Failed Mission

Celebrating my eldest niece's upcoming birthday at sis' place today. They are having a party ... So plan was to run to sis place.

Started early at about 6:45am and didn't feel anything amiss.

Alas, not long into the run I felt winded and in less than 20 mins, I had to walk. *shake head*

Legs were tired and I was struggling even before I got to MacRitchie.

Lousy lousy run. I walked most of the way after my water break at Long House and after another 30 mins of stroll, I gave up near Teachers' Estate and took a cab to sis place. Haha ....

Failed mission. And again the top of my left foot starts to hurt. Aiyo.... been eating lots more, growing horizontally exponentially and yet I'm working out LESS.

Thur Run

Woke up at 4+ and couldn't get back to bed.  Decided to start early since I wanted to get something done in the ofc.   I'm so early that I actually saw a patrol car stopped in front of me and questioned a guy who was holding something in a plastic bag.  And I was this early that the usual coffeeshop that I passed by in Queenstown, which normally would already have its share of early risers having their breakfast, was still getting ready unloading food supplies to get ready for their business.

Anyway, it was a better run.  Able to cover about 12+km, 1hr 26mins i think

Tues Run

Still about 5 mins slower than before and was struggling towards the last part of the run.

But all in all glad I ran.

Nothing much.  About 10km 1hrs 14mins.

LSD

Got to work on Sat so ran to work as part of LSD, knowing that if I don't do that, I would surely not run on Sun.

There was lots of mental struggle between continuing my sleep and running to work.  Thankfully the sheer logic of running to work wins. 

While puffing away at the early stages of the run, I came to realise that I had forgotten the objective of my runs.  I shouldn't beat myself up, nor whine about my runs.  Looking back to the period when I was injured and couldn't even run 1km, i had told myself then that it doesn't matter how short/slow I run, as long as i CAN still run.  That's the objective and I somehow lost sight of that objective recently.

Realising this again, I was more relaxed and just run or stop whenever I feel like it.   

Ran to Labrador Park again .... the sky was beautiful.   One slight glitch in the run.  I planned to buy water at the vending machine at the park but alas, it somehow just couldn't accept $2 notes when it was suppose to.  After much trying, I gave up.  I was dreading the run out because the next kiosk would be a distance away.  I decided to try my luck at the city beach resort and finally managed to get some change.  100+ never tasted THIS good.

Managed to get to office in 2.5 hours.  Strange that the distance clocked is a mere 15km.  Really don't think I'm THAT slow.  I'll still think I clock about 20km minimum.

Love Story meets Viva la Vida

Beautiful.  Am waiting for the mp3.  *thumbs up*

Thank you, grandpa. *muacks*

Thur Run

Today's run is slightly better.  

Still slower than before .... but consolation was I managed to run a longer distance

Took me 1hrs 25mins to cover about 12km.

I still have some way to go.

My input ... is wayyyyyy above my output.    I'm fated to be fat. hahahaha

LOUSY RUN

Quite disheartened to write.  Three words sum up the run this mrn.

Breathless.  Slow.  Disappointing.

One of the worst runs ever.  Felt chuan right from the very beginning.  And possibly due to the insufficient water intake the day before, I was extremely dehydrated and this marks the 2nd time in my weekday run that I had to get water at the 7-11.

Cut short the run, much shorter than usual.  Think was about 9km for 1hrs 12mins.  Really disheartening.

Really hope I can regain my fitness soon.  Will I or is this really part and parcel of aging?  I've been told long ago that one will feel the physical decline at the age of 30.  I admit I didn't feel much of that when I cross the big 3-0.  However, I'm feeling it now ... maybe its the difference between the physical age and the bio age.  To console myself I prolly just cross the bio age of 30 not so long ago.

haha ... 

Hope I regained some level of fitness soon.

 

Thur Run

Another run .... the top of my left foot hurts since my LSD on Sun.
It gets better but the pain will return during my run ... now its still hurting.

Did my usual Tues route except that I cut short the distance as I was feeling really tired and foot hurts when I hit Fullerton. So didn't manage to go to Esplanade. Anyway I was running late as I overslept.

It started to rain when I got to Fullerton and got progressively heavier. But sure was nice and cooling to run in the rain.

My timing is really lousy .... I've slowed down by almost 10 mins :(

Sigh. Today shld cover just 9.5km. 1hr 13mins.

Ok lah hor, better than slacking.

Tues Run

Wow ..... I haven't had the aching muscles, ache while I walk, sleep and get up from a sitting position feeling for the LONGEST time!
And I felt it since Mon ... following my Sun LSD ... after a 3 weeks break -____-"

But having said that, it was a good pain. Am glad to have run!

With sore muscles, I didn't dare to tax my legs too much so did a shorter and more comfy run on Tues.
Gosh, my pace was so damn slow that I slowed down by about 5 to 10 mins.

Took me about 1hr 14mins to cover 10km!!! *slap forehead*

Happy Mother's Day!

This post is dedicated to my mom.  The one most important person in my life.

Thanks for being the best mom I could ever ask for.  

For always giving your children the best

For always putting us above yourself

For always taking good care of us

For always worrying about us (although I sincerly wish you can quit worrying, Mom!)

For always forgiving us, no matter our mistakes

For always being there for us

For always believing in us

Thank you Mom. *hugz*

Re-starting ....

I HAVE BEEN SLACKING BIG BIG TIME.

Not sure why but I suddenly lost all motivation to swim / run.

Everyday I would set my alarm at 5am but I would just shut it off and head back to bed.  The thought of running just didn't appeal to me somehow.

A week became two and by the third week I was worried about my lack of activity (ok, I do still go to the gym but it definitely isn't enough).

I got fatter and even my Mom commented.  

Been whining to The Gifted about my lack of motivation and I pleaded with him to help me get back into my running.  Bless his kind heart and soul, he readily agreed to run with me just to help me out (though his pace and mine are drastically different!!!)

It was suppose to be a Sat mrn run.  We will both head out from our respective homes and meet at Tanjong Pagar where we will head back to Hougang.  Alas, we were greeted with thunder and heavy downpour on Sat mrn and hence I happily snucked back into bed.

Sunday.  Thunder was heard right from 2+am and I was groaning.  I really needed to re-start my running.  By 6am The Gifted msg that it was pouring where he was, while there wasn't any rain at my side, just continuous rumbling from the sky.  I decided to head out first and meet The Gifted along the way.....

After 3 weeks, my legs, though fresh, took a while to warm up. Although it was the usual route, I seemed to take a long time to cover the usual distance, and my strides were heavy and many times my soles scratched the gravel, at one time I almost tripped and fell on the uneven pavement! Something I never had problems with for the past 1 year!  

Anyway, we finally met up at Boon Keng, and we slowly (THANKS so much for slowing down so much to accomodate auntie!!!) trotted back to Hougang.

If not for the company, I think I would have a lot more difficulty covering the whole distance.  The weather today was cool and kind too, so that helped a lot.  It started to pour shortly after 2 hrs 45mins on the road.  My legs were complaining of the lethargy and decided not to push myself too much.

Very happy to finally get to run with The Gifted again after so many years.
Thanks for the help!
*bow*

Total distance about 23km. 2hrs 45mins.