Run 326
Average pace: 5:03/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Ran Spruce and Conifer Loops and Piper Mill Trail
Distance: 5.05 km
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 28-33ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 388
Total distance to date: 2757
I kept expecting the forecast to change for today but it never did. It turned out to be hot, just as predicted, with the temperature at 28ºC at the start of the run and rising to 33ºC by the end. Africa hot indeed.
I wore my Adidas Energy Boost shoes again and with my feet and other body parts all feeling fine heading out it would be a good test to see if the new shoes really were the, uh, smoking gun responsible for my two terribad runs in June.
Despite the high temperature it was not too humid so the heat was merely hot and not actually oppressive. I didn’t even sweat that much.
I ran counter-clockwise as that route offers more shade and felt quite decent to start. By the end I was definitely feeling the heat (ho ho) but I still managed to pick the pace up a touch to finish at 5K. I prepared for a possible 10K but suspected I would cut it short to be on the safe side.
My average pace was a perfectly cromulent 5:03/km, so the hot weather did have an effect but not a dramatic one. The left foot behaved almost identically to the previous run, feeling fine for the running part and getting sore after about 3 km of walking afterward. A five minute rest “recharged” it for the remaining walk to the SkyTrain station.
Overall I’m pleased at how the run went. The Brooks shoes are looking more like the culprit behind my slow runs so I will stick to the Adidas for now. Eventually I hope to go back to my nearly-new minimalist shoes again. The light weight is nice (though the Adidas are fairly lightweight for a “regular” shoe).
Now I just need to figure out how to make my left foot behave itself for a longer run and I’ll be set.