Friday Long Run

15k 2:42:30. HR Avg 142 Max 155 Avg Pace 5:23
Course: Twice Work to Riverside Centre and Back.
Start Time: 4:15 pm Temp 23C.
Session Type: Conditioning Long Run

My Long run for the week tonight. Two laps of the course into Riverside Centre and back. First lap in 80:21 (HR 137). Stopped and had a good drink break and then back for the second lap in 80:39 (Hr 146). The second lap was actually a bit faster than that as I stopped to take a PB Gel at one point and it took me about a minute and a half to get the stupid thing open. This is the second time I have used that brand and it took me about the same time then as well. The Gu I used last week took only seconds to open and consume.

The legs felt strong in the second lap, so they are getting accustomed to runs of this length. Now just have to keep working away so that I can maintain the same pace all the way without the Heart Rate drifting up.