I missed Monday’s run due to phone-related shenanigans (I got a new phone on Monday but the shenanigans were not related to the new phone itself). This meant I had four days off between runs so if nothing else, I’d be well-rested.
I headed to the lake and adopted a slower starting pace to see how I felt. I felt OK, so I increased my pace and went on to keep increasing it, for a rare graph where every km was faster than the one before, with the last one coming in at a spiffy 5:30/km. My overall pace was 5:45/km, much better than last week and while my BPM was up a bit at 150, that’s still perfectly cromulent and expected with the extra exertion and having taken some extra time off.
So it seems whatever hit me last week has moved on, at least for now. Yay. I didn’t experience any issues, the run just felt like a normal run. One young guy (seriously, there are people running on the trail that are probably 40 years younger than me now) passed me wearing a t-shirt that said “10K run division” on the back, so I didn’t feel too bad about him getting ahead. I assumed he’d just keep expanding his lead and disappear ahead of me, but either he slowed down or I sped up as we reached a kind of equillibrium and he stayed ahead but within sight for the rest of the run (he kept going after I hit 5K).
The trail had a decent number of people out and the weather was significantly cooler than Friday’s 17C. 9C was fine for the run and the sun was out much of the time, which felt nice. I’m not sure how much the more seasonal temperature helped today, except that I’m sure it did.
And the new phone–a Samsung Galaxy S26–worked without issue playing music from my AirPods and relaying the laps from my Garmin Forerunner watch. My current gear is a Frankenstein mix-n-match that works surprisingly well together. This pleases me.
Oh, and the water fountain was back in service, hooray! Long enough for me to get one drink from it, then it was locked down again. I am not kidding. By the time I went down to the 0K marker to start my run and ran back past the fountasin, a park worker was there locking it down again, for reasons unknown. They’ll probably open it up again in July.
Still, In all, it was nice to get back out and return to my normal running ways.
Stats:
Run 1,026
Average pace: 5:45/km
Training status: Maintaining
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Start: 11:32 a.m.
Distance: 5.03 km
Time: 28:52
Weather: Partly sunny
Temp: 9°C
Humidity: 54%
Wind: light to moderate
BPM: 150
Weight: 167.9 pounds
Total distance to date: 6,955 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 265, Samsung Galaxy S26, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 15 (225/374/598)
Music: Ta-Dah!, Scissor Sisters
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