Location: Burnaby Lake, CCW
Distance: 10.03 km
Weather: Cloud and sun
Temp: 13ºC
Wind: light with some gusts
Calories burned: 700
Average pace: 5:59/km
Total distance to date: 1160.87 km
Ten days after my last run, nine days after hurting my back and one day after a rather strenuous hike that left my legs sore and tired, I returned to my regular running schedule. I knew it was going to be hard — and it was!
The first two km were not overly fast — 5:15 and 5:23 but just shy of the 2K mark I was breathing hard and obviously overextending myself. I paused to catch my breath and continued at a deliberate pace for the remainder. Stamina was not an issue going forward but with about 1 km left my legs were feeling more tired than I can ever recall. I maintained pace and finished but even the brisk walk home (around 5 km itself) was a challenge, especially taking the steps up in Hume Park.
Joanne, naturally, congratulated me again for another 500 km completed. I believe I have covered half the distance to Mars by her estimates. Such a nice if incorrect lady.
I also had my first pausetastrophe. At the 1.8K mark I paused the workout to catch my breath and instead of hitting pause to resume the workout I hit the center button on the iPod, which ends the workout. Eek. I quickly hit the pause button and the workout cooperatively resumed. The Nike+ site seems to have simply added a 1.8K mark in addition to the regular ones for each regular km completed, so all is well.
While I am not happy about having such a sluggish pace (5:59/km, my slowest 10K ever), considering all the extenuating circumstances I am happy to have simply completed it. I will begin the work of moving back toward peak condition with Wednesday’s run. I am fairly confident I will better today’s time.
Chart:
| Apr 16 | Apr 6 | Apr 4 | Apr 2 | Mar 23 | Mar 19 | Mar 16 | Mar 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:15 | 5:12 | 5:17 | 5:03 | 5:13 | 5:10 | 5:08 | 5:06 |
| 2 km | 5:23 | 5:19 | 5:19 | 5:17 | 5:22 | 5:20 | 5:22 | 5:22 |
| 3 km | 5:31 | 5:23 | 5:24 | 5:25 | 5:28 | 5:26 | 5:32 | 5:30 |
| 4 km | 5:36 | 5:25 | 5:26 | 5:30 | 5:34 | 5:31 | 5:37 | 5:33 |
| 5 km | 5:41 | 5:26 | 5:27 | 5:33 | 5:37 | 5:34 | 5:42 | 5:35 |
| 6 km | 5:45 | 5:28 | 5:29 | 5:37 | 5:40 | 5:36 | 5:47 | 5:38 |
| 7 km | 5:49 | 5:29 | 5:31 | 5:41 | 5:43 | 5:38 | 5:49 | 5:40 |
| 8 km | 5:53 | 5:30 | 5:33 | 5:46 | 5:46 | 5:41 | 5:51 | 5:42 |
| 9 km | 5:57 | 5:32 | 5:35 | 5:50 | 5:49 | 5:43 | 5:52 | 5:45 |
| 10 km | 5:59 | 5:33 | 5:36 | 5:53 | 5:50 | 5:44 | 5:53 | 5:47 |
