Sunny
Temp: 13-15ºC
Wind: W 15 km/h
Still unseasonably cool but with the sun out it was more than warm enough out for today’s catch-up run. Despite it being sunny and the last week of May I still saw some guy at the park wearing a heavy black winter jacket. Dude, it’s 13, not -13! As is typical of Vancouver, another guy was sitting at the edge of the field, tanning his shirtless and incredibly pale upper body.
The opening km of today’s run was slower (5:07/km) than the previous (5:01/km) but the end result was the same – 5:24/km, although the Nike+ site decided to round up the result yet again (to 5:25). I’m sticking to 5:24, dangit. And Joan Benoit Samuelson congratulated me for completing another 500 km, the fourth time she has done so in the last five runs. By the end of next month I figure I will have run enough to have circumnavigated the globe. Thanks, Joan!
The last couple of km I was beginning to feel a little tired but was actually maintaining a slightly better pace than the previous run. I seem to have reached a peak with the 5K runs, though, and will have to consciously push harder to improve my times or contemplate switching to 8 or 10K runs. I’ll make a decision by Monday.
Chart (blue indicates the run was done clockwise):
| km | May 28 | May 26 | May 23 | May 20 | May 18 | Jan 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 km | 5:07 | 5:01 | 5:03 | 5:15 | 5:13 | 5:04 |
| 2 km | 5:14 | 5:13 | 5:15 | 5:24 | 5:23 | 5:20 |
| 3 km | 5:19 | 5:19 | 5:21 | 5:31 | 5:30 | 5:31 |
| 4 km | 5:23 | 5:24 | 5:25 | 5:35 | 5:35 | 5:36 |
| 5 km | 5:24 | 5:24 | 5:26 | 5:37 | 5:37 | 5:37 |
