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!

10km in 55mins 17sec

Wow...I didn't think I would run another 10k so soon. This time I ran it in 55mins 17 seconds. Which is 5 seconds more than my last 10k one week ago. I'm glad I ran 10km again. This means that I've got a good chance to run the 21km half marathon this year. The 10km is getting easier and I think the half marathon should be within my endurance capability.

In the meantime, I found this great article about how to overcome the excuses to skip running. The article by www.besthealthmag.ca is very good for people who are constantly battling excuses to run. Everyone falls into this category, including myself. I am constantly battling my excuses and this article helps overcome some of them.

33 mins workout

Today I did a 33 mins workout with stretches, pushups, crunches, squats, supermans and leg-lifts. It was much easier than I expected as I had taken a 2 day break to recover from my 10km run. Maybe my body had rebuilt itself during those 2 days and I had more energy to do the workout. However, 2 day breaks are not going to happen again if I can help it; even if I do a 10km run. Hopefully the next run will be longer and I will get more prepared for my 21km run that I wan to do this year.