The getting downright spooky dark run

Average pace: 4:37/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW), Brunette river trail, Lower Hume Park
Distance: 10.83 km
Weather: Clear
Temp: 15ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 734
Total distance to date: 1919 km

I forgot to post this run so details are a bit sketchy. Going from my notes on the Nike+ site, I headed out around 6 p.m. and by the end of the run it was getting dark enough to be downright spooky. Such is the way of fall. The weather continues to be unusually pleasant, though, so it remained clear. The difference now is that the sun is now low enough on the evening runs that I never actually see it. It’s also a bit cool starting out, so the warm-up is really a warm-up!

I was still a bit stiff from the uber-walk but it didn’t seem to affect my time much. I came in at a relatively peppy 4:37/km pace.

As it turned out, this was also my last run of the month as I visited the island on the weekend and missed my usual Saturday run. I still managed 13 runs for September, though two of them were only 5K. Still, the monthly total was a respectable 140.99 km.

Chart (records are in pink)

Date Average Pace
September 26 4:37 (10K)
September 24 4:36 (10K)
September 22 4:38 (11K)
September 19 4:34 (11K)
September 17 4:44 (11K)
September 15 4:39 (11K)
September 13 4:37 (11K)
September 11 4:36 (11K)
September 9 4:35 (11K)
September 8 4:33 (5K)
September 5 4:40 (5K)
September 3 4:39 (11K)
September 1 4:43 (17K)

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