I headed out today a bit later than I would have liked, and with humidity around 53%, decided to bring the water bottle.
But first, the knees! They were a tiny bit stiff after the run, and on the walk home, but not overly so, and for the run itself they were fine. I will monitor over the weekend, then decide whether to go ahead with Monday’s run or not. At this point, I expect to go.
OK, back to the run. As it turned out, the DMS1Dry Mouth Syndrome was minimal and I only sipped from the bottle once, around the 2K mark. I think I would have been fine without it, but if the humidity had been even a few percentage points lower, I’d have been pining for it. Noted for future reference.
I took the “easy” clockwise route and the first two km were under six minutes, but not by a lot. It was hotter and I felt like I was working harder and getting less out of it. The trend continued as every km I got slower, though my heart rate was a nice 151. I turned it around on the last km, where my pace picked up, but not enough to end with an overall of 6:05/km. Based on how much of a slog it felt like, I’m actually OK with that.
Overall, not exactly the fantastic end-of-week flourish I was hoping for, but it was perfectly adequate.
Stats:
Run 791 Average pace: 6:05/km Training status: Overreaching Location: Burnaby Lake (CW) Start: 12:30 p.m. Distance: 5.03 km Time: 30:35 Weather: Sunny Temp: 24ºC Humidity: 53% Wind: light BPM: 151 Weight: 167.1 Total distance to date: 5835 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 12 (505 km)
