Last Saturday, I got what turned out to be an early summer chest cold. How? No idea. Maybe I should stay in a giant plastic ball when I go outside. Anyway, this meant my chest got congested and I spent a lot of time coughing and trying not to cough. Monday and Wednesday’s runs were scrubbed, but I had tentative hope for Friday.
Friday is today and while I no longer sound like I’m going through puberty and the congestion is definitely clearing up, I originally planned to just walk to the lake and back, to get some exercise. Instead, I ended up doing a short 2.5K run, which seemed about right.
I managed a respectable pace of 5:45/km and a BPM of 150, which is a little higher than of late, but with good reason (and it’s still fine, even if I was totes healthy).
It was still humid enough that the sun was not an issue, and tree canopy shielded me much of the time, anyway. I made it almost to the first boardwalk, then turned around at about the 1.5 km mark, so I wouldn’t have far to walk back. I didn’t experience any issues and saw a garter snake sunning itself on the river trail afterward, which was nice. I crouched to take a photo and when I stood up, it slithered off. I felt bad, but maybe I saved its life by making it move and not getting run over by a mad cyclist.
In all, a nice way to wrap what was otherwise a not great week for exercise.
Stats:
Run 939
Average pace: 5:45/km
Training status: Peaking
Location: Burnaby Lake (CW, short loop)
Start: 10:49 a.m.
Distance: 2.50 km
Time: 14:24
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 20°C
Humidity: 65%
Wind: light
BPM: 150
Weight: 167.1
Total distance to date: 6,527.5 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: ASICS Trabuco Terra 2 (122.5/249.5/372)
Music: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
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