Mizuno Wave Run 2011 - 25 Sept 2011

Used my U-run credits (2 used, 1 to go).
So instead of ppaying $45 or $42 (PAssion card rate), I paid $33.
Not so keen on this run but they confirm I cannot c/fwd the U-Run credit which I paid $99 for.

7th training (8th) run of 2011

13.10km on Good Friday night. Was still feeling the effects on my knees and hamstrings.
But crazy lah. Don't have other reason.

5:30pm (almost too late to go out run liao, I saw it was cloudy but no thunder or rain). Decided to go out and do a 6km run.

As it was, when running, decided to do at least 7km and see if can total 21km over 2 days (incl Friday's 13km).

As it turned out, I clocked 8.17km on Endomondo and adding Friday's 13.10, I have 21.27km. Good too good to hear my wishes on this Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday: 8.17km over 1h 3m 10s (Average pace of 7min 44s per km)
http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/rZbQ5XerHUo

Good Friday: 13.10km over 1h 51m 15s (Average pace of 8min 30s per km)

I'm a happy camper :))

6th training (7th) run of 2011

Good Friday evening run. Had a nap in the afternoon. The air was nice and cool due to the shower in the afternoon. It was overcast even when I started at 5:37pm.

But hamstrings felt tight fairly early on. At the 5th - 6th km mark based on Endomondo. THat's way too early for a slow jog. After 6th km, it was above 8min/km pace because of the walking. Sad that cannot even hit 2hr with walking. Not good sign for coming HM.

According to Endomondo, 13.10km, completed in 1hr 51min 15secs. Average 8min 30 secs/km pace.

Took a slightly different route: Endomondo Workout

Official RUN 350 Result

Official RUN 350 10km Result:

Bib	0322
Race Category	Mens' Open
Nett Time	01:22:18
Gun Time	01:23:37.59
Rank	2726

Run 350 - 10km

First run event in 2011.

Tim from LSBC came with a neighbour and picked me up from Hougang MRT. We walked from Telok Ayer St to Marina Promenade Promontory,

Overall the run was good. Started at 7:30am. Flagged off on time with the ladies 10mins behind. Water point every 2km alternating betw Mountain miniral water and 100 Plus. Distance markers could be seen every 1km. THe routes had some up and down slopes but quite manageable. Not too crowded since 7,400 sign up incl women and Fun Run. Just a nice morning run in the city. End point collected medal after take photos. Took photos with Tim & friend at the stage and queue for 100Plus. Had 3 cups.

Together with Tim & neighbour, did a consistent pace of around 8min/km. Finished slightly longer because of a few stops for photos since Tim brought his Canon IXUS digital cam.

Finished in 1hr 22min 24secs for 10km (or 10.27km per Endomondo: Endomondo link). An average 8min 1 sec per km pace including stops. Quite good run in all.

Photos from Tim's camera on the way :)

5th training run of 2011

Left office at 7:45pm. Hoping it didn't rain in Sengkang unlike Raffles Place/ Tanjong Pagar this afternoon.

God was kind. So, 8:16pm, started my planned 5km run. but I didn't take the normal route.

For some reason, my HTC Desire with Endomondo restarted itself almost 3km in the run. No idea why. So my run is split into 2 recordings. Anyway, both add up to 6.3km and I think that's about right.

Endomondo Part A: Endomondo A
Endomondo Part B: Endomondo B

Clocked 6.3km in 47mins with my NB 1226. That's average pace of 7mins 28mins per km which is quite good. But I went too fast int he first 1.5k and was huffing and puffing. Heart went thumping like mad. Walked quite a bit. Anyway, at least I did some run after 1.5 weeks interrupted by rain and thunder and lightning. This Sunday 10km Run 350. Will take it easy.

Might as well record here what God impressed upon me during the run:
Even if I can't run for Him, I can jog. If cannot jog, can walk, if can't walk for Him, can still crawl. But to do nothing, is like a couch potato wasting away life staring at the TV or Monitor or Hp screen....

4th training run of 2011

Only 4th run in 2011 and it's April.........

I started running at 4:40pm. I wanted to wait till 5pm. But the sun disappeared and it turned cloudy. I was telling myself I must run since last week was washed out by rain. Who knew after 300m, it started raining!! I ran in the rain for a few minutes. Was saying to God that I need Him to push away the rain clouds becos I needed to run otherwise, if I don't clock the mileage, then come HM, I might not survive to worry about my struggle over the church's SDJ. Well, rightly or wrongly, God did hear my plea and the rain more or less disappeared. However, it was really warm. The rain released the heat from the pavements...... :S

I ran too fast when it was raining and was sort of punctured by 3rd km. Can't be helped.

In the end, I forced my self to walk and jogged beyond what I thought was wise or rational. I needed to ramp up my mileage. Don't know when I can run again with the wet weather. Work has been very busy and stressful and it was mostly late nights this week past. Next week won't be any better.

Eventually, did around 15km in 1hr 52mins, which is avetrage of 7min 15sec per km pace. That doesn't seem logical.
worse was the Endomondo GPS logger that logged 15.48km, with the 6th km completed in 5mins!! That would be impossible. Anyway, one look at the map clearly showed that 6th km was half of other 1km marks. Although I'm gonna journal as 15km today, I think it's probably even less than 15km!!

Endomondo map here: Endomondo Run - 3 April 2011