Alternate title: People Not Knowing How to Dress for the Weather
To be fair to said people, today was an odd combination of mild–18C–and yet kind of soggy. It was cloudy as I headed out to the river trail, but it finally started to drizzle right at the very end of my run, so my plan to start early to beat the rain was mostly successful.
Today is Thanksgiving Day, which meant there would be more people out (never run on a stat) and indeed that was the case. The river trail is nice ‘n wide, though, so there were no issues. Some people were overdressed as if it was more like -18C, many were not prepared for rain, but there were also a few fellow joggers out, looking happy and smiling because it’s a holiday and conditions were pretty nice for running.
I had four days off, which is one more than I prefer (more than three days and I feel I start to lose my fitness, which is backed up by studies and other scientific junk), but given my activity over the past few days (a lot of walking) and the way my right knee was feeling, I felt it prudent. I was actually faster today than last Wednesday’s run (5:45/km), though my BPM also climbed, to a still-decent 154.
As for the knees:
- Left knee: Fine!
- Right knee: Interesting! It definitely felt sore to start, and even the right shin was feeling it, but over the course of the run it started to improve, as did my pace. By the last two km it seemed pretty OK and as always I was left with whether it really was OK or was it adrenaline/endorphins kicking in? I don’t think 5K is long enough for adrenaline to really work, so I am leaning toward the knee mostly being stiff and not being horrible and badly hurt.
All that said, the right knee is definitely not back to normal, so I’ll probably stick to 5K runs for the time being and see how it goes for a bit longer. The frustrating part is knowing I can do 10K and being held back by the knee. Stupid knee. Affectionately pets knee, it’s not really stupid
Stats:
Run 816 Average pace: 5:45/km Training status: Maintaining Location: Brunette River Trail Start: 9:56 a.m. Distance: 5:03 km Time: 28:54 Weather: Cloudy, some drizzle Temp: 17-18ºC Humidity: 74% Wind: light BPM: 154 Weight: 167.2 Total distance to date: 5960 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: HOKA Speedgoat 5 (95/179.5/274.5 km)
