Sunday, December 21, 2008

Training Day 2 (21 dec Sunday)

Today is sunday and was supposed to be my lazy day like it had been for the pass weeks. Since i have already started my regime yesterday i intend to keep to it as long as my mind and body allow.

It was suppose to be a 800m swim for me. However, by the time i got to the pool (4pm) it was packed with people. As if the whole of sengkang residents are here. Furthermore, the main pool was cordoned off for some traning and only like 2 lanes were left for the public - how ridiculous. So i decided to do a short bike ride instead since i like to keep my tranining going.

Did a 16km short ride (39min) under the hot sun. Short it may be but the intensity was high as the route was pretty hilly espcially wheni made the u-turn on the way back. I rode out from my place and hit yck road towards causuarina; made a left towards town along thomson road; made another left towards amk just before bishan park; then made a quick left turn to hit the steep ride up shangri-la estate before making my way back to yck road in the opposite direction. Another plus is i got a nice tan due to the strong evening sun and my tri-top print is visible again.

Tml is monday and will be my dedicated recovery day. Hope the coming christmas week will be an easy one on my tummy.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Back to Training - Day 1 (20 Dec Saturday)

I guess its time to start planning for 2009 events. My 'A' race should most likely be Aviva 70.3 on 22 march. So i got down to my laptop and created some excel table with training schedule on it. And it felt really motivating to put my 12 weeks plans down in black and white - you know what i mean. And yes, i went out today start my program leading to the race day.

Day 1
i started easy with a 25km bike (1hr) in the morning. Doing my usual route from home via jln kayu to yishun dam to mandai road and made a u-turn.

later in the evening i did a 6km run (44min) along ecp. started from fort road to mac and back.

Monday, December 8, 2008

End of 2008. Horray

Event: Standard Chartered Marathon 2008 - 42km
Date: 7th December 2008
Venue: Esplanade/Padang
Bib No: 12682
Timing: 5:56:02
POS: 6,233/11,030
This is the best marathon i have done without training. Ok i have done only 2, but both without training as well! WAT!! I was averaging about 8min 26sec/km and i was quite happy although i was aiming for 7min/km at the beginining of the year.
Well this is the end of my 2008 season. Closing with this sixth event, i felt much accomplishment for the goals i have set out end of 2007 in the area of my fitness department. Next year i should aim for 8-10 events with improvement in all my timings by 10% or more.
- 3 x tribob sprint series
- 1 x Osim OD
- 1 x Aviva 70.3
- 1 x Quadthlon
- 2 x marathon
- 2 x others
In the mean time, train safe and enjoy the ability to complete.