Today’s run was a change-up, weather-wise. With the forecast ominously calling for “heavy rain” I expected a good soaking and indeed, it was showering as I headed out. But the rain soon tapered off to an intermittent drizzle, and it remained pretty much dry for the run itself.
Temperature-wise, it was a whopping 10 degrees cooler than Friday’s run, at 17C. This was nice. The humidity was literally twice as high, at 90%. This was…fine. It felt a bit muggy, but wasn’t that bad, and was definitely better than dreaded Dry mouth Syndrome.
I chose to do a short counter-clockwise loop at the lake and it went fine. My pace was improved on Friday, which was nice, and I came oh-so-close to getting under 6:00/km again. The knees behaved, though the left hip was acting ornery. It settled down on the walk back home.
The trail proved to be in good shape, despite the rain–no puddle dodging required!
Overall, not bad, especially considering I missed Monday’s run and had four days off–a little longer than I’d like.
Stats:
Run 795 Average pace: 6:00/km Training status: Maintaining Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW, short loop) Start: 11:41 a.m. Distance: 5.04 km Time: 30:15 Weather: Cloudy with some light drizzle Temp: 17ºC Humidity: 90% Wind: light BPM: 152 Weight: 166.8 Total distance to date: 5855 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: Saucony Peregrine 12 (525 km)