Monday, June 29, 2009

Targets~

Just some random musings.....

Speed division's a rather controversial issue among runners....few debate the 4mph walking barrier (beyond which almost everyone starts jogging instead of walking...lest a brisk walking style is adopted)....the jog/run division is a battlezone tgh....some camps believe it doesn't exist...others that there are differences between the two....it does make a lot of sense to factor in height and stride length into the equation....based on my run experiences i would divide speeds into the following categories.....just in case anyone's curious... ;P

Average Walk
3 mph
Fast Walk
4 mph
Jog
5 mph
Fast Jog
6 mph
Run Zone
9 mph
Sprint Zone
15 mph

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On another note...i'll be heading back to the ring to pick up boxing again....(gotta get a new set of gloves tgh.....)... =)....gonna be seeing a lot more fast miles and 5k marks popping up...and probably less long runs.....hardcore endurance being a lil counterproductive to developing what I need in the ring... =\ ....will probably be joining the "shorter" distances in future races (3k/5k/7k/ occasionally 10k) and focus on tight explosive times....

Could feel the training clash during the recent 10k....body felt wonderful in the last mile sprint...but all the slower bits didnt feel too brilliant.... =\...time reflective of such too....guess i should start following the ol' sit on one chair maxim...hehe....

Goal = Sub 20min 5k, sub 45 10k....

So i won't be slacking off by any means~ =P...looking forward to future runs with everyone....and the occasional training run? ;)

Std Chartered run~

Whew~ what a run~

Just stat updates for now... :P...

Official Total distance : 10.62 (bit of slopey course tgh, so a tack on a bit. :P)
Startline Clock Time : 1 hour 3 minutes
Average Speed : 10.11kph/6.3mph

I like to compare my runs on a performance ratio to previous runs....a constant ratio (1:1) indicative of having mantained my pacing despite milage increase (gets tons harder the faster you get!).....taking my first 5k as 1 my current ratios for past races...a decline in ratio = slower pacing...increase = pace increase (sadly rather uncommon once you're in relatively decent shape...one or the other in that case....rarely both... =\...)

5 k = 1.00
7 k = 0.98 (virtually identical pacing)
10k = 0.90 [vs 7k]/0.89 [vs 5k] (bit of a pace decline....would have had to run 58 to mantain)

computed asha's...nellies and my sisters performance ratios...couldnt recall May's and siew li's 5k times tgh (and there's no post on that.....)... =\

Asha

5k = 1.00
7k = 1.05
10k = 0.98 [vs 7k]/1.03 [vs 5k]

Sis
5k = 1.00
10k = 0.92

Nellie
5k = 1.00
10k = 1.05

Sunday, June 14, 2009

John : Week 18

A lovely rest week....skipped one run this week due to a nasty haze spell on that day.....ran two (approximately) mile runs....one at my usual pace...and one...for a new record~!...hahaha~....managed to trim 35 seconds off my previous best mile run time. :)

Times follow~

Run 1
Distance : 1525
Time : 9 min 29 sec
Speed : 9.65kph/6mph

Run 2 (record run)
Distance : 1610
Time : 5 min 45 sec
Speed : 16.8kph/10.4mph

Total Distance : 3135
Total Time : 15 min 14 sec
Average Speed : 12.4kph/7.7mph

Asha: Week 17 & Week 18

Did my 9k run on Week 17... Stats for that and total stats follows...

Week 17

Distance: 9.1k
Time: 96 minutes
Speed: 5.688 km/h

Not good at all... The last 1 - 1.5 k was really difficult... :/ However, I still want to try and finish the 10k in 90 minutes, so that will be my goal... :)

Total distance: 18.47km
Time:182 minutes
Average speed: 6.089km/h or 3.805mph

Week 18 (rest week.. yay!)

Total distance: 4.55km
Time: 43minutes
Average speed: 6.349km/h or 3.98mph

Sunday, June 7, 2009

John : Week 17

Mostly speed work this week...feels really great to be back in training... =D...did do two runs tgh...times follow...

Run 1
Distance : 4000m
Time : 23 min 13 sec
Speed : 10.4kph/6.5mph

Run 2
Distance : 9067m
Time : 57 min
Speed : 9.54kph/5.93mph

Run 2 was my long run of the week...gearing up for the upcoming 10k....target time was actually 54 min...so i dipped a wee bit below that....probably due to the brisk walk session (tis a long story) I had bout a half hour before the run (2.8k in 30 min, 5.6kph) and another 2.2k walk (6kph) to actually get to the run site (ran at gardens)....ankles felt a bit strained so i decided not to push (also had the 2k walk home in mind..a walk which was anything but brisk..hahah~)....just need to be well rested on the 10k run day itself and I'm fairly certain i'll be able to hit a sub hour time... :P

Total Milage (without/with walks) : 13067m/17867m
Total Time : 80 min /130min
Total Speed including walks : 8.2kph/5.12mph
Total Speed excluding walks : 9.8kph/6.1mph

All in all....a decent week...next week...REST!..

John : Week 16

Focused more on strength work this week....1.6 tonnes of weights....and some light running...

Total distance : 4000m
Time : 22:35
Speed : 10.6kph/6.6mph

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Asha: Week 14b-16

I call it 14b cause based on the schedule, I went back to week 14... :)

Anyway, the lack of updates have been due to busyness and laziness... Hehehe...

After we got back from Redang, I manage to squeeze in a long run.. Not sure where this fits... :P

Distance: about 5.1 km
Time: 50 minutes
Speed: 6.120 km/h

Week 14b

Total distance: 6.11km (not including around 4km of walking)
Time: 58mins
Average speed: 6.32km/h or 3.95mph

Week 15

Total distance: 11.1km
Time: 105 mins
Average speed: 6.343km/h or 3.964mph

Week 16 (rest week)

Total distance: 9.62km
Time: 89mins
Average speed: 6.485kmh or 4.053mph

Going to be running a 9k run this weekend! Anyone care to join? :)

How is everyone else's training going? :D