Hi there, aching quads!

After goodness knows how long not running because of the darn sesmoiditis, I finally decided to venture out for a run this week. The grand plan was to do this on Tuesday, but I couldn't find my mp3 player (I only ever use the mp3 player for runs, so no running = mp3 player chucked in some safe hidey hole that I couldn't locate!) so I ended up on the stationary bike again.

Yesterday I managed to get hold of the lost mp3 player after turning my room upside down and hit the roads with a whole run/walk plan i.e. run 500m, walk 500m, run 500m, walk 500m. With Beyonce blasting in the background I ended up doing 1.5k before I realised I was supposed to take it easy. Well, that and my ankles were aching, my legs felt tired, and I had a stitch forming...you get the picture. Essentially I was forced to walk because my body just couldn't handle this sudden running thing. Plus I started off way too fast all things considering, so I was pretty breathless by the time I hit 1.5k.

Today my quads ache. After a measly 1.5k of running. Evidently working out on the elliptical doesn't translate to running on the road. Ah well, baby steps.

What I did:
2k (1.5k run/0.5k walk) in 18 minutes

Tri-Factor 1.5k Swim Race Report - 2013

It's taken me ages to get back to fighting fit form. I fell sick about 3 weeks before the Tri-Factor swim and was only semi-better the week before but managed to fit in about 2 swims before the actual race. Since then, however, I've been making excuses to not do anything, the consistent one so far has been 'I need rest'. Which is pretty lame. I mean, what am I resting from? The day before where I rested as well? Geez. I guess I just need to get back into the groove of things which has proven to be a real big pain in the ass.

Enough about that, race report coming up.

I think I say it every year, but I really think Tri-Factor's swim races are one of the best organised races in Singapore. Plus it helps it's the only pure open water swim race, so it really isn't as if they have competition. Nonetheless, they did an awesome job again this year and I got a new personal best! Woo hoo!

Actually I've nothing really much to say about the Tri-Factor race that was different from last year. So really, just check it out here. That said I didn't swim like a snake this year, I was more diligent with my sighting and I wasn't the swimmer from hell! Woohoo!

Results: 1.5k in 38:39 minutes