The Infinite World

Started run at 6.04 am on 22 Sep 2012 with my running mate and for the 1st time his  buddy who has a pb of 3hr 38min marathon. It was a relax 1st 10 km in 1 hr flat, the usual chatting along the way. Reached 20 km in almost 2 hr flat as well, still  chatting along. For me as the least season runner. It's beginning to feel a little tired in the legs but still holding well. Started to feel really hot at about 26 km, had a water break and on with the run. By this time both my mates had already passed me, try to run strong, not letting my speed go below 10.5 km/hr. Eventually finishing in 2hr 58min36sec.

I have completed 4 half marathon this year and has been doing 20+km long run during weekend since Jun. I can see the benefit of these long runs, although my timing has not improve significantly. As usual, the start line is always pact with runners, we took about us about 3 minutes to reach the start point. Boring 3 to 5 km of being stuck in the crowd, averaging about 10.3km per hour, with a few  bottleneck along the way which slow the pace. Reached the 10 km mark in 56min55 sec or so, not too bad. At about the 12 km mark, my buddy broke off and speeded up, loose him totally from the 13 km on. Still running comfortably , reached the 15 km mark in 1hour 24 min , feel ok but dare not push myself too much. Reached 17 km in 1 hour 36min, not much time left for me to finish in under 2 hours. I was still feeling confident that I can still finish under sub 2 hour, so I just continue to run at about 10.5km per hour speed.. When I reached 19 km, I was left with about 12 min. Hit the 20 km...

Achieved a PB of 1 hours 58min 24sec, could have done better. Completed the the 1st 10km in about 57min and the 2nd 10km in 55min, average pace was 10.7km/h or 5min36.76sec. If I can keep up with my weekly long run of 25-30km, should be able to clock 4hr 45min for SCB marathon on 2 Dec 2012. Have to put in some work to improve my core muscles more.

Did 2 training run in the afternoon at east coast 3.30 pm recently. The heat can have really a big impact on the running time, clocked 1hr 55 min and 1hr 59 min. Although the timing was not too bad but the feeling was like it was much more difficult. Also did a 30 km on 1 sep 2012, saturday, clocked 2hr 58min 57sec. Managed to avoid any cramp in the legs, so my training has proven to be be beneficial. If I can keep it up, should be able to clock a 4hr 45min or faster for the 2 dec SCB marathon.