Location: Burnaby Lake, CCW < NEW
Distance: 10.02 km
Weather: Cloud and sun
Temp: 9ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 700
Average pace: 5:33/km
Total distance to date: 1150.84 km
The weather for today’s run was a bit of a reverse from Wednesday, with it sunny to start and cloudy to finish. It remained mild throughout and a t-shirt probably would have sufficed.
Given the Good Friday holiday and benevolent sky (can a sky be benevolent? It can now!) there were quite a few people at Burnaby Lake. I counted 24 vehicles in the parking lot and roughly a million people on the trail, a mix of walkers (some in large groups), joggers and a few obnoxious types letting their dogs run all over sans leash. My favorite, though, was a pair of women coming toward me. One had a dog off leash, the other was on a bike. They occupied the entire width of the trail (off-leash dogs and bikes are both verboten as the lake is classified as an environmentally sensitive habitat). I remained polite, not even offering a dirty look. I may have muttered something unkind under my breath in passing, however. On the last stretch leading back to the parking lot I passed a woman on a horse. This isn’t too unusual, as that particular part of the trail is mixed use but it was the first time I’d seen someone on a horse that was galloping. Given that the path is not especially wide it seemed odd. Maybe the horse had to pee.
The run was remarkably similar to Wednesday’s, although I managed to shave three more seconds off my pace, a modest but welcome improvement. With an average of 5:33/km I have an unofficial target of beating 5:30. I hope to do so next week as I continue to increase my endurance.
Chart:
| Apr 6 | Apr 4 | Apr 2 | Mar 23 | Mar 19 | Mar 16 | Mar 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:12 | 5:17 | 5:03 | 5:13 | 5:10 | 5:08 | 5:06 |
| 2 km | 5:19 | 5:19 | 5:17 | 5:22 | 5:20 | 5:22 | 5:22 |
| 3 km | 5:23 | 5:24 | 5:25 | 5:28 | 5:26 | 5:32 | 5:30 |
| 4 km | 5:25 | 5:26 | 5:30 | 5:34 | 5:31 | 5:37 | 5:33 |
| 5 km | 5:26 | 5:27 | 5:33 | 5:37 | 5:34 | 5:42 | 5:35 |
| 6 km | 5:28 | 5:29 | 5:37 | 5:40 | 5:36 | 5:47 | 5:38 |
| 7 km | 5:29 | 5:31 | 5:41 | 5:43 | 5:38 | 5:49 | 5:40 |
| 8 km | 5:30 | 5:33 | 5:46 | 5:46 | 5:41 | 5:51 | 5:42 |
| 9 km | 5:32 | 5:35 | 5:50 | 5:49 | 5:43 | 5:52 | 5:45 |
| 10 km | 5:33 | 5:36 | 5:53 | 5:50 | 5:44 | 5:53 | 5:47 |
