Category Archives: Fitness & Health

Half Marathon Training – Day 1

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: EASY 3.70 KM IN 22M:38S

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:

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10K Training – Day 37: RACE!

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

Target: 10K, 5:24 min/km, 54:24 min

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?

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10K Training – Day 36: Race Simulation – Day 15

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: 5K 7:38 min/km

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

Next Run: Sunday, 10K Race.

10K Training – Day 35: Race Simulation – Day 14

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: 5K Race Pace – 5:24 min/km

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

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

10K Training – Day 34: Race Simulation – Day 13

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: 5K 7:38 min/km

Achieved: 2.81km, 6:27 min/km

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

Victory & Defeat

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

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Want Better Sex? Run! (No, seriously)

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.

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10K Training – Day 33: Race Simulation – Day 12

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: 10K 5:31-5:42

Achieved: 9.35km, 5:58 min/km

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

10K Training – Day 32: Race Simulation – Day 11

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5K, 7:38 min/km

Achieved: 3.12km 5:38 min/km

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

10K Training – Day 31: Race Simulation – Day 10

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

Target: 10K 5:31-5:42

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