Ran home this evening, with sunny blue skies but a hell of a lot of wind. The trail along the lake was unbelievably difficult. Like wanting to quit running difficult. It seemed like the wind was up into the 50-60 km/h range. They had turned off the windmill at Exhibition Place, as they do when the wind is too strong (if you can believe that!).
I traded the blowing of the lake for the calmness of the park, once I got across Lakeshore and up onto Spring Rd. It was 1000% better for me, and I enjoyed the final 2k gliding up the hill and over Bloor St to my finish at Humberside Ave.
I've got 16k on Saturday morning, and then the training slows down and shortens considerably over the next ten days. I'll enjoy the time off, and start thinking about how to make Ottawa the memorable race that I'm sure it will be.
Time 1:06:47
Distance 10k (6.25mi)
Pace 6:40/km (10:41/mi)
HR Zone 136-156 bpm
HR Avg 153, Max 165
In Zone 66.1% of run | 