It was warmer today, so there was that!
It was also wet. My plan to escape the rain worked perfectly on Tuesday. Today, it worked in reverse, which is to say it not only rained the entire run, it rained more than any run I can remember in the past few years. It went like this:
Light rain > Steady rain > Torrential downpour > Steady rain
The torrential downpour part happened around the fourth km. I passed another runner, who was dressed kind of like how a ninja might, if a ninja was into jogging: black shorts, black cap, black running jacket. He looked very wet. He nodded as we passed each other, probably thinking the same thing as me: What was I thinking running in this weather?
On the other hand, once you get that wet, you just kind of go with it. There were many puddles, so much puddle dodging was to be had, but sometimes I just went through when it was easier than dipsy-doodling around. By the end I was so soaked my shorts were clinging to my legs, and I was wringing water out of the sleeves of my shirt.c I looked like I had stepped out of a swimming pool.
As for the run, it went fine. My knees felt a little stiff on the walk back from the lake, but only a little, and during the run, while I noticed ye olde left hip chime in at the 3K mark again, it was pretty quiet overall. I was a little slower, but not much, and my BPM was down, so it balances out. I may run again on Saturday, which so far looks dry. Dry will be nice.
Stats:
Run 820 Average pace: 5:48/km Training status: Maintaining Location: Burnaby Lake (CW) Start: 9:48 a.m. Distance: 5:03 km Time: 29:09 Weather: Rain, heavy at times Temp: 14ºC Humidity: 93% Wind: light BPM: 154 Weight: 169.2 Total distance to date: 5980 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: HOKA Speedgoat 5 (115/222/337 km)
