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.

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.