After taking yesterday off to recover from my many days o’ activity, I headed out this morning under sunny skies, pondering how best to do a 10K at the lake while negotiating possible detours.
I settled on running clockwise, knowing I could get at least 8K or more before hitting a possible detour. At that point, I’d probably turn around, do 2K more to finish the run, then probably walk to the nearest SkyTrain station and ride home, as it would otherwise be a lot of extra walking after the 10K.
But I didn’t need to do that, because there was a detour way earlier in the loop and although technically I might have been able to squeeze through, I chose to just turn around and head back, knowing I’d be able to finish the run relatively close to where I started.
They have been doing some sewer repair/replacement near the bridge at Still Creek:
Today they somehow were doing something right at the bridge itself, with a large truck and a giant hose or something. Who knows. I mean, the people operating it know, but I could not suss out what it was doing. It looked crowded, though, so I opted to just turn around. I was just past the 6K mark at this point, so it meant retracing about 4K of my route, then walking 5K+ after.
The weirdest part was probably not having a sense of where I was on the trail as I turned back, in terms of distance/pace.
As for the actual running part, conditions were downright reasonable–it started out at 18C and stayed there for the entire run. Humidity was around 72%, which is high, but fine when it’s 18C. I sweated, but not a lot. My first km was 5:38/km, but I felt good, so I only eased up a little. I slowed somewhat toward the middle of the run, and on the 8th km I hit 6:00/km. I was determined to not go over 6:00/km, so kept goosing the pedal, as it were, and finished with an average pace of 5:50/km, my best 10K of the year. Weirdly, the watch gave me an award for my fastest 10K ever, which it is definitely not, so the stats must have gotten reset at some point. Still, the award is very shiny looking:
My overall BPM was higher at 153, but was fine in context. Thanks to the cooler temperature, I did not feel at all like I was overexerting myself.
I’ve updated to iOS 16 and watchOS 9, so there are more stats to look over, like a breakdown of heart rate per km, rather than just overall. I’ll look through these and see how they make me feel about switching to a Garmin Forerunner 255, which I’ve pondered for a few months. SOMEWHAT FAKE EDIT: I don’t know if it’s a one-time bug or not, but the map of my route only shows the starting location and nothing else–no finish and no actual route at all. So that’s a bit of an oops.
Overall, a good run under pleasant conditions. I like it.
Stats:
Run 714 Average pace: 5:50/km Location: Burnaby Lake (CW, then CCW) Start: 10:40 a.m. Distance: 10.05 km Time: 58:38 Weather: Sunny Temp: 18ºC Humidity: 72% Wind: light BPM: 153 Weight: 160.1 Total distance to date: 5242 km Devices: Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Brooks Caldera 5 (350 km)
