Had to stop at 19.11 with a lower back pain. stretched a bit and continued. ran past the nike run club stretching in kanteerva at 7.30am - too late to join.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Jan 21st
Had to stop at 19.11 with a lower back pain. stretched a bit and continued. ran past the nike run club stretching in kanteerva at 7.30am - too late to join.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Jan 3rd
I'm trying to get to 30mts before the Valentine's day so lets see how that works. What I'm also doing this time is to paste the route I run every week, seems to be the best way I can look at my progress.
21mts to finish this circuit. Considering I had to stop in pain 4 days ago at 12mts, this is a fair improvement.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Day4 – 9th March
5.45am is still very dark and the mind keeps telling you to go back to sleep. All it needs is a bit of coaxing to change its thinking.
I was on the track at 6.10 (cant seem to get in earlier). The plan was to do 4 reps of a 6x1 session. I’ve calculated that I do a 400m in about 3mts, so that would mean 8 rounds of the running track - 3.2km… nice
My first set felt a little tiring with muscles cramping a bit, but not to the point where I couldn’t continue. Guess I may have been a bit dehydrated. Point to note—drink at least 200ml of water before starting off.
Was thrilled when I completed my reps with a final 100m dash.
So here’s what I ended up with for the day
6mt run
1mt walk
6mt run
1mt walk
6mt run
1mt walk
6mt run
Cool down with stretching
50 situps
45 days to my first 5k….
I was on the track at 6.10 (cant seem to get in earlier). The plan was to do 4 reps of a 6x1 session. I’ve calculated that I do a 400m in about 3mts, so that would mean 8 rounds of the running track - 3.2km… nice
My first set felt a little tiring with muscles cramping a bit, but not to the point where I couldn’t continue. Guess I may have been a bit dehydrated. Point to note—drink at least 200ml of water before starting off.
Was thrilled when I completed my reps with a final 100m dash.
So here’s what I ended up with for the day
6mt run
1mt walk
6mt run
1mt walk
6mt run
1mt walk
6mt run
Cool down with stretching
50 situps
45 days to my first 5k….
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Day 3 – 7th March
It was a case of the floor being the longest distance from the bed for me to skip the last run. It was a tiring week at work so kind of rubbed onto the sleep cycle as well.
Started my run at 6.10 – was able to get the following done
5mt run
1 min walk
6mt run
1 min walk
6mt run
1 min walk
Stretching exercises, 50 sit ups
Not what I was able to get done the last time, but I’m not complaining too much. My breathing has improved, I’m not out of breath and overall, I felt good after the run. A 20 mt earlier time would have been nice – it can get pretty warm at 6.30am on the running track. My watch somehow starts beeping funnily after the first alarm i set for 5mts. have to figure out why.
The end goal of 5k by April 23rd is still on. I should be able to hit 5k with my run-walk technique by the end of the month, and then gradually increase my running time. Not that bored with the running track anymore for me to start road running yet.
Packed Sunday with a 30mt strenuous tennis session and 5 laps of the pool in the evening. Realize that I am super hungry at the end of my swim – need to pack in some peanut butter sandwiches if I can. Will cajole the wife to bake some more bread.
Next run is tomorrow. Plan is to do a 6mt-1mt run with 4 reps and maintain that for the rest of the week.
Started my run at 6.10 – was able to get the following done
5mt run
1 min walk
6mt run
1 min walk
6mt run
1 min walk
Stretching exercises, 50 sit ups
Not what I was able to get done the last time, but I’m not complaining too much. My breathing has improved, I’m not out of breath and overall, I felt good after the run. A 20 mt earlier time would have been nice – it can get pretty warm at 6.30am on the running track. My watch somehow starts beeping funnily after the first alarm i set for 5mts. have to figure out why.
The end goal of 5k by April 23rd is still on. I should be able to hit 5k with my run-walk technique by the end of the month, and then gradually increase my running time. Not that bored with the running track anymore for me to start road running yet.
Packed Sunday with a 30mt strenuous tennis session and 5 laps of the pool in the evening. Realize that I am super hungry at the end of my swim – need to pack in some peanut butter sandwiches if I can. Will cajole the wife to bake some more bread.
Next run is tomorrow. Plan is to do a 6mt-1mt run with 4 reps and maintain that for the rest of the week.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Day 2 - March 3rd 2010
Day 2 started at 5.45am
They say the longest distance is from the bed to the floor... very true.
was on the track at 5 to 6 to start Day 2.
