Average pace: 5:07/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Ran Piper Mill Trail, Conifer and Spruce Loops
Distance: 11.2 km
Weather: Sun
Temp: 27ºC
Wind: light to moderate
Calories burned: 810
Total distance to date: 2312 km
It was hotter today compared to my last run around the lake but there was also a stronger breeze and a lot less humidity. This meant that while my mouth felt like a mini-Sahara, it was much easier to breathe and I didn’t start to wilt dramatically.
I could feel where my left foot would normally start to hurt before I headed out, having walked around a decent bit before the run but it behaved itself, only making its presence known in the last few km and not actually hurting. Likewise for the walk home, though if that had stretched a few more km it may have started to be a bit of a bother.
The right tendon was in good form pretty much throughout.
Looking at the graph of the run it’s a lot smoother than some of the recent runs, more like what I’d consider normal. Coming in at a pace of 5:07/km, a full seven seconds better than the previous run was encouraging, as it seems I may be both getting past the hump in terms of performance and also in my feet healing up and no longer acting as clamps on my natural pace.
I came very close, within maybe 20 paces, of hitting 5K at the unofficial halfway point at Still Creek. When I do that I’ll know I’m really back to form.
The run was otherwise unremarkable, with surprisingly few people out for a late Saturday afternoon. Maybe they were all swimming.
