Run 926: Pleasantly peaking

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Calm and mild.

A week ago I had a great run, with a good pace. I was hitting my stride. I noticed my stomach felt a bit funny as I walked home, but didn’t think much of it at the time.

By 8 p.m. I was violently ill.

Gruesome details of illness
I threw up the entire contents of my stomach. Trust me, I know it was everything. I followed this by thoroughly ejecting everything in my bowels. It was a very thorough experience.

Today was my first run (I skipped yesterday because I felt I was not quite ready and also tomorrow, which is a normal run day, is supposed to be weirdly hot, so I’m doing Tues/Thur instead of Mon/Wed) since then, so I approached with a bit of caution. The plan was to take it easy, which I did.

In fact, I found the first km downright pleasant and discovered that was likely due to a leisurely pace of 6:15/km. I then dipped further to 6:19/km before finally finding a little more mojo and finished thusly:

  • 6:13
  • 6:08
  • 6:00

This gave me an average of 6:11/km, which is very slow, but fine. I didn’t want to push. My BPM was lower, too, at only 149. The weather was sunny, but pleasantly so, and it was humid enough to avoid DMS1Dry Mouth Syndrome.

The resurfacing is continuing apace, and the detour on the Freeway Trail is much shorter now (I ran CCW, so was unaffected for the jogging part). They’ll likely switch from the Southshore Trail to the Freeway Trail soon, as they were patching potholes on the latter.

There were a decent number of people on the trail, as the weather was quite nice, including one naughty cyclist riding along the sports fields. A guy was walking ahead of me, post-run, and I angled myself a bit to force the cyclist over to the edge of the trail. He noticed this, as he muttered about mew not getting out of his way as he rode past. I informed him that cycling was not allowed on the trail. Hopefully he got attacked by the geese further up.

But in all, a rather pleasant run and a nice return.

The view just before the bridge at Deer Lake Brook, post-run.

Stats:

Run 926
Average pace: 6:11/km
Training status: Peaking
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Start: 10:33 a.m.
Distance: 5.03 km
Time: 31:05
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 16-17°C
Humidity: 58%
Wind: light
BPM: 149
Weight: 167.3
Total distance to date: 6,465 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: ASICS Trabuco Terra 2 (60/106/166)

Music: Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M.
 

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