John : Week 15

Hi Everyone~

Hope training's been going well... ;)

My week run stats...had 3 runs this week....short 2.2k one...med 4.4k one...longer 6.6k one....also did tons of strength work this week and quite a bit of walking (about 4 miles worth)....times have dipped a little of course given the additional load on my body and the fact that i've switched to sloped routes... :)...run stats for each run is relatively similar , plus the route was the same for each (just *2 and *3 respectively for the longer runs) so i'll just report total stats...

Total Distance = 13100m (there's a bit of rounding up for each run in the distances listed above..this is the actual distance)
Total Time = 80 min 45 sec
Average speed = 9.7kph/6.0mph

John : Week 14

Took a bit of a break from regular runs to introduce strength focused weights and other stuff to my physical routine....did do one stair run though...stats follow... ;)

Total Floorage? : 40 Stories (up and down)
# of stairs : 760 (one way)
Vertical Distance : 114 m
Total time (all the way up and down) : 10 minutes 20 seconds
Average time per storey (up and down) : 15.5 seconds

Also lifted 1200kg in a single weight session...good start of a new wave cycle... =)

Asha: Week 14

Did one run this week, as it was a rest week after the 7k run...

Total distance: 1.52km
Time: 15 mins
speed: 6.08 km/h or 3.8 mph

Should be back to training some time next week for the 10k after a short break... :D Hope everyone else's training's been good!

Graveyard run recap

Finally got some time this week to write up about the 7k run...

So, it started with me getting up at 6.15am (after a night of restless sleep lasting about 3 hours) and arriving at the race venue by 6.35am (after the blunder at Jalil, I became paranoid)... Sis and brother dropped me off and walked around the place and waited for the rest... Got a call from Waiz and went down to meet Waiz, Xiu, John and John's sis, Rebecca...
Then, the loooong wait began... After hanging around for a while, it was warm-up dancing galore!! :) Most of the people were pretty gung-ho about doing the dance (including John and Waiz's hilarious interpretations... hehehe...)...

After a restless wait till 8am, there was a sudden rush to the starting line for the 7k.. Xiu and I waited together somewhere in the middle of the starting line group and waited for the blowhorn...

Then, we were off! This time, I was able to pace myself from the start.. Some people shot off, of course.. Managed to pass some of them a few minutes in (when they got tired... hehehe...). Was weird running down the road I have been taking for eons to get back home.. but was a nice feeling :).. Continued running till I arrived the graveyard enterance... Was by passed by some school kids... Hahaha...

From the graveyard entrance, I started running slower cuz it was getting slopey... Took short breaks in between... The graveyard was really nice... very serene... And it was my first time in a Chinese graveyard, so it was interesting to see what it was like... However, I was wondering whether it was ok for us to run over some of the graves at some points... :/

The first part in the graveyard end and I was getting pretty thirsty at this point and was tempted to stop and buy from a person selling water by the side... It was really really hot! But, I pushed on and went on to the 2nd part of running in graveyard... This one was a little easier (initially that is)...

While running downhill at one point, some dude saw me running and yelled "Gambate!".. Hahaha.. Then, came the toughest part of the run! A freaking steep uphill stretch... I walked up this part... Then, joined the the main road and made my way to the final stretch... Got to the final stretch, passed a whole bunch of people (around 30-40 of them)... However, was forced to stop by the traffic police and the all the people caught up.. :(

Jogged/walked my way to the finish line and got ambushed (and shoved) by Waiz... hehehe... Did better than I expected... Target time was around 70 mins.. Finished it in 66... Hoorah! :)

It was a fun race, with some interesting elements thrown in (the dance shall remain in the my memory forever... hahaa...) Will be probably try and join next year's one... :)

Looking forward to the 10k... Should be a bit of a challenge for me... :D

Asha: Week 13

Only did one run for Week 13 (the week before the 7k)... The week of the 7k run I was down with food poisoning, so I rested till the 7k run... ;)

Week 13

Distance: 3.13km
Time: 33 mins
Speed: 5.690 km/h or 3.557mph

How far can you go? :P

Heheheh~ added up all the runs i've had since we started.....total milage atm lets me go from my house to port dickson (assuming it's remotely possible to run in a straghit line...hahahah~)

John : Week 13

Hmmmm~ how's everyone training been going? Havent been hearing much from anyone... :P

Just one gentle recovery run for me this week~ ;)

Total distance : 2790m
Total time : 19 min
average speed : 8.8kph/5.5mph