Run 368
Average pace: 5:39/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Distance: 5.06 km
Time: 28:34
Weather: Sun and cloud
Temp: 15ºC
Wind: light to nil
Calories burned: 394
Total distance to date: 3050
Device used: iPhone 6
Another mild day and a bonus weekday afternoon run due to an at-home online course that ended at 1:30. The main advantage of running during the week is the relative lack of people/dogs/renegade cyclists on the trail and such was the case today.
My only goal again was to improve my pace and I did, woo! My pace of 5:39/km was seven seconds better than my previous run and my best time so far this year (only four runs in, but I’ll still take it).
The only complication was a cramp in my right shoulder. This has never happened before and is odd as I don’t run on my shoulder. The cramp threatened to spread down to my right side but never quite did.
I started out fairly strong and this predictably led to a big drop-off at the 2K mark. I gained time on the third and fourth km, though, before falling back a bit on the last km. I did manage to pick up the pace on the last 200 m or so (the Nike phone app doesn’t do the countdown like the iPod app, which makes it harder to judge when to put on the gas for the final stretch).
In all, another small improvement on my way to a regular running schedule.