First, the knee: It’s fine! No issues while running and none after. The legs were a bit sore after the run, in all the muscles that are part of my stretching routine. At one point coming back on the river trail, the knees felt like they were getting stiff, but it passed.
Now, for the run. I checked the weather beforehand, and it showed humidity at 46%. Ruh roh! I took the water bottle, but when I got to the lake and checked again, the humidity was 65%, so I didn’t need it. Who knew New West and Burnaby could be so dramatically different? The earlier start also meant the temperature stayed at a comfy 21C throughout.
Although I’m still averaging over six minutes per km, I did lop off a full eight seconds from Wednesday’s pace, which was nice. I ran the “easier” way by going clockwise (it trends more downhill this way). Other than almost breaking 6:00/km on the first km, I was pretty consistent throughout, which was also nice. I didn’t flag at the end or in the middle.
This was the first run where I had audio on for the Garmin Forerunner and it lowers the volume on music, then announces in a somewhat robotic-sounding female voice, “Lap x, 0:00” where the numbers are your pace for the lap. This means I don’t need to look at the watch at all, except to check my heart rate. Speaking of heart rate, the better conditions today allowed me to be faster while maintaining the same BPM as Wednesday, at 156.
I may come to regret doing the “full deal” by going all the way around the lake, but I have at least two full days to recover before my next run, so here’s hoping the legs and all parts therein behave and recover nicely. For now, I am pleased with today’s result.
Stats:
Run 788 Average pace: 6:07/km >NEW< Training status: Overreaching Location: Burnaby Lake (CW) Start: 10:26 a.m. Distance: 5.03 km Time: 30:44 Weather: Sunny Temp: 21ºC Humidity: 65-61% Wind: light BPM: 156 Weight: 166.5 Total distance to date: 5820 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 12 (490 km)
