Distance: 10.02 km
Weather: Sun and cloud mix
Temp: 5ºC
Wind: calm
Calories burned: 700
Average pace: 5:44/km
Total distance to date: 1110 km
Today’s run was much the same as Friday’s but with one change — I ran counter-clockwise. I was interested to compare this to my last few runs because CCW around the lake requires a smidgen more effort as it is has a fair bit more uphill parts.
This turned out to have no impact, as I easily beat my previous average pace by 9-10 seconds (iPod =10, Nike+ site= 9, me=wishing Nike would fix this nonsense so the two would agree with each other).
Animal-wise, the geese were back. No hissing incidents though a (likely mated) pair crossed in front of me when the trail intersected a path leading to a viewpoint on the lake. There was enough space between them to charge forward but I moved around instead because I wasn’t in the mood to test how quickly a goose can snap its head forward and pack me in the leg. The clouds of bugs were back in the usual spots and I swear they have mutated to giant size. Yuck. I’d say I hope the cold kills them off but that’s mean and spring starts tomorrow so also quite unlikely.
Not that it felt overly spring-like. A mix of mostly cloud and a little sun and hovering around 5-6ºC, still unseasonably cold for this time of year. The last few km of the run were hard but I worked to maintain pace and managed to stave off cramps though I felt a little bloaty because I foolishly drank a little Coke Zero before heading out.
Chart:
| Mar 19 | Mar 16 | Mar 7 | Mar 5 | Feb 6 | Feb 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:10 | 5:08 | 5:06 | 5:02 | 5:06 | 5:06 |
| 2 km | 5:20 | 5:22 | 5:22 | 5:17 | 5:15 | 5:21 |
| 3 km | 5:26 | 5:32 | 5:30 | 5:24 | 5:21 | 5:31 |
| 4 km | 5:31 | 5:37 | 5:33 | 5:30 | 5:25 | 5:37 |
| 5 km | 5:34 | 5:42 | 5:35 | 5:33 | 5:28 | 5:39 |
| 6 km | 5:36 | 5:47 | 5:38 | — | — | — |
| 7 km | 5:38 | 5:49 | 5:40 | — | — | — |
| 8 km | 5:41 | 5:51 | 5:42 | — | — | — |
| 9 km | 5:43 | 5:52 | 5:45 | — | — | — |
| 10 km | 5:44 | 5:53 | 5:47 | — | — | — |
Bonus chart! It seems the Nike+ site now shows split times for your runs. Neat. No idea how accurate the data is but here it is, anyway. I have used a new plugin to generate the table called Websimon tables in the vain hope that it would make table creation a bit easier. What would be nice is if the Nike+ site allowed you to export your data to…anything. Maybe in the summer.
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