I once again eye my iPod with suspicion. Even though I clocked in an entirely decent 4:54 for the first km of my run today it seemed to announce it past the mark where 1 km would physically be at. I am more convinced that the Nike+ sensor is not working quite right. I plan on doing a calibration at Kerrisdale Park next week. I also have a back-up sensor if I find the current one is indeed wonky.
And speaking of wonky, I abandoned my run early today, covering only 7.26 km instead of the usual 10. Around the 3-4 km mark I began feeling quite logie but this is not unusual, it’s where I typically lose the initial burst of steam. I pressed on as I normally do but around 6 km I began feeling cramping in my lungs. This happens occasionally as well and typically goes away fairly quickly and while it doesn’t exactly feel spiffy, it usually doesn’t affect my overall time or performance. Today, though, it was persisting through the 7 km mark and I found my breath hitching slightly. I’ve long since learned that if there’s any pain in a workout that persists you don’t ignore it, and so I stopped the run. I’ll shoot for the full 10 km on Monday and console myself that this run came at the end of my first week back to working out every day except Saturday.
On the plus side, the weather was gorgeous. It was about 10ºC and sunny. Shortly into the run I actually took my jacket off because of the sun. My overall performance was moving along decently and I was probably on target to beat my previous average pace of 5:31/km.
Truncated results:
Total distance: 7.26 km
Best km: 4:54/km
Average km: 5:25/km
And here’s a pictorial example of what the conditions are like at China Creek Park right now, in the middle of February and with the Winter Olympics in full swing here in Vancouver:
