Winter is back and blasting us with The Cold™ again, but no snow so far (they saw it may be coming, boo).
After a lazy week in which I did a treadmill workout on Monday and nothing at all on Wednesday, I set out to get back into the routine and did a full 10K this morning.
And it went fairly well!
It was sub-zero the entire time, and I wore my running pants and three layers up top. Two layers may have sufficed, but the walk to and from the lake would definitely have been chillier. It was slightly breezy in New West, but there was really no wind at all at the lake itself. My hands warmed up faster than expected.
I set out to run at a modest pace and kept to that. The Garmin Forerunner did not freak out on my heart rate this time. It claims a peak of 169, but that happened near the end when I was accelerating to pass another runner, and it quickly fell back after I resumed my normal pace. My overall pace was 154 BPM, a bit on the higher side, but understandable given the cold.
The weird thing is it didn’t feel as horrible as last Friday’s run. That one sucked corn dogs.
I didn’t have any notable issues here, and it was nice having the phone in the front pocket, where I could easily change music volume if needed (I did do that once). My laces came loose and I had to retie at Eagle Creek (near Piper Spit) but no interruptions otherwise.
Overall, it was nice to be back out. Here’s hoping I’m not facing snow drifts on Monday.
Stats:
Run 759 Average pace: 5:53/km Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW) Start: 10:45 a.m. Distance: 10:03 km Time: 59:03 Weather: Sunny Temp: -3 to -1ºC Humidity: 38% Wind: low BPM: 154 Weight: 162.2 Total distance to date: 5645 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 12 (317 km)
