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Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Yesterday, as I was looking over my race report again, I became really excited and was looking forward to the Las Vegas Half Marathon in December. I have about 7 weeks to ‘continue training’ (if I count Long Beach as training! LOL) and I’m really optimistic about perhaps beating my current personal best for half marathons before year’s end.
So I did the usual and visited the Hal Higdon website, downloaded a training regimen and inputted that on my calendar. The next step would be to actually stick to it — which I think I’d do this time since…
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Well, I typed the stuff above (on October 15th) but ended up not sticking to my original (projected) plan. True, I hadn’t really published the file yet, which means that it wasn’t set in stone — but in my mind, I had already made up the fact that I needed to re-train again. Which of course, meant that I wasn’t! LOL.
Still, I’ve done long mile runs during the weekend and even attempted some weight training last week (one day). I’m planning to be more active this month (November), though. With big projects looming and NaNoWriMo (I’m doing that again this year!), working out will actually be a welcomed respite.
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Monday, 12 October 2009
After pumping myself with (the recommended dosage of) Glucosamine for 3 consecutive days for my bum knee, worrying about the race for six days and then falling ill for four days (and counting!), I’ve done and completed my 3rd half-marathon this year — 2 more than what I’d normally do in a year – and I’m glad to say that I’m not bothered that I did not get a personal best/record.
Considering I and my friend Lisa (whom I was running with) had five unscheduled stops that lasted between three to twelve minutes: two failed bathroom breaks (lines were too long), one successful bathroom break (@ the Marriott Residence Inn in Long Beach — so clean and NOT a porta-potty!) and another at one of the beach restrooms (Lisa had to go again), and finally one break for me at the Kool ‘N’ Fit tent around mile 10 (that Kool ‘n’ Fit shower was sooooo good!), I’m not at all bothered that I finished this half-marathon over my more recent SF half… I figured, at least I finished under 3 hours (2:54:17, to be exact!), this without running for a month. ^_^
That being said, there’s much to do between now and December 4th, when I will partake in my 4th and last half-marathon for this year. For one thing, I’m going to start training again (rofl).
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Saturday, 10 October 2009
…is the Long Beach Half-Marathon and I think I’m ready to face 13.1 miles. I mean, I haven’t been running since feeling the tweak in my knee last weekend and then fell ill for a few days after that but it’s going to be ok, I think. LOL.
Oh, my sis and I have cancelled the scheduled “Oktoberfest” visit to Alpine Village, as well. I don’t think we’ll be well enough after the half-marathon to start drinking copious amounts of beer, especially since we are both coming off a cold. Still, I want my steak/red meat afterwards and can’t decide if I want to go to Sansui Te or some other place that has meat! ^_^
Back to the half-marathon — I went to the Expo yesterday with my friend Leesa and I was surprised to see that they had more good stuff than Surf City’s Expo earlier this year (and by good stuff, I mean freebies). I’m actually going back with my sistahs today (they’ll pick up their bib/gear) to see if there are any other freebies I’ve missed. Hehehe.
Tuesday, 06 October 2009
Sport Chalet have a brilliant in-store promo: bring in a pair of gently used shoes and get 25% off any regular-priced pair of shoes. Get additional details here. So, you’re doing charity work (sorta) whilst eating cake, too… or however that saying goes! LOL
I’m soooo tempted to stock up on a pair of Pegasus (whatever newer model they have now) but I’m like… Ahhh. Gotta save my pennies for snowboarding this season. >_<
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Saturday, 03 October 2009
I’m officially freaking out.
I was supposed to do 12 miles today but was only able to do a paltry 4 miles and walk the rest of the way. My knees (particularly the left knee) was acting up and it scurrred me. I’m not sure how I’m going to finish (or survive) the upcoming race @ Long Beach!
Anyway, check out how poorly I did as recorded by Nike+ and Garmin.
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Monday, 28 September 2009
Last night, after a delicious supper comprised of leftovers, whilst watching (for the first time) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD, and savouring a glass of ‘06 Pinor Noir (can’t afford my fav Chianti Classico Riserva ’04 vintage, anymore  ), my knees began to hurt. More accurately, my left knee. I’m not sure if it’s soreness or whatnot but that thing was hurting when I would walk and put weight on it. I remembered to R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate) it and ended up R.I.E.’ing it as I was too lazy to find some athletic wrap and apply compression to it.
This morning it felt fine but I was still scared that I might have overdone my training (again). Months ago it was my calf, and this time around, my knee. I’m going to take some precautions this week and not do any of my training runs or get on the elliptical — I’m going to go lap swimming instead and do some upper body/abdomen workouts. Getting back into long runs “cold turkey” was a bad idea. LMFAO. Silly me.
Sunday, 27 September 2009
I ran my scheduled 11 miles this morning and I was glad it was foggy and somewhat cold (but not cold enough!). I don’t know how to explain it but there was an unpleasant sensation to my knees around mile 4 up until mile 5 but went away after that — or I could’ve just blocked it out with my super-saiyan-mental-strength. ROFL.
