In which humidity continues its winning streak.
Today my BA (Bear anxiety) was low, but I was also curiously unmotivated and didn’t actually head out until after 11 a.m. By the time I started my clockwise run, it was already 26C and humidity was still 50%. Who would win, me or humidity?
Okay, I spoiled the answer already, but at the start I felt pretty good and my opening pace was 5:51/km, but by the second km it plunged to 6:13/km after I set a usual pace of 150 BPM. As I continued, the thought of doing 10K dimmed, and ultimately I settled on 5K, with a bit of a boost at the end to lift my overall pace to 6:09/km. After walking for a km, I found some renewed energy along the shady Cottonwood Trail and actually ran the entire 7K stretch, albeit at a more casual pace. The one downside was the industrial stink coming from across the road, probably from one of the constructions sites. It wasn’t fresh asphalt, but it had a similar and horrible chemical odor that pervaded almost the entire length of the trail.
In the end, not a bad result, and I definitely feel better after than I did on Wednesday, but still kind of blah. At times it really felt fine, and at others the air was absolutely stifling. Do not like.
I am very tired of high humidity for runs, though. Fortunately, the weather should start changing in the next few weeks as we move toward fall, then I can start complaining about how cold it is, as nature intended.
Also, I saw a heron right belong Cariboo Dam at the end of my run. Enjoy this blurry, zoomed-in photo from my iPhone:
Stats:
Run 711 Average pace: 6:09/km Location: Burnaby Lake (CW) Start: 12:14 p.m. Distance: 5.02 km Time: 30:54 Weather: Sunny Temp: 26-27ºC Humidity: 50% Wind: nil to light BPM: 151 Weight: 159.6 Total distance to date: 5212 km Devices: Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Brooks Caldera 5 (320 km)
