Distance: 10.05 km
Weather: Sunny!
Temp: 7-8ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 702
Average pace: 5:50/km
Total distance to date: 1120 km
I again ran clockwise today but I had a feeling this was not going to be a great run, despite the weather being absolutely perfect. I opted to not wear a jacket and that was wise, as I would have overheated, especially with the sun out.
The day started out with me oversleeping. I had a late breakfast and set off to run a few hours later. Despite the excess sleep, I actually felt a little tired just doing the 4K walk to the lake. Hence the whole ‘I have a bad feeling’ thing. I started off and my initial 1 km was off by a full three seconds — 5:13/km. There’s pacing yourself and then there’s just plain slow. I pressed on and finished with an overall pace of 5:50/km, six seconds off my previous run. I’m not too happy with that but I’ll chalk it up to mitigating factors (excuses!):
- the sun was out; the sun also tuckers me out a little when I’m not used to it
- I was over-rested and felt ‘off’ because of it
- I missed Wednesday’s run due to hail (!), making it harder to build off of Monday’s run
- I experienced some cramps
I stopped briefly to pause two times. The first was when I came upon a truck on the path that had two men shoveling out gravel to fill in potholes (I had already passed the woman running a small tractor that was smoothing down the gravel). It seemed safer to carefully walk by than continue running. And it was a convenient way to catch my breath. I next paused at about the 6K mark and that was because I was plain pooped. I pressed on after that till the end, though. The whole run felt hard.
Still, I am obviously far off peak condition so I accept this as just another step to getting there. Excelsior!
Chart:
| Mar 23 | Mar 19 | Mar 16 | Mar 7 | Mar 5 | Feb 6 | Feb 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:13 | 5:10 | 5:08 | 5:06 | 5:02 | 5:06 | 5:06 |
| 2 km | 5:22 | 5:20 | 5:22 | 5:22 | 5:17 | 5:15 | 5:21 |
| 3 km | 5:28 | 5:26 | 5:32 | 5:30 | 5:24 | 5:21 | 5:31 |
| 4 km | 5:34 | 5:31 | 5:37 | 5:33 | 5:30 | 5:25 | 5:37 |
| 5 km | 5:37 | 5:34 | 5:42 | 5:35 | 5:33 | 5:28 | 5:39 |
| 6 km | 5:40 | 5:36 | 5:47 | 5:38 | — | — | — |
| 7 km | 5:43 | 5:38 | 5:49 | 5:40 | — | — | — |
| 8 km | 5:46 | 5:41 | 5:51 | 5:42 | — | — | — |
| 9 km | 5:49 | 5:43 | 5:52 | 5:45 | — | — | — |
| 10 km | 5:50 | 5:44 | 5:53 | 5:47 | — | — | — |
