Run 334
Average pace: 4:58/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW)
Ran Spruce and Conifer Loops and Piper Mill Trail
Distance: 5.04 km
Weather: Partly cloudy
Temp: 20ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 387
Total distance to date: 2803
After the strangely dismal performance of the previous run I was not looking forward to tonight’s.
Conditions were similar, with the temperature mild but instead of the expected precipitation the sky started to clear up, and while I had plenty o’ puddles to skirt around from an earlier shower, it never rained. This was nice.
My plan was to do the tight counter-clockwise loop: run the three optional trails then loop back along the main trail, coming back to the entrance to Burnaby Lake Park. Given the soggy weather earlier I encountered very few others out and aboot.
All of my body parts started out the run cooperating and remained cooperative throughout. I began with a crisp pace, pushed harder and longer (heh heh) than I normally would, determined to not repeat the terrible time of the last run and by the end I was quite literally gasping for breath.
I waited for the nice Nike lady to make the announcement of my pace and let out a (gasping) sigh of relief when she confirmed my time was 25:02 minutes, with a brisk average pace of 4:58/km. I’m still not sure if the previous run was a weird glitch with the Nike+ sensor or a weird glitch with my body but either way I was happy to see a normal pace again, especially with conditions being so close to the previous sloggy run.
On Sunday I will once again try for a full loop around the lake. It’s supposed to be sunny and 27ºC, which is warm but not unbearably so.
