A rare weekend run! The weather was entirely pleasant at 9C, with high cloud and little wind. I once again talked myself into doing a full loop around the lake, albeit still sticking to 5K runs for a bit longer. I have a strange (?) preference for not backtracking on a run, so if the weather isn’t grossbuckets, it’s what I tend to do.
I started out a bit slow, picked up the pace slightly for the second km, then got a bit of zoom-zoom going for the last three km, finishing the last stretch at a pace of 5:30/km. BPM was fine at 154 (the watch rated conditions as +1). I didn’t experience any complications and feel fine after, so that’s all good.
On the run itself, the amount of other people was not that bad, even with my later start. There were a decent number of others out running, as one might expect, including one who was running on the left side of the trail (bad) and have me little room as we passed. Many dogs were being walked, and this is where I noticed the only real difference vs. my weekday runs–many more dogs were allowed to run off-leash. Note to dog owners: This is bad, and you should feel bad for doing it.
Still, there were no incidents, and the run went well, so my complaints are muted by these things.
Stats:
Run 838 Average pace: 5:43/km Training status: Maintaining Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW) Start: 12:14 p.m. Distance: 5:03 km Time: 28:44 Weather: Mostly cloudy Temp: 9ºC Humidity: 82% Wind: light BPM: 154 Weight: 170.7 Total distance to date: 6080 km Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation) Shoes: HOKA Speedgoat 5 (215/398/613 km)
