The Infinite World

Started late at 7.45am, completed 17km in 1hr 46min8sec. Started slow, reached the 1km in 6:57. Nothing special about until about 6km, start to get into the rhythm. Reached 10km in 1hr5min41sec. Saw a lady running with a dog in front of me, to avoid running behind her, I started to run faster. Completed the 12km in 5:57, follow by 5:40.4, 5:40.8, 5:41, 5:38.2 and the last km in 5:21.2. I did not take any water break or consume any gel today, trying to see how far I can go without any water or gel intake. Overall a good run but pace too slow.

Completed a 10km run at the stadium, 25 rounds of standard 400m. I could really feel how heavy I am when I run, felt I was really using much more energy due to my weight. I completed the run in 53min 52 sec. Although my running was smooth but somehow I felt my mind and body seems not connected properly. I tried to push harder but my body did not seems to response much at all. Maybe it's due to my slight sore throat that kind of made everything put of place. I could feel like I was not getting enough oxygen that I need to push harder. I need to put in more mileage if I want to improve my running time.

I have difficulty keeping a pace because I  normally drained after about 21km. One of the main reason is due to lack of mileage and the other is how I keep the energy level up by consuming gel and water along the run. But the real elite runner do not seems to do that at all much?

Started early today at 5am, initially suppose to run a 36km but we decided to shorten the run to about 20km when reached the 10km mark. We did a 1hr 7min 46sec 1st half. Once we decided to shorten the run, I pick up speed almost immediately. I kept a constant 5:35-5:40 till about 18km, was still feeling good at this point. I tried my best to keep going a little faster, but did not seem to be able to go much faster. Still running quite comfortably and managed to increase my pace to 4:25 -4：40 for the last 500 m or so. Completed the run in 2hr3m21sec, not a fast run but at least a good workout from my perspective. 

Finished a slow long run at ECP on Sunday morning, it was a difficult run due to lack of mileage. The distance was 31.5 km in 4hr 1min30sec, but after 26.2 km, had to really dragged myself to the end point. Have to learn to push myself to really to slow run rather than the walk run when I am tired. My body always tell me to walk when I know that I can still carry on with slow run, need to overcome this weakness.

Run 15.26km in 1hr38min33sec, a slow mid distance run ahead of tomorrow longer run. Started late today at 8.20am, luckily the weather was good, overcast with little sunlight, allowing a cool comfortable run. Just trying to tune up the body, although running twice a week on weekends does. It help much. Ran the 1st few km really slow like 6.30-6.50 per km pace, reaching 7km in 46.40, only covered 8.87km in 1 hr. Finally reached 10km in 1hr7min8sec, and from there increased my pace to 6:10, 5:58, 5:38,5:50 and finished with a 6:15 last km. Really need to find time to put in a weekday run to up my mileage. 1hr38min33sec, a slow mid distance run. Afraid to burn myself out before tomorrow longer run.

Completed 6 laps of lane 8 at the stadium, 2.64km in a time of 13min44.816sec. Just a short run to keep my momentum going. Need to really put in more mileage to get back into shape. 

Completed a 3 hr 22min run today, 6 Jul 2013 Saturday,  distance 27.8 km. Tried a new route today, started at 5.15 am from Seng Kang, from the PCN to Punggol and back to Seng Kang. It was a slow run today, about 7min plus per km. The 1st 20km or so was quite alright, but from 2hr45min, my body start to feel fatigue and the heat was starting to wear me down. But overall it was a good run, to test out the how the body feel during such long run.