Location: Burnaby Lake, CW
Distance: 11.03 km
Weather: Sun
Temp: 13ºC
Wind: heavy, up to 28 km/h
Calories burned: 819
Average pace: 5:12/km
Total distance to date: 1267.73 km
After the parched run on Monday I was leery of another sunny run and today it was indeed sunny once again. However, instead of being unseasonably warm it was actually a few degrees off the norm and on top of that a heavy wind was blowing most of the day. Normally the wind is my arch-nemesis on a run (after rain) but today it actually served to keep me from overheating, especially in the more exposed parts of the trail.
As a result I didn’t feel like curling up into a ball 2 km in nor did I have to re-adjust my pace at any point. While I was still slower than Friday’s torried pace, I came in at 5:12/km, which is perfectly respectable. I also did all three optional loops and by starting and finishing on either side of the Cariboo Dam came in at 11.54 km, my longest run for the year. Joan, of course, was there to congratulate me for the extra 488.46 km I didn’t realize I had also completed.
My pacing, though slower, was back to being remarkably consistent in the second half of the run.
The left foot is proving stubborn in recovering but is still not being a factor in the runs. The walk home was better than the last run so it is improving.
No snakes today, just ducks, robins and that adorable goose family that is apparently nesting somewhere near the dam.
Chart:
| km | May 9 | May 7 | May 4 | May 2 | Apr 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:55 | 4:52 | 4:42 | 4:58 | 5:02 |
| 2 | 5:03 | 4:59 | 4:50 | 5:00 | 5:11 |
| 3 | 5:06 | 5:04 | 4:54 | 5:02 | 5:13 |
| 4 | 5:08 | 5:07 | 4:55 | 5:04 | 5:13 |
| 5 | 5:08 | 5:09 | 4:56 | 5:05 | 5:13 |
| 6 | 5:10 | 5:10 | 4:57 | 5:05 | 5:12 |
| 7 | 5:10 | 5:12 | 4:58 | 5:05 | 5:12 |
| 8 | 5:11 | 5:15 | 4:59 | 5:06 | 5:13 |
| 9 | 5:12 | 5:17 | 5:00 | 5:06 | 5:13 |
| 10 | 5:12 | 5:19 | 5:00 | 5:06 | 5:13 |
| 11 | 5:12 | 5:20 | 5:01 | 5:06 | 5:13 |
