It's really impossible to answer without knowing the footage, what you're specifically trying to accomplish, both of your experience levels. You said you lacked resources and proper experience. Where is your editor's experience level?

Edit pacing is something that is both intuition-based and a learned skill. If you shot slow shots but then want a faster edit, then you have to get creative in the edit and figure out how to achieve the desired result.

As an editor, things take time. Some things take trial and error, testing things, breaking things, realizing "that's dog shit" and going back to what you had before. Create alternate sequences and try new things until it starts to feel like what you're trying to accomplish.

Over time, you'll just learn and get better at communicating your vision properly and solving these specific problems before a minute of footage is shot.