The Infinite World

Completed a short run today at Yio Chu Kang stadium, 10 laps of 400m in a time of 20min1.3sec. Not in a correct state of mind to do a good run, going on a business trip with a lot of stuff in mind. Initially thought of going out there to maintain as many laps of close to 2 min each as possible. Need to run 25 laps of 2 min each to go below sub 50min for a 10km, which is 1 of my target this year.

I have been running for many years but have never been very serious in my training. I do keep quite detailed running log for years, it's fun to read it when I am free. I started training with my running mate last June and I have made some progress since. I have definitely increased the maximum distance I can run without having to really stop, about 33 km from my previous best of maybe 15 km. timing wise, I improved my half marathon time from 2 hr 11 min to 1 hr 57min. In the past  it has. Ever cross my mind that I can actually run 18 km and still able to achieve a 10 min 2.4 km. I think mentally and physically I have improved quite abit, I can control my pace and speed better. I think the next step for me will be to maintain a lower body weight and core strenght to improve my running efficiency. Hopefully  I can achieved a sub 1 hr 50 min for my next half marathon in April 2013.

Today's run at ECP was actually very ordinary. Reached 10 km mark in exactly 1 hour, Reached 17km in 1 hour 42min 50sec. The highlight of this run starts here, covered the next km in 5min 2 sec and the following km in 4min 26sec, eventually finished the 20 km in 1hr 55min19sec. Nothing special from the finishing time, but I did covered the last 2.5 km in less than 10min. The last 4 ECP run, I have managed to finish strong, finally managed to overcome the mental barrier, no longer fearing that I cannot substain a fast pace to the end.