Thursday, March 26, 2009

Good Old 6k

I did a good, not-so-comfortable 6k run the day before yesterday and the run was plagued with stitches. I had to stop about 4 times along the way just to stop the darn ache. But, as always, I felt good after it was over. And strangely enough my average pace was better than all the other half-hearted runs I've been doing over the past few months. Which still isn't some great fast pace, but considering how little I'm doing lately, is better than nothing.

What I did:
Tuesday: Ran 6k in 42 minutes

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

*Wheeze Wheeze*

The past weekend was spent ill. Evidently I was playing too much and it all came back to bite my in my big, fat ass. Which meant I did one huge zero exercise-wise over the weekend.

Yesterday I wandered back into swimming. Finished 10 laps in about 16 minutes and my arms were burning after just the first one. I have neglected swimming for a whole month now, so needless to say all this was kind of expected. But I'm back now, so all you kids at the pool, WATCH OUT!

What I did yesterday:
Swam 10 laps (600m)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Why I Haven't Been Updating

It's a very simple reason actually, namely I just haven't been doing much exercise at all. I haven't been windsurfing, climbing...I haven't been running much, I haven't gone near a pool since the biathlon...And sure enough, because of all the playing till late, lack of sleep and booze filled nights, I'm down with an annoying cough again. Nonetheless, I did a 4k run on Tuesday and I have big plans to do a 6k run tonight. Or I might just do a 4k and leave the longer run till the weekend. Ah lazy lazy.

What I have done since my race:
Tuesday: Ran 4.2k in 30:33mins

Monday, March 16, 2009

The Suburban Run Race Report

Before I begin rambling on, I want to say how absolutely proud I am with S who ran her first 5k ever and kicked sweet ass. She's a complete rock star! Welcome to the world of sick people who wake up at stupid times of the day to attend a race!

There actually is nothing much to report about the race, other than the fact that there was one strange dood at the race wearing biking gear for a race, and a glaringly neon coloured one at that. Very very odd. Overall, the race was pretty well organised, except for the bit where people running the loop back kind of collided straight into people running into the loop. I wasn't running for time (not that I'm such a speedster I expect to win each race...hell, one can dream) for this run, because I promised S to stick by her the whole while and also because I've been so darn lazy and unfit the past 2 weeks. I had a rough last week and instead of running it off and getting some training in, I decided to drink a lot of alcohol instead. Not smart.

Today the legs are aching from the race yesterday. Could either be from the race (which is just telling how little I've been doing by way of running) or from the boozy St. Paddy's Day celebrations I partook in yesterday. I think I need to lay off the alcohol for a long long time.

Race time: 38:36mins
Official Race Results (this race didn't take note of when you started running, just when you ended): 40:18 mins

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

I'm Back!

After half-heartedly attempting to exercise the past few days, I finally got a semi-decent run in yesterday. Granted it was slow, and I did walk a few times and stop a lot of times (the dreaded stitch is back!), but it was nice round 7k and I finished all of it. I'm not going to beat myself up over the lousy run, because frankly, I've been sitting on my ass a lot the past 2 weeks. Plus, my dad had his birthday last week and I bought him the Wii, which of course ended up being my toy - hey, you get to wield a fake 'gun', pretend you're in WW2 and kill bad guys, it's kick-ass!

So in all of 2 weeks, I've done one sad little run (last Thursday) and one run yesterday. I did go for a nice short trail walk with R over the weekend and it was pretty fun. The thing is, it's pretty hard to find a nice untouched area in Singapore. Everything is buildings and roads. Every time I do a run back, it's always by a busy road, although I do run past the Botanical Gardens sometimes, which is a nice break from the pollution.

All the same, I've always wanted to do this trail which starts about a 5 minute walk away from my place and ends up at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (Singapore's tallest hill...which isn't really all that tall). It's a short trail (slightly more than 2k), but really pleasant and green and brown. I really enjoyed it. Plus I really enjoy these little moments with R because it's always fun 'discovering' a new place with a really good friend. I'll attach some photos to this post once I get them up.

I got some windsurfing in this weekend as well! Finally! The monsoon is gone and the wind's my kind of crappy wind. Of course all the big-time windsurfers are grumbling, but hey, they had their fun the past two months, it's time for me to get some windsurfing it! A good 1/2 hour of it to be exact. And boy did I ache for the next 2 days. It's amazing how quickly my muscles got used to slacking off.

What I did since the race:
Last Thursday: Ran 3.5k
Yesterday: Ran 7k in 53 mins