I did my first 'long' long run since my half - 16 km on a hot afternoon. The temperature was only 27 degrees C, but it felt much hotter on the roads. The 1st couple of kms felt great, and hence I was running too fast - around 5:30/km. I then kept a pretty steady pace around 5:45/km until I turned around at the 8 km mark. Up till 8 km I could tell I was working, but it was ok. When I turned around it suddenly felt astonishingly hot, and I just felt the energy drain away. The run back felt really long. Plus my water was way too warm to be enjoyable.
Looking at my time/km from that point on its like a slow ramp up, with every single km a bit slower than the one before. Looking at the data after the run, the other fun thing is that as I was slowing down, my heart rate was increasing steadily, until it hit my max rate about 200 m from home.
All in all not a fun run after the midpoint, but nothing was too sore either during the run or today.
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