Category Archives: Fitness & Health

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

10K Training – Day 30: Race Simulation – Day 9

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:

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Next Run: Tuesday, 10K 5:31-5:42

10K Training – Day 29: Race Simulation – Day 8

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

10K Training – Day 28: Race Simulation – Day 7

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

Training Plan For Half Marathon

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.

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10K Training – Day 27: Race Simulation – Day 6

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

10K Training – Day 26: Race Simulation – Day 5

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