Run 1,050: Yellow Warning

View from Cariboo Dam, pre-run: Haze in the distance. Canada has a colour-coded weather alert system and when weather is fine, it is colour-free. When it is bad, it can be Yellow, Orange, or Red. Today it is Yellow. Environment Canada described today’s alert thus: Issued ByMeteorological Service of Canada, CA, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAffected AreaMetro Vancouver - central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New WestminsterDescriptionSmoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility.Yellow Air Quality Warning in Effect (High Health Risk)Limit outdoor activity. Reduce activity duration and intensity. The weather app on my phone described the air quality as “unhealthy”: I ran anyway. Did I regret it? Not exactly, but I can also say the run did not make my socks roll up and down in excitement, either. It was not as hot as Friday, but humidity was significantly higher and I sweated like crazy. The first few km were fine, but the…