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.
