This actually started off pretty well. I was running with a lilt in my step and going at a pretty decent pace thinking to myself 'now why did I ever think running was all that hard?' Now obviously that barely lasted till 2k before it finally dawned on my thick skull that I was going a tad too fast and I probably couldn't sustain the pace. So I dropped the pace...and then I dropped it some more....but by then I pretty much had a stitch that wasn't going to go away. All in a planned 5k run became a 4k run which I wound up struggling through.
What I did yesterday:
Ran 4k in 27:58 mins
Off to Hong Kong!!!
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Monday, August 25, 2008
Bangkok Gluttony
So Thursday night to Sunday afternoon was spent eating A LOT...and I am not exaggerating. W e had all sorts of varieties of Thai food - green curry, sharks fin, suckling pig, abalone and so on and so forth. I love Thai food and I'm also very happy that I'm no longer in Bangkok, because I was just completely over-eating at every meal.
Food aside, I managed to get my run and swim in. That meant I had to wake up before the entire family (wasn't too hard since everyone slept in on most days) since the moment the whole gang got up, it was off to eat, shop, get a massage and save the world! So although I was half asleep when I got to the gym, I managed to finish a 7k run! Woo Hoo! I'm just 3k away from the target 10k! I quite enjoyed the morning run as well, it feels nice to get the run over with and then have the rest of the day to do my own thing, rather than fit my run in the middle of the day and have to plan everything around it as I do usually. So I guess the plan now is to try to wake up at 6 in the morning and try to get my run in before I head off for work. I guess that means I have to start sleeping earlier than I do now.
I managed to get a swim in the day after my run in the world's stupidest shaped pool. The pool was octagonal in shape and just completely inconducive for swimming. I ended up swimming 50 laps from one corner to the opposite corner, and managed to get a neck ache from constantly trying to lift my head up awkwardly to check I didn't end up in the wrong corner...which I still did, many times. If I ever meet the designer of the octagonal swimming pool, I am so going to whip his ass.
I'm not a big on massages, but after all the running and swimming and the past week's rock climbing session, my shoulders and upper back have been a mess and the Thai massage was so welcomed. My shoulders feel a lot looser now and it's kind of weird not having the permanent ache there. Of course I undid all the benefits of the massage by going off rockclimbing for about an hour the moment I got back home. But, the loose shoulders were nice, if only for a couple of hours. Speaking of rockclimbing, I think I need to get back to it, because well, I just miss it. It's a real bother having to find someone to belay me and all that though, which is why I have only been making very half-hearted attempts to get back into the sport.
Back to the grind again today, so I'm off for spin classes tonight. Hopefully I'll do a lot better than I did last week!
Over weekend
Ran: 7km in 46:37 min
Swam: 1 hour / 50 laps in stupidly shaped pool
Food aside, I managed to get my run and swim in. That meant I had to wake up before the entire family (wasn't too hard since everyone slept in on most days) since the moment the whole gang got up, it was off to eat, shop, get a massage and save the world! So although I was half asleep when I got to the gym, I managed to finish a 7k run! Woo Hoo! I'm just 3k away from the target 10k! I quite enjoyed the morning run as well, it feels nice to get the run over with and then have the rest of the day to do my own thing, rather than fit my run in the middle of the day and have to plan everything around it as I do usually. So I guess the plan now is to try to wake up at 6 in the morning and try to get my run in before I head off for work. I guess that means I have to start sleeping earlier than I do now.
I managed to get a swim in the day after my run in the world's stupidest shaped pool. The pool was octagonal in shape and just completely inconducive for swimming. I ended up swimming 50 laps from one corner to the opposite corner, and managed to get a neck ache from constantly trying to lift my head up awkwardly to check I didn't end up in the wrong corner...which I still did, many times. If I ever meet the designer of the octagonal swimming pool, I am so going to whip his ass.
I'm not a big on massages, but after all the running and swimming and the past week's rock climbing session, my shoulders and upper back have been a mess and the Thai massage was so welcomed. My shoulders feel a lot looser now and it's kind of weird not having the permanent ache there. Of course I undid all the benefits of the massage by going off rockclimbing for about an hour the moment I got back home. But, the loose shoulders were nice, if only for a couple of hours. Speaking of rockclimbing, I think I need to get back to it, because well, I just miss it. It's a real bother having to find someone to belay me and all that though, which is why I have only been making very half-hearted attempts to get back into the sport.
Back to the grind again today, so I'm off for spin classes tonight. Hopefully I'll do a lot better than I did last week!
Over weekend
Ran: 7km in 46:37 min
Swam: 1 hour / 50 laps in stupidly shaped pool
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Off to Bangkok
I did feel a lot better after my session with my personal trainer. Also because deep down inside I'm a complete exhibitionist. I climbed the rock wall as a warm-up yesterday and the world stopped to watch. It made me feel special. Yes, I do get instant gratification from random people 'oohing' and 'aahing'. I wasn't even doing all that fantastically climb-wise, but I'm guessing no one else knew better so it made me feel rather well-loved for those couple of minutes.
I'm off to Bangkok this evening for the weekend and it's going to be a weekend of pigging out, massages, shopping, wandering, a swim and a run....You did hear right! I'm going to try to fit in a swim and a run in the 3 days I'm there because I am dedicated like that. It's a bit of a pain lugging my trainers around for a 3 day trip, but I'm a lean, mean machine now and I've got to keep the parts well oiled....how did that come off sounding dodgy? Anyway, the plan is to do a run and a swim, but as to that actually panning out at the end of the day...well, it's anyone's call.
I'm off to Bangkok this evening for the weekend and it's going to be a weekend of pigging out, massages, shopping, wandering, a swim and a run....You did hear right! I'm going to try to fit in a swim and a run in the 3 days I'm there because I am dedicated like that. It's a bit of a pain lugging my trainers around for a 3 day trip, but I'm a lean, mean machine now and I've got to keep the parts well oiled....how did that come off sounding dodgy? Anyway, the plan is to do a run and a swim, but as to that actually panning out at the end of the day...well, it's anyone's call.
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