The Infinite World

Just finished a 4km run at the stadium, 19min50.048sec. My weight did not decrease from last week, so still felt heavy when I run. Ran using a new pair of shoe, "Karhu" Flow Trainer. It's a shoe brand from Finland, it's seems to be able to correct my running style. I can feel my step landing in a neutral spot, kind of like landing in the middle of the feet. Feel good, hopefully I get the same kind of feeling on my next run.

Went for a short run, 10 laps at the stadium(4km). Felt heavy during the run, must have put on quite a bit of weight recently. Finished the run in 20min18.4sec. Wanted to run at least a 8km but was quite doubtful of the air quality. Have to watch my weight, otherwise my running will not improve. 

Did a early morning run at the stadium, 21 laps 8.4km, took m 45min26.96sec to complete. Been relying too much on the digital watch to gauge my running speed, this morning I did not look at my watch as its was too dark and too troublesome to keep pressing the backlite button. I had this kind of weird feeling, not knowing how fast was running. But I think it's good for training, it takes away the urge to running faster if you feel you are slow looking at your pace. It also helps to determine a pace which your body is comfortable without giving in to your brain telling you it's too fast or slow based on the stop watch. By looking at your watch, your  brain interprets the time and put a limit on your body subconsciously. 

Completed 14 laps at the stadium this evening, 5.6 km in 29min13.94sec.  Felt heavy when I run, only managed to get into a good rhythm around the 9 lap. Always want to run fast when I run at the stadium. Fastest lap was 1min34.85sec, don't think I can run fast if I do not start loosing some weight and strengthen my core muscle. 

Did a short run today of 4km at the stadium today, completed in 20min6.32sec. I initially thought of doing a 10km but the heat was just too much and just do not have the feel that I can do it. But I do get  a feel that I am at least getting stronger, as I did not have to put in much effort to complete this run. Have to really have the descipline to do some core muscle training to get faster.

This year the organiser Split the half an full maratthon into 2 different night, I did the half marathon early this morning. The race started promptly at 11.30 pm and I manage to get into the start pen for the under 2 hours runners. I had mixed feelings as I did not put in the effort to train properly. Started really smoothly, there was not much of any bottleneck as I was in the faster  batch. I was feeling really apprehensive, keep wanting to go faster but hold myself back to run at my own pace. I would consider this as a good race as there were many better runners than me who serve as pacer for me. They kind of provided me the benchmark and motivation for me to keep pace and not to slow down too much. I think I made a good decision to not run too fast at the early part of the race and I retain some energy for the last few km till the end. There was nothing new about the route as it was similar to most of the half marathon races but at least there was no one section that was very...

The only run of the week, at the gym due to rain. Completed the 11.1 km run in exactly 1 hour. It was    a needed run as Sundown Marathon is a on 31 May 2013, Friday. It was a quite a difficult run as I was away on a short trip, and all the eating made my body heavier.

Started this run quite late on Sunday, 6.08 am at the East Coast Park. Started really slow, covered the 1st km in 6min42sec. The 2nd km was ran a little faster at 6min34sec. This is the 1st time we are running this slow, as the aim was to clock distance rather than doing a good time. It is definitely less demanding on the body running at this slow pace, but the problem is sticking closely to the pace. At the beginning you will find that it is indeed very slow (6.30. - 6.50) throughout almost the entire run. Initially, it's difficult to keep a constant slow pace but after maybe 15km or more, it's fine as your body starts to get tired. By about 20-21 km, I started to doubt if I still  can continue or will start walking. But, luckily, I could still find some strenght to run a little faster from the 22km onwards. Clocked 6:18, 6:08, 6:00 respectively for the last 3 km till 25km, and fiinished the last 0.62 km in about 3min. A good slow run, a good gauge for my  current overall fi...

Completed a14 km run this morning in a time of 1hr21min8sec. Not fast but a better run than the last run on Sunday. The first 4 or 5 km was feeling a tightness around the top of the ankle area but it disappeared from around 5plus km and manage to get into a comfortable pace of around 5:50min. Reached a peak of 5:28 at the 10km mark, with the fastest km at 5:15 for the last 1km. The heat was a factor as I started late at 8am, running any faster would shorten my run. 

Started run at about 6.15 am from Lentor/YCK road towards Yishun. Slow start, completed 1st km in 6min 29sec, feeling ok. Just run at a easy pace, never really get any faster. Reached 10km around Seletar airport, it was really hot by then. Did picked up a little speed from there, and eventually finished the 16.5km run in 1hr48min plus. Drink some water at the public toilet and walk for a few hundred metres and ran another 2.4km back to the start point. Just a lousy run today.

