Run 785: Abort, abort!

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run

Well, that didn’t go as planned.

But it did go very similarly to the last run, at least to start.

I walked to the lake at a brisk pace and felt fine. I started a counter-clockwise run and waited to see if the right knee would start to ache, like the last run six days ago. It did. I waited to see if that ache would diminish to discomfort. It did. I then checked my pace at the 2 km mark–6:08/km–and called the run.

It’s possible if I had kept going, the knee would have felt better still, again like the previous run, but today felt different. It felt worse. And I didn’t want to risk making the knee worse, so I grudgingly stopped the run after only 2 km.

There’s not much else to say. I started with a deliberately slower pace, but I don’t think it made any difference. My knee was going to do what is was going to do no matter how slow or fast I ran. Alas.

More physio and we’ll see what’s next. I am holding off on further runs for the time being.

It was nice for running, at least!

Stats:

Run 785
Average pace: 6:02/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Start: 12:47 p.m.
Distance: 2.03 km
Time: 12:15
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 22ºC
Humidity: 58%
Wind: light
BPM: 148
Weight: 165.5
Total distance to date: 5807 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 12 (479 km)

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