Run 358
Average pace: 5:02/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CW)
Distance: 5.61 km
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 17-16ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 406
Total distance to date: 2994
Device used: iPhone 5c
My goal tonight was to hopefully beat Tuesday’s pace or at the very least tie it once again.
It actually almost felt a bit chilly by the time I got to the lake and my hands were so cold I completely bobbled getting the iPhone in my spibelt. It started merrily tracking the run as my numbed fingers worked to get the phone into the stretchy confines of the belt’s pocket. Once I did and zipped it up the run immediately paused. I waited to see if it would magically un-pause and when it didn’t I hit the play/pause on the earpods and the run started tracking for real.
This meant that the initial 100m or so my pace was in the silly six minute range. I still managed to break the 5:00 mark, though, coming in at 4:57/km–then bested that on the second km with a pace of 4:53/km.
This strong start sagged a little at the 3K mark when my pace dropped 7% but I picked up for the final 2 km and finished with an overall pace of 5:02/km, beating my previous 5K by four seconds. Mission accomplished.
With the sky overcast the more shaded areas of the trail were downright gloomy and I finished the run a mere five minutes before sunset. By the time I got home it was dark. It won’t be much longer before I can’t run at the lake due to lack of light and I will be sad.
for awhile I’ll be able to run on the river trail but even that is probably only going to work for a few more weeks. After that I’m not sure what I’ll do. My one experience on a treadmill was grossbuckets but maybe I could get used to it.
Still, that’s some weeks off. For now I can be satisfied with tonight’s run going off without a hitch and getting me ever-closer to finally breaking the 5:00 minute barrier again.
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