Category Archives: Fitness & Health

Reviving running and new goal

I’ve been slacking in my running for a fair bit, and not doing my usual distances.

This last week, I’ve been through the painful process of saying goodbye to my uncle from the viewing in the mortuary, to the final viewing, the funeral, and the internment of the ashes.

Cancer is a horrible condition, indiscriminate and relentless. But it doesn’t always mean death. Research has allowed cancer patients a good quality of life compared to a few decades ago and it continues to grow as research progresses.

In 2014 I did the Royal Parks Half Marathon (completion post here). It was a painful experience, but one I’m going to attempt to go for again. I’m going to train up for another Half Marathon and this time nominate a cancer charity. The current primary charity I’m thinking of is Cancer Research UK.

Training

Haven’t run for a while, so this 3.5k run was a bit heavy going, but being able to hit around 5min/km consistently is good for me

https://www.strava.com/activities/1053300397

Training

First time in a while I’ve done a reasonable distance. And 7k in just under 40 mins isn’t too bad, with an average of 5:31/km.

https://www.strava.com/activities/998823751

Training

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 3.33 km in 19m:45s.

http://app.endomondo.com/workouts/868745320/2918479

Damn…. I’m WAY out of shape. Whilst my pace is okay (I was doing 6min/km during the Royal Parks), I had and still have trouble lasting more than 3km right now. T_T

Back to the grindstone to get my endurance back up. 3kms for the next few days to stabilise my routine.

New Year Thoughts

Okay, so I have decided to check my weight at the turn of the new year and I’m currently 10st 10lbs — 6lbs heavier than I was last year :(

Time to hit the road and burn off those calories.

Training

Ran 3.2k on Christmas Day. Wanted to do more, but just didn’t feel like it….

https://www.endomondo.com/users/2918479/workouts/850349466

 

Mind you, ran across this nice looking set of decorations on the way back

Training

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 3.53 km in 20m:41s.
http://app.endomondo.com/workouts/845740092/2918479

Returning back to running after a period of being unable to breathe properly due to a cough. Still lingering slightly, but doesn’t now wake me up at 1am for a coughing fit.

Averaged 5:52 min/km so still within my 6min mark. Running with a Spotify Running list at 160bpm. Finding that’s letting me go slow, but not burn out too quickly.

Training

健毅 黃 was out running. He tracked 2.78 km in 15m:06s.
http://app.endomondo.com/workouts/832739985/2918479

Nice short run, just trying to get my form and pace back before increasing distance.