Run 1,047: Happy clouds

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Cloudy and cooler. Today it was all about the differences in conditions: It was cloudy (not sunny) It was only 18°C (not 25°C) It was humid as all get-out (85% to start) The humidity prevented dry mouth but surprisingly wasn’t a big factor, either negatively or positively. I sweated, but not profusely. The pace breakdown for each km was: 6:12 6:16 6:01 The last was only 500m, but it’s interesting that my pace improved so much because I didn’t feel like I was pushing. I did try extending my stride a bit instead and maybe that helped. Also the smaller gap between the first and second km is welcome after seeing the bottom fall out on previous runs. I did a short loop going clockwise and originally planned to turn around after crossing the first boardwalk, but as I approached, a mower with giant mowing attachment was occupying the entire width of the footbridge before the boardwalk, so I opted to turn around at that point, which was fine. I did experience…