Distance: 10.02 km
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 18-20ºC
Wind: none
Calories burned: 700
Average pace: 5:21/km
Total distance to date: 801 km
After an extra day off, I tackled my first run of the week on the first official day of summer. In a strange turn of events, the weather was actually summer-like! In fact, it was the hottest day of the year to date and so I avoided the glare of Mr. Sun by running around 8 p.m. in the evening. It was still 20ºC and cooled to a still balmy 18ºC by the end of the run.
The park was abuzz with activity, with one ball game ended, another in progress, a soccer scrim midfield, people playing badminton, smoking pot and walking their wiener dogs (which is not to say everyone was doing all of these things, though that would have been most interesting to see).
I tried to pace myself a bit slower to start, hoping to have more juice for the second half of the run and it worked! My first km came in at 5:00/km instead of the zany-fast 4:53 of the previous run and yet my overall pace came in three seconds faster, at 5:21/km — my second fastest 10K to date. My knee didn’t bother me at all and I maintained good form and pace — my back did not start to ache, I did not find the final two km a horrible slog. By the end the air was starting to cool and my biggest issue — a very parched mouth — was alleviated somewhat.
Overall, a very good run.
Chart (blue indicates the run was done clockwise):
| km | Jun 21 | Jun 18 | Jun 16 | Jun 13 | Jun 11 | Jun 8 | Jun 6 | Jun 2 | May 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:00 | 4:53 | 5:05 | 5:02 | 4:59 | 5:04 | 5:05 | 5:00 | 5:05 |
| 2 km | 5:04 | 5:01 | 5:09 | 5:07 | 5:05 | 5:10 | 5:13 | 5:10 | 5:13 |
| 3 km | 5:07 | 5:04 | 5:13 | 5:10 | 5:10 | 5:14 | 5:20 | 5:16 | 5:18 |
| 4 km | 5:11 | 5:09 | 5:16 | 5:14 | 5:14 | 5:16 | 5:25 | 5:20 | 5:22 |
| 5 km | 5:14 | 5:13 | 5:19 | 5:18 | 5:18 | 5:18 | — | 5:23 | 5:25 |
| 6 km | 5:15 | 5:15 | — | 5:20 | 5:21 | 5:20 | — | 5:26 | 5:29 |
| 7 km | 5:17 | 5:18 | — | 5:21 | 5:23 | 5:21 | — | 5:28 | 5:31 |
| 8 km | 5:19 | 5:21 | — | 5:22 | |||||
| 9 km | 5:20 | 5:23 | — | 5:24 | |||||
| 10 km | 5:21 | 5:24 | — | 5:25 |
