Run 1,045: Improvement through adversity

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Warm and dry. The air, that is. Or something like that. First, I’ve decided to add the Performance Condition stat to each run, because I love stats. Garmin explains it here: For a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform, look at your performance condition. During the first 6 to 20 minutes of your run, this metric analyzes pace, heart rate and HRV. The resulting number is a real-time assessment of the deviation from your baseline VO2 max, with each point on the scale representing about 1% of your VO2 max. The higher the number, the higher you can expect to perform. Today, mine was +1, which is a bit better than neutral, but considering conditions, pretty good! Speaking of conditions, I got a late morning start, and it was already 25C at the start of the run and 26 by the end, with humidity down to around 40%, which is definitely dry mouth territory. I hydrated at the fountain before the run, but even for 2.5 km, it might have been nice to…