It was a little warmer today and a little less humid, but fine.
I did not have any particular goal, but when my first km came in at a somewhat leisurely 5:51/km, I decided to step up the speed a little and finished with a nice Monday overall pace of 5:46/km, with the last one being 5:30.
For the first 1.5 km I did not see anyone else–no runners, walkers, coyotes, bears, pigeons, penguins. Nothing! After that I saw some people, but surprisingly few joggers.
The run itself went without incident. When I pushed I didn’t feel like I was overexerting and my BPM was 152–lower than last Friday, to go with the lower speed. It’s all logical up in the hizzy, as the kids say1I suspect few, if any kids, actually say this..
Well, there was one incident. Around 3 km or so into the run, a bug hit my face, right near my mouth. I swiped at it and it came off on my hand. I think I had murdered it, or maybe it struck me with lethal force. Either way, I wiped the ex-bug on my shorts and kept going. The only other stuff that hit me was cottonwood dander, of which there is still a surprising amount floating about, kind of like the flakes of snow you see before the start of a snowstorm. There was also a pile of poop right in the middle of the trail about 6 km in, and I suspect it was left by a coyote or bear. Bear signs are all over. I’ve even though about wearing a bell to make noise, like people do with cats so they can’t indulge in their natural instinct to murder birds. In this case it would be more to let any bears know I’m coming, so please just move along, preferably back up into the mountains.
Anyway, it was a fine start to the week, as far as running goes.
Stats:
Run 933
Average pace: 5:46/km
Training status: Productive
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Start: 9:03 a.m.
Distance: 5.03 km
Time: 28:59
Weather: Partly sunny
Temp: 15-16°C
Humidity: 68-65%
Wind: light
BPM: 152
Weight: 168.4
Total distance to date: 6,500 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: ASICS Trabuco Terra 2 (95/197/292)
Music: Eve, The Alan Parsons Project
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