Tonight’s run was baseball and soccer-free, so the risk of getting whacked by sporting equipment was down to zero. Yay! It was 21ºC, sunny and with only a very slight breeze blowing.
A few other joggers were out, along with the usual contingent of people with their dogs, including a guy with a puppy that refused, utterly, to chase after a thrown ball. I think the owner got more exercise than the puppy.
I started faster tonight, coming in at 5:06 and had no dramatic slowdowns during the run. Only a second separated the last two km, with my average pace being 5:27, three seconds better than my previous pace. I also decided to run farther since I knew I wouldn’t be breaking any speed records and actually went on even more than I had intended because my sweaty fingers could not get the scroll wheel on the iPod to turn so I could select End Workout from the menu. An unconventional way to push yourself, I suppose. The total distance was 10.64 km. Curiously the pace for the final .64 km shows as 5:04, which is blazingly fast for me after already running 10 km. I wonder if it was bugged or if I really did boogie once I was off the clock.
The title of this post refers to the clouds of gnats or gnat-like bugs that hang around the path near the trees. I’m pretty sure I inhaled about 50,000 of them along the way. At one point I could feel a bunch of them softly bouncing off my face as I ran through one of the clouds (which are very difficult to see until you’re right on them). I’ve eaten worse.
The chart:
| Distance | July 17th | July 13th | July 11th | July 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:06 | 5:10 | 5:15 | 5:10 |
| 2 km | 5:09 | 5:14 | 5:20 | 5:13 |
| 3 km | 5:12 | 5:18 | 5:24 | 5:14 |
| 4 km | 5:14 | 5:21 | 5:27 | 5:18 |
| 5 km | 5:17 | 5:23 | 5:29 | 5:21 |
| 6 km | 5:20 | 5:25 | 5:31 | 5:24 |
| 7 km | 5:22 | 5:26 | 5:33 | 5:27 |
| 8 km | 5:24 | 5:29 | 5:35 | 5:30 |
| 9 km | 5:26 | 5:30 | 5:36 | 5:33 |
| 10 km | 5:27 | 5:30 | 5:37 | 5:34 |
