Average pace: 4:34/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Distance: 11.42 km
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 12ºC
Wind: moderate
Calories burned: 774
Total distance to date: 2008 km
Similar temperature to Friday’s run but it felt a little more brisk today. In fact, the temperature actually dropped a little before I headed out. I managed to duck the rain again, with only a few drops hitting me as I came back home. My luck on that count probably won’t last much longer.
There was also snow on the North Shore mountains for the first time this fall. Damn snow. But pretty…as long as it stays up there.
With my hip feeling fine today the run went a lot better than the previous and I cruised to a nice pace of 4:34/km, only three seconds short of my record. I also hit a milestone by passing the 2,000 km mark. Normally Joan would pipe up and congratulate me for completing another 500 km (as she often does erroneously, bless her) but today I got nothing. This is only the fourth time it would have been legit but Joan was strangely silent. I’m wondering if a silent update to the Nike+ software on my iPod may have nuked all the celebrity athlete voices after Nike severed their ties with Lance Armstrong last week for winning the Tour de France seven times through the miracle of drugs. I guess I might find out the next I set a PR.
Other than that, everything on the run went well. The cool temperatures make for a curiously pleasant run experience and so far I have not committed the errors of under or overdressing (currently going out in shorts and a long-sleeved t-shirt).
| Date | Average Pace |
| October 22 | 4:34 (11K) |
| October 19 | 4:38 (11K) |
| October 17 | 4:31 (11K) |
| October 15 | 4:36 (11K) |
| October 12 | 4:38 (11K) |
| October 10 | 4:37 (11K) |
| October 8 | 4:53 (11K) |
| October 2 | 4:33 (9K) |
