I started the day by oversleeping a little–not much, really. But the rest of my usual morning routine seemed to play in slow motion, so by the time I headed out for my run, I was two hours behind where I’d normally be. It was still morning, but getting late–and hot.
Well, not so much hot as muggy. Or rather, both. Huggy.
On paper conditions look similar to Wednesday–temperature a degree or two higher, humidity about the same. But it felt a lot muggier and the air quality was clearly (!) worse today, with visible haze.
Additionally, my Baker’s cyst® behind my right knee had made its presence known again after my last run, so I was a bit concerned how this run would play out, even under ideal weather conditions..
It turned out…okay! The right shin was mostly fine and the knee didn’t seem to be an issue. Pot-run, it felt a little creaky to start but by the time I got home, it again felt okay. I am tentatively not worried.
But I was very thirsty.
One benefit of starting the run around 11 a.m. is the Cottonwood Trail was mostly in shade. And that was the one and only benefit.
The run was unusual in one other way: interruptions. The first was by choice: I stopped at the fountain by the Nature House to have a drink, then used the loo for good measure. This gave me Bonus Rest #1.
Bonus Rest #2 came shortly into the fifth km when I paused the run to take a phone call. This took a few minutes and again gave me a small chance to rest.
I don’t think either break really made much difference to my pace, but you can see the little blips in my BPM, and overall BPM was a pretty low 147. My pace was a bit slower at 5:55/km, but this was mostly due to a stellar finish of 5:34/km, because the first two km were actually over six minutes each. Yikes.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to running in, like, normal weather again. Soon. Maybe.
Stats:
Run 959
Average pace: 5:55/km
Training status: Productive
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Start: 11:02 a.m.
Distance: 5.03 km
Time: 29:43
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 23-24°C
Humidity: 75-71%
Wind: light
BPM: 147
Weight: 164.4
Total distance to date: 6,625 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: ASICS Trabuco Terra 2 (220/489/709)
Music: Pop Stuff (playlist)
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