Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 3.73K, 19:04mins. Finished way ahead of target time.

Next Run: Saturday, EASY 3.70 KM IN 28M:11S

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 3.57km, 23:12mins

Next Run: Friday, EASY 3.70 KM IN 28M:11S (pace adjusted)

Tracks: ZR, ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 2.82K, 5:46 min/km

Next Run: Wednesday, 12M:00S TEST

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 8.25K in 53:13

Next Run: Monday, EASY 6.30 KM IN 38M:32S

The Royal Parks Half Marathon - Race Report - Events - Runner’s World.

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 2.79km in 17M:12S – finished early due to rain.

Next Run: Friday, EASY 3.70 KM IN 22M:38S

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 1.90km, 7:39min. My phone rebooted mid-run again, ending my run prematurely. Not a great start to my HM training…. :-(

Next Run: Wednesday, EASY 5.80 KM IN 35M:29S

Found this in Oak Hill Park during my run:

Tracks: ZR (Part 1, Part 2), Endomondo

Achieved: 9.52km, 4:43 min/km

Next Run: Monday, 3.70km @ 6:07 min/km pace.

Today was my very first proper 10K race. Even though it’s not a competitive race (it’s a charity run), the push and pressure of being the chaser and chased during the run really drives a better time, I even broke my 5K time in this race.

My phone rebooted during this race, so I lost crucial tracking, which is why when I merged my workouts on Endomondo, it comes out less than 10K. In fact, if you zoom in on the map of the race, you’ll see a gap in the tracking which is where my phone rebooted. Had I tracked that last 0.48km at the 4:43 min/km pace of the rest of the track, then my total 10K time would be 47 minutes, 10 secs.

But, it was all worth it….

At the finish line, I heard someone shouting out runner numbers as they passed the line. Maybe I’ll get a letter with my official time in the post in a few days?

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 4:36km 24:50mins (app seemed to crash)

Next Run: Sunday, 10K Race.

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 5.14 km, 5:54 min/km. Over my target pace, but felt reasonably comfortable.

Next Run: Friday, 5K 7:38 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 2.81km, 6:27 min/km

Next Run: Tuesday, 5K Race Pace - 5:24 min/km

When you’re the winner of a race, you’re on top of the world. When you’re not, any number of things may be going through your head. Runner’s World collected some nice snippets of quotes

From this month's Runner's World magazine. It made me chuckle, but seems plausible. Runners would have more energy, and more drive than those who don't run.

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 9.35km, 5:58 min/km

Next Run: Monday, 5K 7:38 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Achieved: 3.12km 5:38 min/km

Next Run: Saturday 10K 5:31-5:42

Tracks: ZR (1, 2, 3, 4), Endomondo, Strava

Achieved: 3.86km, 4:48 min/km. Well short of my target today, again due to work stress. Even though I tried to do even half of my target distance today, ZR went funny part way through….

Next Run: Friday, 5K, 7:38 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km, 7:38 min/km

Achieved: 3.07km, 12:52min - 4:17 min/km. I was hitting a good pace, and was on my second lap around Oak Hill Park, when my phone decided to reboot. On the plus side, I took 6 seconds off my 3km PB.

Oh, and I found this scribbled at the entrance of Oak Hill Pak:

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 10K 5:31-5:43 min/km

Achieved: 7.87km 49:57mins, 6:21 min/km. I trialled the 10K route I will be taking during my run and it’s very varied - varying inclines and a lot of narrow, muddy paths. Since I wasn’t sure where I needed to go, I had to stop multiple times to get my bearings. I think I turned off too early, which I kind of suspected.

Since the path is also under trees, I did lose GPS a few times.

Next Run: Monday, 5km, 7:38 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 7:39 min/km

Achieved: 5.05 km 26:51 min, 5:19 min/km

Next Run: Saturday 10K 5:31-5:43 min/km

My 10K race is coming up soon, so I’ll need to start looking ahead to decide what I do after that. Well, I’ll start re-training up for a Half Marathon, since I’m able to do a sub-1hr 10K (although I’d be happy to hit below 50 minutes.) Endomondo estimates my completion time as 2hr 4min 13s based on my current 10K PB.

Endomondo | Community based on free GPS tracking of sports.

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 10km 5:31 - 5:43 min/km

Achieved: 5.20km 7:10 min/km. I really didn’t feel like running today. A busy day at work, tired, and I guess it showed during the run.

Next Run: Friday 5km 7:39 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 7:39 min/km

Achieved: 5.03km 4:56min/km. A good pace today. AKB48 is a great band to listen to, and even to run to. Their tracks are reasonably fast beat, and I was comfortably averaging around 10-11 km/h just hitting their beat (~5-6 min/km).

Next Run: Tuesday 10km 5:31 - 5:43 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 10km 5:31 - 5:44 min/km

Achieved: 10.13km 57:11 min. I missed several days of the start of the Simulation phase due to some really crazy long-hour (10-14 hour) days at work. But on the plus side, I took nearly 2 minutes off my 10K PB.

Next Run: Monday, 5km 7:39 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 7km 5:37 - 5:45 min/km

Achieved: 2.79km 5:47 min/km. Started drizzling, so I ended the run early.

Next Run: Monday - 5km 7:41 min/km

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km Intervals 5:21 - 5:45 min/km

Achieved: 3.22km 5:07 min/km. Above my target speed, but short on distance.

Next Run: Saturday - 7km 5:37 - 5:45

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