Average pace: 4:53/km
Location: Brunette River trail
Distance: 5.02 km
Weather: Sunny, humid
Temp: 27ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 363
Total distance to date: 2322 km
Same run as on Tuesday but with the bonus of being two seconds slower on average. Woo. The reason? Not because it was sunny (it was probably ever-so-slightly cooler) but because it was much more humid. I now refer to humidity as the energy vampire.
I also had unexpected accompaniment for the first km or so as my partner Jeff was coming back on the river trail from his bike ride. He swung around and rode alongside me, which made me want to run faster to show off, be faster than the bike and generally be stupid and macho. I probably would have thrown up at some point but he sensed I was distracted and headed off home. After a midpoint sag my pace jumped up and down but despite pushing hard at the end I could not match my previous pace.
The feet were okay, so I’ll chalk this up as a victory all the same.
