I decided to join the Ballincollig AC gang for a long run this morning, and it turned out to be just Karena and myself.

We headed out wood road as usual, and we took it easy due to the heat, about 9:30 min/mile, as 4 miles Karena headed home and I continued for another 5 miles.

By about 7 miles I was feeling the heat and I felt I was getting dehydrated, I kept up the pace and made it home in about 1 hour 26 minutes, where I drank 2 pints of water with 3 multi-mineral tablets.

For the last 3 miles all I could think of was getting a drink of water, I even thought about calling at a number of business/houses and  just asking for a drink, but I kept going and made it home.

A very hard run.

Distance: 9.38 miles

Duration: 1h:26m:23s

Average pace: 9:12 min/mile

Max Pace: 7:21 min/mile

Average Heart rate: 131

Max Heart rate: 152