The smoke haze was about the same today as yesterday, which means it was better than the grossbuckets smoke a few days ago. It was also a few degrees cooler. BUT. The humidity was 70% and I sweated more (a lot more) than I have doing the same run when it was 30 degrees. Weather be crazy.
I pushed a little harder today and toward the end, on the running part, I could feel the burn in my chest. I’m undecided on whether it was from the exertion or the smoke coating my lungs in soot. I think it was the exertion. I turned in a fairly zippy 5:43/km pace on the second km, which was nice.
Overall, it went well. But regarding this:
Also, after posting signs back in August and then doing nothing for more than a month, they have finally started moving in equipment for the remedial work on the river. They were shut down when I went by, so hopefully the work won’t disrupt my workouts
Wrong! Well, somewhat wrong. The excavator was joined this afternoon by a car, pickup and two dump trucks, one which was being loaded with rock or other river stuff. Hopefully not turtles. I was able to get by without having to wait and while the first truck trundled off ahead of me as I headed back out, it was far enough ahead that the giant dust cloud it ,made had cleared by the time I caught up.
Also, semi-randomly, a lot of people are wearing masks outside now. I wonder if it’s more because of the smoke than the pandemic. I guess we’ll see when the smoke finally clears in a few months or whatever.
Anyway, it was a good, sweaty time, but I won’t object to a little lower humidity for the next outing.
Stats:
Walk 12 Average pace: 7:48/km Location: Brunette River trail Distance: 7.83 km Time: 1:01:10 Weather: Light smoke haze Temp: 22ºC Humidity: 70% (!) Wind: light BPM: 127 Weight: 170.8 pounds Total distance to date: 91.98 km Devices: Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 8