Week 6, Days 4-7

Sorry to all my fans out there, I've been swamped!

Day 4

Oops, I just realised that I had run the 3.2 km today, and not yesterday. I rested yesterday. Serious runners must not take lightly their rest schedules. 

So yeah, today was run. Did think about playing tennis too but had headache in the end and napped instead.

Day 5

Tennis washed out. Again. Did the logical thing and took kids out for prata lunch.

Day 6

Thought of going running today but had to rush something out and worked all of last night and the morning to try to finish it. Tried to compensate by eating less (it's all relative).

Day 7

Opus and I played tennis. Neither of us really got into the zone today. :(

This is week has been a total washout for me. Must do better next week!

Week 6: Day 6

I had mooncake today!! Finally. With egg AND melon seeds. Yum.

Oh, and I ran 3.2k. I'm much less excited about that. It was painfully dull.

Week 6: Days 4 & 5

I don't know how you run so fast runningstitch! Even with all that mooncake in you... (I haven't had a single mooncake this year yet! Not from a lack of wanting a mooncake, though...)

Day 4:
Ran just 2k on the treadmill but tried to run it a little faster. A LITTLE. And already it was killing me. Then, did some weight training. I guess it sort of worked if my muscles were achy the next day. But who knows if they were the correct muscles? Ha.

Day 5:
Rest! Sentosa!

Week 6, Day 3

Have this irritating throat discomfort for the past week or so, and it doesn't help in the should-i-run-or-shouldn't-i debate I constantly have with myself.  In the end, ran on treadmill for the first time I finished 3.2km! Woo hoo!! Broke out mooncake to celebrate. 

Good news - could run for the whole duration, and burnt almost 200 calories!

Bad news - had headache for the rest of the day, and mooncake probably set me back by 300 calories. Or more. Also, weighing machine showed that I'd put on 1.3kilos just over the weekend. Feeling more jiggly too, in the middle. How annoying.

Opus- is it still 3.2km next week? I've lost the schedule....

Week 6: Days 1-3

Oops, getting really tardy on my posts.

Days 1 & 2: Ran 3.2km each! And I had to run them really late at night because I had no time during the day. What I'm learning now is that the mental challenge of staying focussed is toughest for me. Running 3.2 has been a REAL CHALLENGE cos I get bored and deflated very quickly.

So on Day 2 I finally succumbed and ran with an ipod. I never liked running with one because I don't like to feel... *fettered*... yeah, I'm probably being irrational. Cos in the end, the music REALLY HELPED to keep me focussed. I could run the whole 3.2 at a decent pace (though still no where near running stitch's pace!) and didn't stop once. Yaayy.

Gonna buy me an ipod shuffle now, so i don't have to run with a honking big ipod.

Day 3: Rest!!

Week 6, Day 2

Urgh... only 1 thing to say - I'm glad we put down a comfortable estimate to finish the 10k run!

Week 5, Days 5-7 and Week 6 Day 1

Week 5 Day 5

My memory fails me.... Oh wait, there was tennis but got rained out about 15 minutes into session. For the first time ever I had a solo lesson! Was panting and trying to maintain dignity while returning the balls. But I bet it didn't look pretty. On the bright side the coach said I play like Henin - possibly selective listening since I could only hear my heart pounding and I'm sure Henin's coach never asked her to bring home a modified fishing rod to practice forearm top-spins.

Week 5 Days 6 & 7 and Week 6 Day 1

Week 6!! Not long now!

Did nothing the past 3 days even remotely related to exercise. Unless you count 3 days of nonstop eating (only interrupted by sleep and toilet breaks) it as "muscle building". Helped build sand structures, and play a round of Happy Family though.

Must get back on track!