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I have four weeks left of my training - well, 3 1/2, actually. On the last week, I’m going to take an extra day off, and then do a 21K run. This week, 17.2K, next week 17.4K, week after that, 19.8K, week after that (final week), 21K.

Of course, this assumes I don’t have to cancel due to bad weather….

It was really strange last night. I was lying in bed, trying to sleep, and my thoughts drifted towards my late Grandmother and for some reason, I started tearing up.

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I'm not usually one for drama movies or tearjerkers, but, being of South-East Asia heritage myself,  I really had to watch this one. A really touching story with cruel twists and may coincidences. Whether some of them were "enhanced" for the Hollywood portrayal of the story or not, I don't know, but this is one story I enjoyed and one I would recommend you watch, but I do have to say, if you're easily traumatised, or don't like the look of wounds, then probably skip this one - it doesn't hold back.

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Must be monsoon season – I’ve had to skip several runs recently due to heavy rain…. -_-

I watched Quartet last night over Google Movies and was moderately pleased with it. It’s not often you get a classical music-themed movie with lots of professional singers and players.

The movie felt a little jumpy and slightly disjointed for my liking. To be fair all the actors and actresses seemed to be enjoying themselves and there were plenty of funny moments. The whole movie centered on the “Quartet” who previously performed Rigoletto together and have been reunited in time for a Charity Gala to save their retirement home from closing.

However, (spoilers hidden)

They don’t actually perform, so for the whole movie, they’re talking about performing together, listening to their previous performances together, but they don’t actually get round to doing the performance. The film ends with them on the stage, about to start. Have to say, I was pretty disappointed – I would have liked to have seen how well (or badly) Billy Connolly sang opera :P

Link to the Google Movies: http://goo.gl/TSydy

They claim not to be husband and wife, but they sure as hell act like one. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4VnmFboL8

[Funny Fairy Tail] How Evergreen shows her love - YouTube.

They’re so much better looking in Japan…. :P

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A satisfying workout. I broke the 6:00min/km average pace today, and almost broke 30 mins for the whole 5K. Pretty pleased with this. I’m hitting yellow more and more often now, so I’m able to push myself better now.

Chicken Teriyaki Bento

Mussels with Sake (furthest away from camera)

Squid Rings

Squid Rings

Coated Octopus Legs

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Poor Archie. Jamie is probably going to be so pissed…. ^_^;

Wow, just lost 1.7kg from my run today. That’s 3.75lbs, just from one run.

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I’m actually pleased somewhat with this. I was able to get below 6:00 min/km for several km, but couldn’t keep that pace, so I’ll need to work on that.

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via Naruto vs Jinchuruki and Tobi Final Fight : Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 - YouTube.

This week’s long run is 90 minutes, and I’m going to try a new route that is slightly longer than the route I took last week, but hopefully shouldn’t hit any pavement-less roads. It’s a 15.61KM route so I should be pretty shattered by the time I’m done.

Next week’s long run is also 90 minutes, then 95 minutes, then 100 minutes, then 100 again, and then the training ends the week after. If I can do 100 minutes at a pace of around 7:00 min/km (slow pace), then a half marathon will take me 147.7 minutes, or about 2.5 hours. I can average about 6:40 now, so that will make the half marathon time close to 2 hours if I can keep that pace up.

I’ll probably run the 15.61KM tomorrow, and gauge how far I can get in the 90 minutes. If I finish ahead of target, then I’ll use another route I have planned, which is 17KM. I also have a 19KM route planned, and a full Half Marathon route planned, so if I get faster, I can use those.

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Unfortunately, adidas have updated their site. Now I can’t seem to find the image to link into the post, so I’m going to have to resort to screenshots instead…

Whilst I’ve only watched the odd few Naruto episodes, I do have to concede that there are some really nice fight scenes. This being one of them:

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Phone Operator 3 Confirms Data Network Woes.

Strange…. my connection to the Internet on my Three UK device seems to have gone. I thought maybe I hadn’t paid my bills, but then again, they’re on Direct Debit, so that shouldn’t happen. Plus, one of my colleagues at work is also on Three (a different plan, but the same network) and his connection is also down. Looks like Three are either doing something but not telling us, or someone’s pulled the plug somewhere…. Or maybe possibly both.

EDIT: 8:30am – Message on the Customer Services line indicates that they are aware of the issue and are working on it. But still no connection.

EDIT: 11am – network back up