30km in 3hrs 37mins 49secs

This Sunday was a momentous day as I beat my previous longest running distance by 9km. I never thought that I could beat 21km. But I wanted to try and did the 30km in a time that I am proud of. The pain was excruciating and I took 6 Panadols when I got back home. Yesterday the pain on my leg muscles was much abated while today I can positively walk straight again - albeit with a little pain. I must say that the experience was amazing and the support by random strangers towards the end was encouraging. I am glad to have broken my personal best record and hope to break it again soon.

5km run + workout

Yesterday I went for a 5km run + a couple of km to the track and back and a workout. The workout involved stretches, pushups, situps, plank, crunches and leg-raises. This is in preparation for my long run this Sunday and hopefully everything will go well. It will be my longest and I hope to break my record doing this. I plan to take Friday and Saturday off to rest for my run...so hopefully that will pay off.

25 min Workout

Yesterday I did a 25 min workout comprising of stretches, pushups, situps, crunches, plank, leg-raises, and supermans. It was a tough workout considering my arms were still aching from the previous day. Today I feel that my arms are really hurting and I think I'll only be going for a run today.

5km run + 20 min workout

The day before yesterday I went for a 5km run + a 20 min workout comprising of stretches, pushups, situps, crunches, chest pushes on the body weight workout machines outside my house. Those machines are surprisingly effective and I'll be using them more often.

5km run + workout

Today I did a 5km run and a workout involving stretches, pushups, situps and crunches. It was actually longer than 5km because I had to run about 1.5 km to the track each way. However, I'm not going to count that distance and take it only as a warm up. This is good since it allows me to run longer distances without me realizing it. I'm preparing for a 30km run next weekend and hopefully these runs will help me in completing the race on time.

25 min Workout

Today I managed to do a 25 min workout with pushups, situps, crunches, squats, plank, side-plank, leg-raises and stretches. It's been a while since I have done an intensive workout like this and we'll see how I feel tomorrow morning.

6km run + Workout

On Tuesday I was able to do a 6km run together with a workout involving pushups, crunches, plank and stretches. It felt really good and I think I will do this routine more often.

21km Half Marathon - 3rd time!

Oh...I forgot to mention in my last post that I ran my 3rd half marathon on September 9th and completed it in 2hrs 31 mins...although I'm going to call it 2 hrs 21 mins due to huge congestion throughout the race forcing me to stop several times during the run. I reckon I lost about 10 mins at least (probably more) due to this. Anywhoo...I am preparing for longer runs and recognize that my overall fitness, core strength and hamstring muscles need to be increased in order to run longer and faster. Later!

25 min workout

I know that I have not posted in a while due to being very busy at work and at home. I have been working out....albeit irregularly and have put on a little weight. But now I am getting back on track to getting in shape. Today I did a 25 min workout with stretches, situps, pushups, leg-raises and plank. It felt to get back to working out again and will keep posting as I do more and more workouts.