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Run — 2026-07-05

New distance PB — 5.30 km! Nearly 2 km further than previous best. XII. District route.

Data

Metric Value
Distance 5.30 km 🚀
Duration 34:29
Avg pace 6'30"
Fastest pace 5'23"
Avg HR 155 bpm
Max HR 169 bpm
Cadence 167 spm
Metric Value
HR recovery (2min) 25 bpm (165→115)
VO₂Max 40 ml/kg/min
Steps 5,772
Elevation 5.3 m
Speed 9.22 km/h
Stride 92 cm
Ground contact 302 ms (Good)
Balance L 50.0% / R 50.0%
Vertical oscillation 10.1 cm
Recovery time 15h

Sleep — Night before

8h 11min · 00:44→08:55 · REM: 9% · Deep: 29% · HRV: 135 · Resting HR: 49 · Woke: 0x · Score: 89/100

Late bedtime (00:44) but 8+ hours slept. HRV excellent at 135ms. REM low at 9%. Zero wake-ups.

How it felt

Woke up and prepared a sports drink: 30g table sugar + 1g table salt + a bit of zero-sugar syrup in 5dl water. Energy was fine the whole run — felt good.

Weather was 22°C, not sweating much because of the controlled 6'30" pace. Was starting to feel proud… then around the 3.5-4km mark, both feet went suddenly numb. Pressure on the sole around the transverse arch / mid-metatarsal area. Pushed through the last km, upped the pace a bit at the end to finish faster (hence the HR bump — wasn't planned).

Sat down after finishing — numbness went away in 2-5 minutes. Felt completely normal after, and really calm. Still feel calm now.

This exact numbness happened once before (Margaret Island), around the 3-3.5km mark — same spot, same distance threshold.

Walked home. Step count now at 11k. Ate cottage cheese + jam mixed in, took creatine.

Comparison

Metric Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 3 Jul 5 Trend
Distance 2.03 km 2.51 km 3.04 km 3.63 km 5.30 km 🚀 new PB +1.67 km
Duration 11:55 16:24 19:11 23:49 34:29 ↑ longest yet
Avg pace 5'52" 6'32" 6'19" 6'34" 6'30" ≈ consistent
Best pace 5'45" 5'13" 6'08" 5'23" ↑ fast kick
Avg HR 153 155 152 155 ≈ steady effort
Max HR 170 174 166 169 ≈ controlled
Cadence 165 spm 165 spm 167 spm 168 spm 167 spm ≈ steady
VO₂Max 39 39 40 40 ↑ from 39→40

Verdict: Massive distance jump — 5.30 km is a 46% (!) increase over the previous PB (3.63 km). That's a huge leap in one run. The fact that heart rate stayed under control (avg 155, max 169 — comparable to much shorter runs) and pace didn't nosedive (6'30" vs 6'34" on Jul 3) suggests the aerobic base is genuinely improving. Perfect 50/50 ground contact balance is excellent. VO₂Max held at 40. Recovery time of 15h is reasonable for a distance this long. Need to keep an eye on recovery after this effort — it's the longest run yet. 🏃

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