Distance: 12.04 km
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 19ºC
Wind: none
Calories burned: 841
Average pace: 5:11/km
Total distance to date: 1017 km
This was the first time I’d done back to back runs in, well, so long that I don’t recall the last time I did it. Sometime during the Jurassic era, I think. I was curious to see how I would feel and happily the consecutive run days did not have any negative effects that I can detect.
With my energy level improving I opted to shake things up a little at Burnaby Lake by running the loop in reverse. Overall it didn’t feel much different though it may be slightly easier in reverse as the ground tends to slop more downhill this way. I took one minor wrong turn but it only extended the run by a very small amount. I almost made a wrong turn down the path to the Nature House and while it sounds terribly quaint it is also very much the wrong way to go. I made a quick u-turn and felt a bit like one of those tankers having to turn in a narrow strait. This was more due to my speed and limited space than girth, however. I barely missed stepping into the ditch. That also would have been the wrong way to go.
I was at the 5 km mark before I started to feel anything at all in my legs and the achiness was fairly minor tonight. I pressed on and did my first 12K run, finishing with an average pace of 5:11 (5:08 for 10K). I’m pretty pleased with the result.
Chart (All runs at Burnaby Lake except those in blue which are at China Creek):
| km | Aug 31 | Aug 26 | Aug 19 | Aug 15 | Aug 11 | Aug 8 | Aug 4 | Aug 1 | Jul 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 4:51 | 4:51 | 4:50 | 4:55 | 4:54 | 5:04 | 4:51 | 4:51 | 4:56 |
| 2 km | 4:53 | 4:55 | 4:54 | 4:57 | 4:55 | 5:05 | 4:54 | 4:52 | 4:54 |
| 3 km | 4:57 | 4:58 | 4:57 | 4:58 | 4:58 | 5:07 | 4:59 | 4:56 | 4:55 |
| 4 km | 4:58 | 5:01 | 5:00 | 5:02 | 5:00 | 5:09 | 5:04 | 4:58 | 4:56 |
| 5 km | 4:59 | 5:05 | 5:01 | 5:05 | 5:02 | 5:11 | 5:07 | 5:00 | 5:00 |
| 6 km | 5:01 | 5:08 | 5:03 | 5:06 | 5:03 | 5:12 | 5:09 | 5:01 | 5:02 |
| 7 km | 5:03 | 5:10 | 5:05 | 5:08 | 5:04 | 5:14 | 5:11 | 5:04 | 5:04 |
| 8 km | 5:05 | 5:12 | 5:07 | 5:09 | 5:06 | 5:16 | 5:13 | 5:06 | 5:06 |
| 9 km | 5:06 | 5:14 | 5:09 | 5:11 | 5:08 | 5:16 | 5:14 | 5:07 | 5:07 |
| 10 km | 5:08 | 5:16 | 5:11 | 5:13 | 5:08 | 5:17 | 5:15 | 5:09 | 5:09 |
| 11 km | 5:10 | 5:18 | 5:12 | 5:14 | — | 5:17 | 5:16 | 5:10 | 5:10 |
| 12 km | 5:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
