The Infinite World

I did a 4km run in the morning in 20 min flat, just trying to make sure I run after 2 days of no running. I did a 5km run in the evening in 24min4sec, initially I was trying to see if I can keep going at 2 min per 400m lap for 24laps. But, I think I go out too fast, averaging 1:57-58 per lap. I ended up just running 12 and a half laps instead. One thing I noticed, is that I am more comfortable running at a faster pace of around 2 min per lap now. I believe I can keep up with the 2 min per 400m lap for 20-24 laps soon and I will hit a PB for he 10km run at the stadium.

I managed to run a life time best of 50min21.87sec for the 10,000m at the stadium near where I live on the 20 April 2015, Monday. (on a standard 400m track) I have been running well by my standard lately and I was quite confident that I would get this PB sooner or later. My plan was to stick to a 2:03 per lap pace for most of the 1st 24 laps and go all out for the last lap which would enable me to break my previous PB of 51min3sec. 24 laps at 2min3sec per lap would give me 49min12sec and I would just need 1min47plus sec to break 51min. I usually can do a 1min40-45sec quite easily for 1 single 400m lap. I did better than 2:03 per lap on Monday. Here's my breakdown of the 25 laps. 1) 2:03.065 2) 2:04.922 3) 2:00.727 4) 2:00.506 5)2:03.361 6)2:01.851 7) 2:00.599 8)2:01.396  9) 2:01.746 10) 2:01.341 11) 2:00.575 12) 2:00.862 13)2:02.159 14) 2:04.905 15) 2:03.813 16) 2:02.737 17) 2:02.608 18) 2:03.354 19) 2:04.187 20) 2:02.847 21) 2:01.921 22)2:01.892 23) 1:59.319 24) 1:55.124 2...

Completed a short run of 6km yesterday's evening, in 29min25sec, another PB for me. I have never run this fast before, average less than 4:55 per km. I guess sometimes you need to want it bad enough for things to happen! I have always like running and read up quite a lot on running, especially race reports on the web. I was reading Mary Cain's achievement last year and I was wondering wow 4:04 for 1500m at 17 years old ! Reached World Championship Final of 1500m ! She even has a PB of sub 2min for the 800m, a sub 9min for 3000m and a 15:45 for 5000m! She is only 19 years old this year ! 

I was quite happy with my run onTuesday at the stadium, why ? I managed to maintain an average speed of  120.27sec per lap for 18 laps of 400m, which I have never been able to achieve before. I completed this 7.2 km run in 36min5.003 sec. I ran it with a take it easy attitude and I felt good before the run. But, one thing is that I keep feeling like I was running slow and was inpatient to keep running at the same pace and at the same time worry that if I run faster, I would burn out. Anyway, I am happy I have done a sort of a pb for the this distance, which gives me more confident to run longer distance at the same speed for the next run.

I was at the New Singapore National Stadium, I witnessed the running of the men 10,000 metres race. The overhead shutter was 85 percent close, providing shade from the afternoon sun. There were about 8-10 competitors in the race, the first 2 places were Vietnamese athletes, running an average of about 75 seconds per lap. To a layman it might means nothing watching the athletes running at such a speed, but to any average runner who ever timed themselves running a lap on a standard 400m track, it will be mind blowing. When I watched the 2 front runners, I can feel like they were sprinting instead of running. I myself perhaps can run averaging 2min2.1sec per lap for 25laps, I really cannot visualising myself running at 75 seconds per laps. It will take some natural talent and lots of tough training to run at such a level. The winner completed the race in 30min36.53sec, averaging 73.462sec per lap, the 2nd place runner finished in 30min57.81sec, also Vietnamese. Third was local runner...