I had resolved to figure out the cheap digital watch I had on and not make that as an excuse. Havng figured that one out, I decided to do a 5mt run with a 1 mt walk. Planned to do 5 reps of this.
It wasnt yet light but the track has great lighting where needed - mainly from one 100ft+ tall tower beaming various halogens down on the stadium.
I was able to pace myself ok, though would have liked to drink some water before starting off. Point to note next time.
I was able to do the "speak" test whenever I felt tired and that seemed to work well.
Was able to complete
Light stretching warmup
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run - including an all out sprint over the last 100m
Cool down
i notice that my left foot turns inwards and I land on the inner heel when running - hadnt seen that earlier, but my 'foot inkblot' test hasnt changed - still a high arch foot. Lets wait and see what happens over time. As of writing this piece a good 7 hours after the run, no aches or pains.
I plan to continue the 5x1 routine on day 3, increasing it next week if I can by 10% more running
They say the longest distance is from the bed to the floor... very true.
was on the track at 5 to 6 to start Day 2.
I had resolved to figure out the cheap digital watch I had on and not make that as an excuse. Havng figured that one out, I decided to do a 5mt run with a 1 mt walk. Planned to do 5 reps of this.
It wasnt yet light but the track has great lighting where needed - mainly from one 100ft+ tall tower beaming various halogens down on the stadium.
I was able to pace myself ok, though would have liked to drink some water before starting off. Point to note next time.
I was able to do the "speak" test whenever I felt tired and that seemed to work well.
Was able to complete
Light stretching warmup
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run - including an all out sprint over the last 100m
Cool down
i notice that my left foot turns inwards and I land on the inner heel when running - hadnt seen that earlier, but my 'foot inkblot' test hasnt changed - still a high arch foot. Lets wait and see what happens over time. As of writing this piece a good 7 hours after the run, no aches or pains.
I plan to continue the 5x1 routine on day 3, increasing it next week if I can by 10% more running
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Day 1 - March 1st 2010
With all excuses taken care of, including a cheap digital watch (150 bucks), I was ready with getting started on my morning runs. My new year resolution says I need to be able to run a half marathon by September of this year. At this point in time, I believe it’s doable. Given the fact that I’ve done 150km a week (about 20 years ago :-P) and have stayed fairly injury free, I don’t see it as an impossible goal.
However, 20 years is a long time to get back into shape. I read an amusing saying – the longest distance is that between the bed and the floor.
Not having got a very good night’s sleep, thanks to juniors troubled sleep, I overshot my start time by half an hour. Ambling into the kitchen thinking I’d procrastinate and do the run tomorrow, the wife mentioned she’d handle junior and the kitchen if I wanted to get a quick run. That what I call encouragement and it was all I needed to get into my running shoes and strap on the new gizmo and get started. Here’s what I managed to do
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
Before I could do more, I managed to change the time instead of the stop clock throwing my timing out of whack. Seemed an ok start for day 1. Plan to run every other day and use this blog to mark where I fall.
Total distance covered: Not sure, about 1.5km I guess. Not very tired at the end, but need to pace myself better. Was out of breath on the second run. Sure, stamina is not good, but I’m excited :-)
Point to note: get out of bed at 5.45am, plan the previous day properly so I get the required sleep.
Hey, its doable, definitely. The goal is to do a 5k in 8 weeks - April 23rd is D Day
However, 20 years is a long time to get back into shape. I read an amusing saying – the longest distance is that between the bed and the floor.
Not having got a very good night’s sleep, thanks to juniors troubled sleep, I overshot my start time by half an hour. Ambling into the kitchen thinking I’d procrastinate and do the run tomorrow, the wife mentioned she’d handle junior and the kitchen if I wanted to get a quick run. That what I call encouragement and it was all I needed to get into my running shoes and strap on the new gizmo and get started. Here’s what I managed to do
5mt run
1 mt walk
5mt run
1 mt walk
Before I could do more, I managed to change the time instead of the stop clock throwing my timing out of whack. Seemed an ok start for day 1. Plan to run every other day and use this blog to mark where I fall.
Total distance covered: Not sure, about 1.5km I guess. Not very tired at the end, but need to pace myself better. Was out of breath on the second run. Sure, stamina is not good, but I’m excited :-)
Point to note: get out of bed at 5.45am, plan the previous day properly so I get the required sleep.
Hey, its doable, definitely. The goal is to do a 5k in 8 weeks - April 23rd is D Day
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