyrun, they basically track you as you run and give you data on speed and incline - might be useful for you to see the data?
Good luck!