The Infinite World

Did a short 7.5 laps of 400m at the stadium yesterday's evening, 3 km in 14min9.451sec. I have no plan before the run, just want to put in a short run. I also did a 200m in 49sec and a 400m in 87sec. I have been wanting to find out how fast I can run for a 400m and this is my 1st sub 90sec run probably in the last 2-3 years. This is not really a 100 percent effort, so I think I can probably get it down to 80-82sec. But the problem is as you run faster, there is not much grip on the synthetic track. I think the fastest I ever run for a 400m with a pair of running shoes was about 68sec many years ago. I might try to run with a pair of old spike I have to see how fast I can go !

I finally managed a decent long run of 20.4km on Wednesday, 13 May 2015. I covered the distance in 2hr3min6sec, averaging 6:02 per km. This is not a fast time by any standard, but it did take me quite a bit of perseverance to complete the run, as physically I am just not fit enough. Need to do some exercise to improve my core muscle group and also to reduce my body weight by at least 2 kg. Just have to keep training and pushing to run faster time.

Completed a 2.4km(6x400m at the stadium) run this morning, 8 May 2015, Friday, in 10min37.877sec. Probably my fastest time for this distance in last 3-4years, although I am not in the best shape physically but I am mentally stronger. Sometimes, we just have to learn to run at a faster speed than we thought we can handle. You might feel like you are running out of breadth, but your body can actually take it and we just need to learn to get use to it.

Repeated my 6km run again on 6 May 2015, completed the 15 laps of 400m each, in 30min12sec. This is surely faster than yesterday's run of  31min29sec. My mental state was much better and I did a little bit of warm up exercise on the 6 May 2015 and this is reason why I run 1min17sec faster over the same distance. It could have been at least 15-20 sec faster if I had push my body a little bit harder. It is important to be positive mentally and maybe some visualisation of the next run will help us to run faster.

Did a 12.41km run to Bishan park and back home, covering the distance in approximately 1hr15min on Friday, 1 May 2015. It was a bad run, started our really slow and my kegs were heavy. I guess sometimes I will still need to stretch my legs a little to warm up and run a little faster to avoid such a situation, where I really struggle with my run. My next run was  on Monday, 4 May, 2015, this run was better. I covered 14.22 km in 1br25min, still slow but did not suffer from the heavy legs situation again. I was able to run a better second half and finished well with a fast closing stretch. Did a 6km run on 5 May 2015 at the stadium, 15 laps on a standard 400m track in 31min29sec. Slow run but necessary to make sure I still can run at faster pace than my longer run. 

There are a few bright spots and good results in the news for Singapore Running ! A 41 years old record was broken for the mens 10,000 m in June, 2014, Soh Rui Yong ran 31min15.95sec in Oregon, USA. He ran his maiden marathon in the US in 2hr26min01sec on the 7 Dec 2014 at the California International Marathon, the second fastest time ever by a Singaporean. Mok Yin Ren is another elite Singapore runner, he just arrived in the Boulder, Colorado, USA, a few days ago to train with Lee Troop, a Australian Olympian. Has is the SEA Games 2013 marathon gold medallist(2hr28min36sec), his personal best is 2hr26min30sec. Then there is Ashley Liew, who is also studying in the, US, who ran 2hr32min12sec in the New Orlean Rock and Roll Marathon on 25 Jan 2015. There are quite a few others who can run below 3 hours, Lim Thow Wee(2hr48min49sec), Fang JianYong(2hr38min40sec), Ning Wenlong(2hr53min57sec), just to name a few. Hopefully, with the SEA Games in Singapore, more Singapore athletes w