Because I ran and walked over 53,000 steps on Wednesday and Thursday, I skipped Friday’s usual run and went today instead, on a weekend. Dun dun dun!
And actually, it was fine. Weekends are not stat holidays and even though the trail was moderately busy, traffic was never an issue. Lots of people out jogging, too, in all shapes and sizes.
Conditions matched my arbitrary optimum–15C, cloudy and a light breeze. I went clockwise, but kept the brakes on a bit. The left knee did twinge at one point, and the knees felt a bit stiff on the walk home, but during the run they were generally behaved. My pace was 5:49/km, but my BPM was also lower, so it all works out.
There were times during the run where my mind wandered off, thinking about other things, which hasn’t happened a lot since The Knees™, so I am taking this as a positive sign. There were also stretches where I just felt kind of good–relaxed, enjoying the feel of the trail, the fresh air, all that nature stuff. It was nice.
If my knees seem okay, I may try for a 10K later next week. But we’ll see.
Stats:
Run 818 Average pace: 5:49/km Training status: Maintaining Location: Burnaby Lake (CW) Start: 11:07 a.m. Distance: 5:04 km Time: 29:17 Weather: Cloudy, some early sun Temp: 15ºC Humidity: 79-81% Wind: light BPM: 154 Weight: 166.5 Total distance to date: 5970 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: HOKA Speedgoat 5 (105/205.5/310.5 km)