16km long run, take two...

So after the disaster that was my attempted long run yesterday (terminated at just over 9km due to feeling awful), I set my alarm for 6 this morning with a plan of trying again.

Today's attempt was much easier.  Didn't spend the whole run feeling like stopping was the best thing I'd even thought of.  Also managed to run it faster than yesterdays aborted attempt - nothing over 8 min/km.

Finished with an average pace of 7:23/km, which is actually me best long run pace to date, despite struggling to keep my heart rate high enough to be in the target range (minimum 148bpm).  In fact several times I looked at my watch to find my HR in the low 140s!

Lessons learned:

• trying to run 16km in 30C in the middle of the day was silly - I shouldn't have tried
• I'm getting fitter and faster by the week at the moment
• it's OK to pull out when you feel awful in training - there will be another day