16th February, 2013:
It rained at night and with the blackouts my wakeup time was rather delayed. I woke
up at 5:30am instead of my usual 5am. I took half a litre of warm water and on
peering outside…the result of the rain was as I had expected, soggy!
I have managed to stay injury
free since November last year – a whole 2 months and I intend to maintain that
status, self-preservation…it’s a bitch but I gotta do wat I gotta do. This year
I ain’t making any crazy drastic decisions like I did last year. I am glad to
be taking charge of my training one step at a time.
This month is tough since I have
to re-introduce myself to 32k, again. With that in mind I did two evening runs during the
week despite the bad weather. On 11th – 17kms in 76mins and on 13th
– 18kms in 81mins both an average of 4’30”, I need to work on that average
ASAP.
With a mindset of doing 30kms – I
set off pretty late and tried to discipline myself in the initial stages of the
run. As I was sweating my butt off on Upper Hill climb, a drizzle began and boy I got
a new surge of energy. Reroute back to Jogoo road but just couldn’t go any
further after the 27th kilometer – my Garmin also somehow pauses at
that point. My knees couldn’t withstand the pounding on the tarmac which
translates to excess weight – I gotta cut down some two kilograms by end of the month.
I am still worried about
bacterial infection and I am still on drugs (amoxyl). My right leg
muscles are rather stiff. My weight isn’t appropriate if my standards are
anything to go by – I am at 71kgs and I am focusing on an ideal 68kgs so as to be able
to pull a 14kms in an hour come 2nd of March and take Jacks easy
money – the 1k on the table is mine for the taking. That’s a little motivation
which can go a long way in breaking a P.R.
Run Statistics - 27kms in 2:00:55 an average of 13.10km/hr.
Run Statistics - 27kms in 2:00:55 an average of 13.10km/hr.
| Kilometer | Time | Avg Pace |
| 1 | 4:29 | 4'29"/km |
| 2 | 8:44 | 4'15"/km |
| 3 | 13:03 | 4'19"/km |
| 4 | 17:27 | 4'24"/km |
| 5 | 21:57 | 4'30"/km |
| 6 | 26:29:00 | 4'32"/km |
| 7 | 31:03:00 | 4'34"/km |
| 8 | 35:33:00 | 4'30"/km |
| 9 | 39:56:00 | 4'23"/km |
| 10 | 44:21:00 | 4'25"/km |
| 11 | 48:56:00 | 4'35"/km |
| 12 | 53:20:00 | 4'24"/km |
| 13 | 57:59:00 | 4'39"/km |
| 14 | 1:02:33 | 4'34"/km |
| 15 | 1:07:57 | 5'24"/km |
| 16 | 1:12:48 | 4'51"/km |
| 17 | 1:17:12 | 4'24"/km |
| *Fastest | 1:21:05 | 3'53"/km |
| 19 | 1:25:22 | 4'17"/km |
| 20 | 1:29:45 | 4'23"/km |
| 21 | 1:34:12 | 4'27"/km |
| 22 | 1:38:31 | 4'19"/km |
| 23 | 1:43:00 | 4'29"/km |
| 24 | 1:47:26 | 4'26"/km |
| 25 | 1:51:44 | 4'18"/km |
| 26 | 1:56:15 | 4'31"/km |
| 27 | 2:00:55 | 4'40"/km |
My run has not improved even a little
so there is need to do something drastic – cut down on my intake and run in
four out seven days in the coming week – focus on at least 20kms in each run
and also a single run of 25kms or more on Sunday so as to attain 85 kms per
week or more.
Eat | Sleep | Conquer | Repeat.
2 comments:
Great going! Keep it up and maintain that consistency. This week, my injury has also improved and very soon I will be free to run as I want and I will join you pretty soon. Keep the spirit. You will find that its very much worth it once you start flying down those roads.
Exactly! Once you feel fit enough you can come on a given Sunday for a 30km run. Its great that you are getting back on form.
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