Distance: 4.82 km
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 21-23ºC
Wind: light
Average pace: 5:27/km
What better way to show how delightfully absurd our weather has been than to note that the temperature for today’s run was more than double that of the run on Thursday.
I was originally going to run on Saturday but I could feel that ominous ting in my left shin (and my right to a lesser extent) after Thursday’s outing, the kind of ting that usually sees me update five weeks later to note that I haven’t been running and instead have been nursing a shin splint or rickets or something.
With three days off and a warm ol’ sun out for a change, I was concerned about how the legs would hold up and whether my pace might suffer, even if the legs were fine. I could feel both shins as I started out — not in a painful way, more of a sore/still not 100% tuned up-way. That feeling subsided as I kept running, though curiously my left knee (which may be somewhat arthritic now) seemed to bother me more). About 15 minutes in the warmth of the sun felt less like a melodic Beach Boys song and more just hot. Complicating matters further were a gaggle of kids from an elementary school running practice relays. Today was a clockwise run so I was running against them and it’s amazing how many did not understand the idea of left/right when it came to passing by each other. Fortunately no collisions were had.
I stopped the run early at the 26 minute mark (I meant to go a full 5K at least but guessed slightly off) because I was too hot, the kids were bugging me and I was unsure about the legs. I think they’re okay. I will poke and prod tonight and see how they feel after.
The one good note is that my pace did not suffer as much as I thought it would. My opening km came in at a decent 5:05 and my overall pace of 5:27/km was actually a bit faster than my previous (but longer) run. This suggests that the legs are probably holding up, as my past experience has been that a significant drop in pace is one of the sure signs that you done hurt somethin’.
We shall see for certain on Wednesday!
Chart (blue indicates the run was done clockwise):
| km | June 6 | June 2 | May 31 | May 28 | May 26 | May 23 | May 20 | May 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:05 | 5:00 | 5:05 | 5:07 | 5:01 | 5:03 | 5:15 | 5:13 |
| 2 km | 5:13 | 5:10 | 5:13 | 5:14 | 5:13 | 5:15 | 5:24 | 5:23 |
| 3 km | 5:20 | 5:16 | 5:18 | 5:19 | 5:19 | 5:21 | 5:31 | 5:30 |
| 4 km | 5:25 | 5:20 | 5:22 | 5:23 | 5:24 | 5:25 | 5:35 | 5:35 |
| 5 km | — | 5:23 | 5:25 | 5:24 | 5:24 | 5:26 | 5:37 | 5:37 |
| 6 km | — | 5:26 | 5:29 | |||||
| 7 km | — | 5:28 | 5:31 |
