I am writing this a day late because I remembered that I hadn’t posted just as I was heading for bed, and bed won.
But! I normally run Mondays and still felt iffy on doing a full run again with The Knee. So I settled on a brisk walk-run to the turtle nesting area at Burnaby Lake and back.
The weather was gloomy, but mild–20C, with occasional light showers. It did not feel cold at all.
I walked to the lake, then detoured to the fountain, then immediately detoured again because apparently drinking water immediately kicked in my “Gotta go!” reflex. By this point I was well past the 4K mark, so I walked up the trail a bit to make it an even 5K before turning around and heading back.
Then, perhaps invigorated by the water (in my body and falling on me) when I hit the 6K mark on the river trail, I began to ran and ran two full km, each at the same pace of 5:39/km. I kept running through Lower Hume Park to finish out at 9 km total.
My right knee survived. The way I would describe the affected bits is a little tightness, not pain or achiness. So I think I’ll be OK (ho ho).
I’ll try a real run™ again on Wednesday. The weather is back to more summer-like now, but it should be cooler in the morning.
Stats:
Walk 124
Average pace: 8:09/km
Location: Brunette River trail/Burnaby Lake
Distance: 9:02 km
Time: 1:13:26
Weather: Clouds and light showers
Temp: 20°C
Humidity: 76%
Wind: light
BPM: 124
Weight: 166.8 pounds
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255
Total distance to date: 907 km
