Location: Burnaby Lake, CW
Distance: 10.03 km
Weather: Rain, light to heavy
Temp: 12ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 701
Average pace: 5:28/km
Total distance to date: 1201.4 km
The good news: the new shoes continue to hold up well, even in squishy wet weather like today’s run featured.
The bad news: my feet are still sore.
The better news: this isn’t affecting my times.
I hit two milestones today. I have now crossed the 1200 km mark with the Nike+, finishing today’s run at 1201.4 km. I also had my best run of the year, finishing under 5:30 for the first time, ending with an average pace of 5:28/km.
It was already raining when I headed out so I wore a long sleeved t-shirt and it worked fine. The rain eased up to a light shower partway through, so it wasn’t so bad. To keep the iPod nano functional (the clickwheel may be innovative but it doesn’t take much for it to stop working) I put in in a plastic baggie then put it in my shorts pocket. This actually worked!
My feet were sore again and it bothers me but not enough to slow me down. With the left foot in particular I had to make an effort to keep the toes splayed out flat instead of bunching them up. After getting off the feet for a bit post-run it doesn’t take them long to feel okay again so I’m hoping they’ll toughen up/recover fairly quickly.
As for the goslings, there were two geese families on the trail. The first I came across around a corner where the trail abuts the lake directly — they were at the water’s edge and heading in. The mother briefly did that COME AT ME BRO thing but I dashed by too quickly to cause much concern. The second set I saw from a distance and I eased off my pace a bit so as to not alarm them. I don’t know why I did this as I doubt the geese had a clue what I was doing, I was just a scary biped running toward their precious young. They ambled a bit to the side but did not otherwise panic.
Given the weather, it is no surprise I covered 4 km before I saw another person. What was surprising is it wasn’t a fellow jogger, just someone out getting drenched on a walk.
Chart:
| Apr 25 | Apr 23 | Apr 20 | Apr 18 | Apr 16 | Apr 6 | Apr 4 | Apr 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:06 | 4:59 | 5:09 | 5:12 | 5:15 | 5:12 | 5:17 | 5:03 |
| 2 km | 5:15 | 5:11 | 5:12 | 5:21 | 5:23 | 5:19 | 5:19 | 5:17 |
| 3 km | 5:19 | 5:17 | 5:18 | 5:25 | 5:31 | 5:23 | 5:24 | 5:25 |
| 4 km | 5:20 | 5:20 | 5:22 | 5:28 | 5:36 | 5:25 | 5:26 | 5:30 |
| 5 km | 5:22 | 5:22 | 5:25 | 5:29 | 5:41 | 5:26 | 5:27 | 5:33 |
| 6 km | 5:24 | 5:22 | 5:27 | 5:30 | 5:45 | 5:28 | 5:29 | 5:37 |
| 7 km | 5:25 | 5:25 | 5:29 | 5:31 | 5:49 | 5:29 | 5:31 | 5:41 |
| 8 km | 5:26 | 5:27 | 5:33 | 5:32 | 5:53 | 5:30 | 5:33 | 5:46 |
| 9 km | 5:28 | 5:29 | 5:35 | 5:33 | 5:57 | 5:32 | 5:35 | 5:50 |
| 10 km | 5:28 | 5:31 | 5:37 | 5:33 | 5:59 | 5:33 | 5:36 | 5:53 |
