Terrible...

I didn't get to train AT ALL, last week!! NADA... zipp!!!

My schedule was so crazy until I couldn't even spare an hour. My only workout (other that running around like a madman), was a bicycle ride yesterday morning at Putrajaya! My first bike ride in what... 6 months??

It was a short easy ride, about 45 minutes to an hour (I accidentally reset my computer), for about 18k.

Running: 0km!!!

Will resume training this week!

SG Marathon Training Log: Week 2 (Sept 11 - 17)

Last week was a myriad of interesting (and not necessarily good) experiences... two accidents in less than a week.. carelessly leaving my HR monitor chest strap at the Lake Gardens bathroom.. and of course, the Terry Fox Run.

Anyway, back to the training stats first:

Tuesday 12/9:

Total running time - 40:00
Distance - approx 5km
No HR readings, left them at LG bathroom from the last long run on Sunday.
Notes: Ran at my old running route near my old house - Sg. Kantan housing area
Effort level was medium easy, route was mostly flat with some slight incline.

Wednesday 13/9:

Total running time - 24:40
Distance - 3km
No HR readings again, although I got the chest strap back, I left them at the car. Bugger.
Notes: Ran in the FF gym, Menara Maxis. Wanted to run 4km, but I felt spent at 3. Speed was average 7.5km/h. Effort was medium. I guess the workout on Tuesday wasn't as easy as I thought. Could also be due to improper rest. Saw one nice lookin' chic running on the treadmill next to me. I was bustin' my butt running so slow, and she was running like a deer.. nice legs! Damn!

Friday 15/9:

Total running time - 40:49
Distance - 5km
Ave HR - 149bpm
Max HR - 163bpm
Notes: Ran in FF gym again, but this time at John Hancock building. Effort level - medium easy. Started out nice and easy and gradually increased speed. Did some strides after 2km easy running - short bursts of tempo running at almost 9km/h. Recovery was slow jog.

Sunday 17/9:

Terry Fox Run 6.5km
Total running time - 24:16
(Actual) Distance - approx 3.2km
Ave HR - 163
Max HR - 177
Notes: Got lost, so didn't complete the circuit. But was fun, good crowd. Started out very late in the morning, around 9.30am, so it was rather hot. Started out fairly fast, and got whammered with the uphill slope going up to the Carcosa road (usually we're always running DOWN that road, not up). I didn't get enough sleep as well, so I burnt out fairly quickly. Got a flu that night too. Effort level - medium hard to hard.

I think this week might see reduced mileage due to some heavy schedule of work this week. Might just do long runs mostly, towards the end of the week, instead.

See how it goes!

Happy Running and Training y'all!!

SG (Half) Marathon training log

Well, you can say I've officially started training for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon end of the year. Although I've been running the past several weeks, but I wasn't really in training mode.

Greg wrote me a program to start off with, and because I've been running a little bit, I've increased the distance by a margin for all training runs. After all, it's only about 80+ days till the race, so it's a mix of base training and actual training, I guess.

Here are some data from early this week:

Monday 4/9:

Total running time - 36:05
Max HR - 169bpm
Ave HR - 152 bpm
Distance - approx 4.5km
Notes: Ran Lake Gardens, effort level was about medium easy to medium, but overall an easy paced run. Some slight uphills from the Carcosa route and up from the lake to the car park.

Tuesday 5/9

Total running time - 26:00
Max HR - 167
Ave HR - 152
Distance - approx 3.2km
Notes: Ran at Bandar Puteri 8 housing area. Was accompanying Junji for walking first, and some warmup runs (for me, but not so for her.. heh heh!), and then only I started running. Effort level was medium, as the area has some light inclines, not flat at all.

Friday 8/9

Total running time - 37:52
Max HR - 161
Ave HR - 150
Distance - 5km
Notes: This time it was the treadmill in the FF gym at Menara Axis. Overall effort was easy, as I started off easy (6.5km/h) and slowly increased speed until 8.2km/h. But being on a treadmill, I had to listen to my iPod to get my mind off the boredom of running to nowhere!

Sunday 10/9

Total running time - 58:18
Max HR - 168
Ave HR - 155
Distance - 7.4km (2 rounds of 3.7k loop)
Notes: Lake Gardens, from Bkt Aman to Carcosa, up the hill back into the road to Bkt Aman. Ran throughout the workout, with one 1-minute walk break to recover a little. Effort level was easy to medium, and slight moments of hard effort when going uphill the second round, back to the car park. Some medium uphills and slopes.

That's it for this week... will report on my weekly training next week.

Stay tuned!