Run 318
Average pace: 5:01/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CW)
Distance: 5.05 km
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 18ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 388
Total distance to date: 2700
Tonight’s run was a strange, contradictory and somewhat unpleasant experience.
The good news: My second best pace of the year at 5:01/km. This was due mainly to cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, a nice change from the mugginess of late.
The strange news: both of my thighs, but especially the left thigh, were noticeably sore during the run and even on the walk after. If any part of my legs are sore from a run it’s typically the calves or tendons.
The contradictory news: combining the above two items and having my second fastest run of the year.
The somewhat unpleasant news: I had to go to the washroom (in all ways) when I got to the lake and had to use the port-o-potty. At least they refilled the hand sanitizer.
The soreness of the thighs and the hip, come to think of it, both started after I got the new shoes. I think my stance may have changed somehow and it is now Wrong. I plan on getting new shoes–even if it’s another pair of my Nike LunaFly 3’s–before next week. They must have Laces Never Untied® technology.
Overall I suppose I am pleased more than not by this Jekyll and Hyde run. The stamina held up thanks to better conditions and the ailing parts can hopefully be corrected by better technology.
As long as it doesn’t require bionic limbs. I can’t afford those.
