Another late start, but not as late. With possible showers, I wore two layers, though for the run, which was partly sunny, they were not needed. Post-run, the wind, which had been calm, suddenly picked up and that second layer came in very handy for the 9 km walk back home. The run was otherwise pretty mild for the first day of winter.
I started out very sluggish for reasons I can’t entirely explain. Maybe I wanted to conserve energy for a big finish? Maybe I secretly wanted to be having a bubble bath instead? Whatever it was, I eventually shook it off, increasing my pace every km for a final average of 5:47/km and even better, a BPM of only 148. Pretty nice way to end the week in all. My lap times broke down thusly:
- 1 km: 5:57
- 2 km: 5:55
- 3 km: 5:50
- 4 km: 5:40
- 5 km: 5:32
It’s not often I have a gap of 25 seconds between laps, but it happened today!
I felt fine, otherwise, not even thinking about the knees or more generally, my legs.
There were a couple of dogs off-leash (grr to the owners) but they at least stayed out of the way. It seemed a little quieter than usual for a Friday–maybe people are too busy wrapped up in holiday shenanigans right now. Which reminds me, my next run would be on Monday, which is Christmas day. Will I go out and jog while people are unwrapping their presents? Maybe!
Stats:
Run 841 Average pace: 5:47/km Training status: Productive Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW) Start: 11:53 a.m. Distance: 5:03 km Time: 29:08 Weather: Partly cloudy Temp: 8ºC Humidity: 84% Wind: light1The wind picked up significantly almost right after I stopped running BPM: 148 Weight: 171.0 Total distance to date: 6095 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: HOKA Speedgoat 5 (230/428/658 km)
