Hill Run & A Wet & Fast 10k

Just to keep it short.

Saturday: Registered for PJ Half! Now I'm motivated! However, I don't know whether I'm capable of a 2:15 qualifying time. I'm not at mein peak. One thing I'm sure I'll beat last year's time of about 2:36.

Sunday: Walked with wifey one round of Damai hill route. Then ran same route of about 2k in 17:59 thereabouts. Nothing to it.

Monday (today): Drizzling! But because of the looming PJ Half, went for a run anyway. And what a blazing run it was.

Round 1
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 1.1km 6:55 6:55
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 2.2km 6:36 13:31
TwoTrees to Barricade 0.9km 3.1km 5:33 19:04
Barricade to TwoTrees 0.9km 4.0km 5:14 24:18

Round 2
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 5.1km 6:35 30:53 can believe ar?
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 6.2km 8:01 38:54
TwoTrees to Barricade 0.9km 7.1km 5:42 44:36
Barricade to TwoTrees 0.9km 8.0km 5:48 50:24

Round 3
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 9.1km 7:09 57:33
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 10.2km 7:36 1:05:09 ** almost a sub 1:05!

At 5k I'm too panchited, so took a 1-min walk break which explains the 8-min timing. In the end, I was just 10 seconds off a sub-1:05 10.2k. Definitely a sub-1:05 10k. Yahooo!

Thinking... If I can run the half non-stop (ie non-Galloway) at consistent pace, maybe can save enough time to qualify. Dunno lah. Not enough hill-training & speedwork. Mebbe I should do Sunday LSDs non-stop and see how long I can do it. If I can do it for 2:20 then all settled, I'm running non-Galloway this PJ Half. This Sunday will give it a try.

A panchited 10k

After resting for 1 day, today's run I have redeemed meinself by running a 10k. Haha!

Here are the timings:

Round 1
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 1.1km 7:51 7:51
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 2.2km 7:33 15:23
TwoTrees to Barricade 0.9km 3.1km 5:41 21:04
Barricade to TwoTrees 0.9km 4.0km 5:47 26:51

Round 2
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 5.1km 7:21 34:11
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 6.2km 7:38 41:50
TwoTrees to Barricade 0.9km 7.1km 5:54 47:43
Barricade to TwoTrees 0.9km 8.0km 5:51 53:35

Round 3
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 9.1km 7:47 1:01:21
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 10.2km 8:02 1:09:23 ** ha! still a sub 1:10

I nearly didn't make it outta the office because was halted by someone bogged down by a simulation problem. But in the end made it the the site at 6:35pm. By the time the run ended it was dark already. No matter. I am high with endorphins. Tonite I will sleep like a baby.

Back after a Bad Bug

So I overdid it. Pushed too hard during the recent PBM that my immune system went on holiday. And when the bugs came, they really got me. So, another week of no running to get the system rebooted. And another week due to lingering athma-like symptoms.

At last, I'm OK and was all gegel for a run. Thought that I could do at least a 10k, but them legs are all rusty, and mein gegelness meant I went too fast in the beginning, which meant that I went panchit after 5k haha! In the end was so panchit, stopped 2km short. Shame! Shame!

OK here's for the record.

Round 1
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 1.1km 7:26 7:26
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 2.2km 7:19 14:46
TwoTrees to Barricade 0.9km 3.1km 5:22 20:06
Barricade to TwoTrees 0.9km 4.0km 5:29 25:37

Round 2
TwoTrees to Tesco End 1.1km 5.1km 7:09 32:46
Tesco End to TwoTrees 1.1km 6.2km 8:18 41:04
TwoTrees to Barricade 0.9km 7.1km 6:28 47:33
Barricade to TwoTrees 0.9km 8.0km 6:39 54:12

Aiyo, so slow one. Would have lost to Running Mom. Haha!
Takpe.. Will improve surely. Just need to get mein groove back. Just need some motivation, mebbe I'll register for an upcoming race. Missed two oredi - Siemens 10k & Seremban Half, but wasn't planning for either anyway.

Another thing, I gotta get meinself new shoes. Mein Brooks is almost a year old and starting to fall apart. Must have ran almost 1000 km in them oredi.

OK lah nothing more to report, babai.