I got up around 5 a.m. because I had a headache and couldn’t sleep. I took some Tylenol, caught up on my email (this went rapidly, because most of it had not yet arrived), then after an early breakfast did something truly wacky: I went for a run!
Because the weather was showery, I opted to run on the river trail today instead of doing a full loop at the lake–it’s still a 5K run, just with less walking on either side of it. When I started, it was 7:50 a.m. So early! And as luck would have it, the rain tapered off as I started my run (and only sprinkled briefly again around the 3.5 km mark).
I wore my long-sleeved shirt, but in retrospect would likely have been fine in a t-shirt. It was 15C, and did not feel cold at all. As befits the river trail, I moved faster, and turned in a pace of 5:45/km–my fastest of the year–and with my BPM actually a little lower than my last lake outing two days ago.
As a bonus, I ran without my phone, so the watch GPS had to do all the work and apparently the “no weather recorded on runs” thing may be phone-specific, as the weather stats were recorded for this run.
In all, I’m glad I went out. I dodged the rain, had a good run and have the entire rest of the day free to loaf around and eat bags of cookies.
(I won’t eat bags of cookies, I promise.)
Stats:
Run 688 Average pace: 5:45/km Location: Brunette River trail Start: 7:50 a.m. Distance: 5:03 km Time: 28:55 Weather: Cloudy, light showers Temp: 15ºC Humidity: 94% Wind: light BPM: 152 Weight: 167.5 Total distance to date: 5043 km Devices: Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Brooks Caldera 5 (158 km)