Achieved a PB for the 10km in the gym, it is always easier in the gym. 49min48.01sec. I need to work to achieve the same kind of timing outdoor.  It is always difficult to push your body to that kind of limit, you got to take it a step at a time. Sometime, you know you can kind of achieve it but you tell yourself to go through the process of feeling the pain barrier, the process of doubting your body, can the body substain such a speed, etc ! And somtime, you achieve what you want in the next run, it's kind of Deja vu, you been there you know how it all feel like and you confidently bring yourself to the next level! There is no shortcut !

Recorded a new PB for 10km at the gym this evening, the time is 50min22sec. I must try to break my outdoor pb of 51min38sec at YCK stadium achieved probably 20 years ago. Have to work on strengthening my core muscle group and reducing my body weight.

Woke up late today about 9.23am, was planning to do a evening run but went out for a run anyway. Started at about 10.13am, from yck/Lentor junction to via Lentor/Yishun ave 1 to entrance of Seletar country club and back. Felt good at the start, running easy and relax, covered the 1st km in 5:53. The next km was faster at 5:44, still feeling quite good. The 1st 5km was clocked at 28:49still felling good, covered the next km in 5:40. The next km was abit faster at 5:37, but I knew from 7km plus onward it's going to be hot and directly under the sun most of the way along Lentor. Covered 7-8km in 5:38, 8-9km in 5:32 and the last km in 5:15. The total time was 56:33.7, a normal timing, could have done better. My body still  defeated my mind, try harder in the next run and have to work on my core muscle group. 

Start point was at the junction between YCK road and Lentor to Yishun via ave 1 to the causeway between Yishun and Seletar airport and back to YCK road. It was a slow run average pace 6min1.6sec, total time 1hr42min28sec. Started the run at 7.11am along Lentor avenue, try to run easy but my legs did not feel too good. Felt better after 5km, my stride got smoother, the tigh and calf seems to get into the rhythm and coordinate well. But it was still slow, reached 10 km in 1hr1min plus. Tried my best to maintain a pace of less then 6 min per km. Reached 15km in 1hr31min plus and I was able to run around 5min40plus for the next km and eventually covered the last km in 5min26sec. It was a slow run but good workout overall.

Ran a 10km in the gym on 24 Apr 2013, Wednesday, clocked 52min55sec. A ok run but can be faster, got to improve on my core muscle. 

The London Marathon winning time was 2hr6min3sec, speed was 20.08km per hour. Just how fast is this suppose to be, I guess for the majority of us who are really into running, you would find it difficult to comprehend. This would translate into 17.58 times of our our regular Army 2.4km run at 7min 9sec each without taking a break! Almost 99 percent of us would not be able to do it even for just once in our life time! Incredibly fast time ! Although I would never be able to achieve such timing, the joy in running is the feeling of accomplishment when you hit a certain milestone or target, and you continue to set new benchmark for ourselves. Keep running !

Completed 25.66 km in 2hr52min43sec at ECP, it was a lousy run. I was totally depleted of energy at 20km, felt so dehydrated and body temperature was getting too high. Left tigh start to cramp up at 23km, really have to slow down to walk a few times. The 1st 16-17 km was fine but the last few km was really torturing, need to be really be more descipline to avoid such lousy run again.

Participated in the JP Morgan Run today, started at the tail end of the 3rd wave, crossed the start line at 5.53pm. There are just so many participants(16,300), it was really difficult to run as I have to try my best to snake around the walkers and slow runners. I completed the run in 33min20sec, the slowest of my JP Morgan Run.

Last year I managed a time of 28min13sec for the 5.6km run. Hopefully, I can run a better time this year, any time below 27min would be satisfying, as I am not in the best shape. My plan is to slowly warm up along the way, maybe starting at 5:45 pace and accelerating to 5:15 pace by the 1st km. I want to finishing strong at the end, so hopefully I can maintain about 5:10 or less till the 2nd km. From the 2km onwards, try to maintain about 5:05 or slightly faster till 3.5 km. If I have sufficient strenght, I would slowly increase my pace to 4:45 by 4.6 km. For the last km, try to accelerate to 4:30 till 5.25km then sprint the last 0.25 km reaching perhaps 4:10 pace or faster. Based on this estimation, I should finish in about 27 to 27min15sec.

Completed another short run, 14 laps at YCK Stadium , time 29min18.81sec. (5.6km) Felt really unfit, I think carry too much weight, causing me to really feel so heavy. I really need to reduce my weight so that I can run faster.