Run 319
Average pace: 5:27/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Ran Spruce and Conifer Loops and Piper Mill Trail
Distance: 11.03 km
Weather: Partly sunny
Temp: 22-23ºC, humid (felt like 25ºC)
Wind: moderate to breezy
Calories burned: 849
Total distance to date: 2711
Despite the title of this blog post I am not pregnant.
To my knowledge.
Instead, I woke up and felt strangely nauseated. I called in sick, slept in a little and when I got up the nausea had passed so I had breakfast and it seemed to stay down okay. I planned for a rare weekday afternoon run because running when it’s warmer is still preferable to not having a big chunk of my evening eaten up by a run.
I planned on doing a full loop around the lake and set out on a deliberately slower pace to better accommodate the goal. My first km reflected this, coming in at a poky 5:10/km. The hip was no big thing but the thigh muscles hurt both on the walk to the lake and for a good part of the run. It wasn’t until well past the halfway point that they finally went from aching to feeling warmed up. By then the left foot was starting to act up, though it stayed tolerable for the entire run, only getting notably sore on the walk back to the Production Way SkyTrain station.
The weather was a mix of sun and high cloud, was warm (and felt warmer) and was humid. Despite this the slower pace kept things tolerable and I completed a full loop, coming in at 11.03 km, though my average pace was a not-exactly-lightning-quick 5:27/km.
Another complication during the run was a few times when I felt like my gorge was rising–my gag reflex almost but not quite kicked in on several occasions. This is a rather unpleasant sensation when running. By the time I got to the SkyTrain my stomach was cramping up. I think this may be related to the Chinese food I had for dinner last night. Maybe MSG doesn’t agree with me or something.
When I got home my appetite was suitably curbed and I ate an uncharacteristically light post-run meal.
I’ll try to do another full loop on the next run. It will be interesting to see how they compare. The current forecast is suggesting cooler temperatures and a good chance of rain, so better but wetter conditions.