Also, aside from wasting 3 minutes refilling my water bottle and dropping a tablet of delicious berry Nuun, and the odd break running into people I know, I think I did relatively well (time-wise). So yeah, Garmin Connect will report that I actually ran 11.64 miles, whilst Nike+iPod will show you that I went over with 12.64 miles.
Oddly enough, my next long run’s mileage is 12 miles! I think I want to do it… Or maybe I’ll get lazy and taper it off to an easy 9 miles. We shall see…
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Okie, I was supposed to do 5 miles last night but I got too hungry that I decided to turn around early — that and it was super dark and scary running down the Strand on a weekday (despite the fact that I mostly ran the path with my sister and our friend Lisa). Still, it was a good workout!
I finally remembered to bring my Nike+ iPod sensor, so I have some Nike+ stats and Garmin stats, as usual.
Garmin Connect and Nike+iPod.
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Sunday, 20 September 2009
It’s been over a decade (actually, just about 11 years and around 4 months) since I’ve graduated from university and I’m still cramming. No, I’m not studying for an exam or anything intellectual like that (ROFL). I’m cramming my training for my Long Beach 1/2 Marathon!
I think summer got in the way of my training (it really did) and for some reason, I stopped, er, training. Yep, no running, no cross-training (does surfing count?) — nothin! Fast forward a month and it finally hits me that I have two more long distance races before year’s end and I’m not prepared.
I decided, after my horrid performance/experience at the San Diego Marathon in 2008, that I would never ever do that to myself again. As a result, I’ve been relatively disciplined with training and deserved my Camp Pendleton Marathon personal record and 5 weeks after that, ran another marathon and finished unscathed (with Sharool!). I guess I forget that promise to myself when summer arrived and the beer kept flowing! Hehehehe. (Technically, I stopped training after my last 1/2 marathon [San Fran in July] so would that still be regarded as summer?) 
Anyway, without ending up too wordy (too late), I’ve kick started my training by running about 13 miles on Saturday. I’ll be cramming the rest of my runs up until the fated day (Long Beach is on October 11th) and am hoping that I don’t fall off the wagon (or however that idiom goes) by the time the Las Vegas half comes by.
AHHHHHHHHHH!
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Supposed to do 10 miles but ended up walking the final 3 miles to bring the tally up. I was running with sis (Annelle) and it was good because her pace was perfect for someone who was getting back to the swing of things. No real pains felt (amazingly) except for some soreness on the soles of my feet (stretching it out helped, though). Overall, a great jumpstart to my training. ^_^
Oh, I guess a month is enough for me to forget my pre-run routine that I forget to put the sensor on my iPod for my Nike+ system! LOL. It was cool, though as I still had music and was able to gather other data as I wore my Garmin and HR monitor. Stats can be found below!
Link: Garmin Connect (Time, Distance and HR)
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Thursday, 17 September 2009
I haven’t ran in a MONTH. I’ve got a half-marathon this October — Long Beach with the patent-patent gals and then another one in December (@ Vegas!) I’ve been doing some sort of workout here and there but nothing substantial. I need to get back into the swing of things else am gonna suffer @ LB. >_<
I think after my first back-to-back marathon plus the other half-marathons (read: my limit was one half and one full a year), I’ve burned out on running! LOL. That sounds ludicrous, but I seriously think it’s true. There goes my planned PR for LB!
In other news, I got an early Bday pressie from my sis — it’s a triathlon wetsuit! We got it last weekend @ my other sisy’s first Olympic-distance tri event (she finished!) and I was super excited I wanted to go ocean swimming right then and there (we were on the beach [the Expo was on the sand] after all and the ocean was right there!)  So yeah, add that to my list of races next year — triathlons! (Sprint for now). It’s an Xterra Vortex 3 and it’s tiiiight (both figuratively and literally!). Best of all, it was on sale. ^_^
So yeah, the plan is to jumpstart my run training this weekend and then carry over that excitement (yeah right) until October 11th. With any luck, I’ll at least best my San Francisco time (2:45ish).
^_^
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Well, after a week and a few days of laying off running due to old shoes and a creaky knee, I started running again tonight and well, it felt really good! Still felt a bit of my right knee when I slowed down but attempted to keep a steady pace.
I actually went for a 10-mile bike ride on Sunday morning. It was good to be ‘physically’ active again (lol) and I think that helped a lot today. Tomorroz, I’m working late, so I dont have a chance to run. Then on Friday evening (after work), I’m going down to my sis’ La Jolla Beach House for weekend festivities, so running then, either. Ahhh… so the next time I’ll be running is Tuesday (if I have time after work). We’ll see how it goes but at least I’m sorta back!
Oh, I should add that I have about 4.2 miles logged on my new Pegasus 25+.
Nike+iPod stats; Garmin Connect
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