Walk 51: Going the extra .45 km

Today was a change of pace with the temperature in the mere high teens after a break in the weather finally arrived yesterday, along with the first showers in almost two months. It was humid, but the lower temperature offset that (though I did sweat a bunch, of course).

After pausing to fix another bugged song on the iPhone (Apple has definitely borked something since enabling both lossless and spatial audio options recently), I made it to the end of the trail and ran without any difficulty to the beginning. I could see I would fall short of getting in two full km of running, so when I got to the gate I turned around and ran back until I hit that second km, hinting at farther runs to come. My pace for the two km of running was decent:

  • 5:50/km
  • 5:53/km

I also ran the majority of the way back once off the river trail, putting in a total of 7.75 km in total. The cooler temperature makes a huge difference in how easy it is to keep moving because I’m fighting my own limits instead of fighting my own limits and also fighting hot/muggy/smoggy/smoky conditions. And my BPM was only slightly higher, despite being much faster than the previous outing.

Overall, a pleasing result.

Stats:

Walk  51
Average pace: 7:53/km
Location: Brunette River trail
Distance: 7.75 km
Time: 61:08
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 17ºC
Humidity: 82%
Wind: light
BPM: 135
Weight: 177 pounds
Total distance to date: 392.08 km
Devices: Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 12

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