I last ran 41 days ago. I was slightly heavier than today, which is a coincidence, though I did have a tumour the size of a “big marble” removed from my chest in the interim. After a heat wave and then showers, today was finally the day when both the weather and my will aligned and I set off to do a “baby” run of 2.5 km at Burnaby Lake.
Which I did!
My legs felt creaky at the start, but things smoothed out after a minute or so. My pace was slow–6:08 on the first km, drooping to 6:28 for the second and averaging out to 6:1`8/km overall. This will improve as I get back in shape. On the plus side, my BPM was a mere 138, so I wasn’t particularly straining despite the long layoff.
More importantly, I didn’t feel any of the surgery side effects had any impact on the run.
The weather was also good for runninng–17C and cloudy. Humidity was 70%, so no danger of DMS. It was also very calm, with virtually no wind.
Everyone seemed especially friendly on the walk to the lake, too. That was nice.
Overall, a solid return. The plan is to do another 2.5 km run on Wednesday then switch back to 5K after that.
This one run put me back into Maintaining, which is where I was at 41 days ago, so that was also a somewhat unexpected bonus.
Stats:
Run 1,039
Average pace: 6:18/km
Training status: Maintaining
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW, short loop)
Start: 10:52 a.m.
Distance: 2.5 km
Time: 15:49
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 17°C
Humidity: 70%
Wind: light
BPM: 138
Weight: 169.2 pounds
Total distance to date: 7,017.5 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 265, Samsung Galaxy S26, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 15 (287.5/521/808.5)
Music: Shuffle play