Notes:
Went for a 30-minute lap swimming session. I should really log how many metres I do per training. I do recall taking kickboard ‘breaks’ after every 100 metres. LOL I even used a pull buoy for 50 metres; talk about swimming all over the place! Thank goodness I had my own lane. I guess I still need to practise on my balance.

Despite using all those swim accoutrements, I went fairly easy as I had “recovery” in my mind the entire time. Tomorroz, I have to do another 2 mile walk and then on Saturday (or Sunday) a 5-miler then recovery over!

I still cannot believe that I achieved a Personal Record at the Camp Pendleton Hard Corps Marathon. I should believe it, though, as it happened (and I’m deffo not dreaming!) and I think I know how I did it, despite not having that much confidence on Saturday… I trained! LOL. Seriously, I have to go through this so that the next time I run a marathon (in 4 weeks and then next year), I should just replicate or even better what I did.

Monthly goals:
January – run 5 times. Goal met!
February – run 56 miles. Goal met!
March – run 62 miles. Goal met!
April – run 66 miles. Goal met (and exceeded)!

Looking now, it hasn’t even been half-the-year and I’ve already met my running goals for the first few months. I think that’s the most I’ve run to train… evar! LOL.

May is going to be a bit more mellow as my goal is to do 44 miles (26.2 of which will be ran at the San Diego Marathon on the 31st).  And then around June and July, I pretty much slack off as my goal drops to a mere 5 runs, though I should change that because I have another half-marathon in July.

I think 2009 is turning out to be a great year (for running anyway). ^_^

Notes:
Despite getting a (full-body) massage yesterday, my left calf today felt a bit tingly. I did wear my calf sleeves during the walk and earlier had my thigh-high compression socks on so I thought it was going to be ok… Going to do some more stretching tonight and roll The Stick on the trouble spots just to make sure. Otherwise, it was a good recovery walk.

Garmin Connect. Nike+:

Race: Camp Pendleton Inaugural Hard Corps Marathon
Date: April 25th, 2009
Location: Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, Southern California

Notes:
First off, I PR’d! YESH!! Three years after my previous best time (San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 2006, my 2nd marathon, then a personal record at 5:54:23) and two years since then of dismal running performances, I finally broke the record with a nice 11-minute buffer — this time at the Inaugural Hard Corps Marathon. Chip time recorded at 5 hours, 43 minutes and 38 seconds. Oh yeah! So what if I was 15th out of 17 in my age group! So what if I was 348th out of 371 overall! SO WHAT (to quote P!nk), I’m still a rockstar! Well, okie I’m just really excited that I PR’d my marathon (finally). I guess the training really did pay off. ^_^

I have to append this post as I remember some details from the run (it’s all a bit fuzzy still!) but here are the highlights and lowlights… Take a breather, this is going to be rather lengthy

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Went for a swim this morning with my sis. It wasn’t too bad, I did more rest breaks in between using the kickboard and alternating between the freestyle and breaststroke every 50 metres. It was a nice brisk workout but something that’s not exhausting. I think I’m ready for tomorroz.