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2007/7/30 Completed Homework
Running homework of 35 minutes of continuously running just seems easier when there's a hunk running alongside me. The drop in speed in image above occurred when 37 minutes were up and I slowed down to walking the rest of it as warm down. 2007/7/27 Threethirty-itisWas worn out from running last night and hot yoga early in the morning and had a bad case of threethirty-itis and gave in and climbed into bed for a nap.
It was a good idea because I woke up feeling less depressed.
Morning TightnessMore than ever, need to hang in there and push on. I am clearly the worst one in class. Limbs were so tight this morning at 7 a.m. hot yoga class. Having just over 5 hours of sleep the night before didn't help.
How long before I'm as supple as all the gorgeous women in class?
On a brighter note, it was so nice to drive on empty roads and enter the building while the sky was dark and bright morning light as I left. Five LapsIt was drills time last night on the track. My assignment was 5 laps. A week ago I could only do 2 laps before shin splints and tail bone acted up. It was such a good feeling to complete the assignment this time around.
The coach asked me to try using balls of feet to mid-sole to land while running. "Touch and go", she said. Had to really concentrate, so many things going on at once. Getting the arms right, chest up, run tall, the breathing, the striding, trying to land feet differently from the usual. After so many years of heel to toe, it took a lot of getting used to.
I was feeling kind of down yesterday and the biggest challenge was to show up for training. The track was wet from a recent downpour and there were a lot less people than on Tuesday, probably because of the weather.
Glad I showed up and stowed emotional baggage away before I got onto the track. I won't say I felt better after training tonight but I did feel a small measure of accomplishment at doing something I couldn't do. The assistant coach said she could really see improvement in the way I was running in just a week.
Homework this weekend is a 35 minute continuous run. Let's see how I fare. 2007/7/25 One kgThe weighing scales moved from 70 kg to 69 kg this morning.
Wah lau eh. So much work just to drop 1 kg.
OK, 1 kg down, 9 kg to go.
More Ass WhoopingBeginner's Hot Yoga workshop is so different from 90 mins of regular Hot Yoga class! For a start there's hardly any pauses as the class moves quickly from move to move for each stance.
The sweat was dripping off my body and I had to wipe the mat a couple of times cos I couldn't get a firm footing on the mat.
Towards the third last move, I had to stop as I was seeing stars in front of my eyes. The teacher suggested I go into child pose but that just made things worse and I had to sit upright.
Felt so tired and drained after class. I don't know how the Fashionista does it!
A Personal BestLast night the assistant coach ran with me to pace me and correct my form. We ran from the track at Bt Timah Road to Botanic Gardens and along the lake in Botanics. The best part? Running for 35 minutes without stopping. When we reached an incline, she went "Here's where we used what you learned last Thursday!" and I went into striding to get uphill.
It wasn't an easy 35 minutes and I only reached "the zone" at maybe the 25th minute onwards. It took concentration to forget the discomfort from the underwires of sports bra rubbing against and eventually tearing my skin. Breathing through a stitch and keep moving only to have the stitch return later. I remembered to keep running tall like the assistant coach reminded me to and pulled myself up everytime I started to slouch from fatigue.
My arms are still not moving in an economical way and the assistant coach was trying to explain what I was doing and what I should be doing. But I'm having trouble internalising the information and get my arms to go the right way in distance running to conserve energy.
In a span of a week since I joined the ladies running team, my mindset has shifted. It used to be all about the mileage. Now I focus more on the quality of the run and how long I can go continously for without stopping or slowing down to a walk. I've never been a runner and I don't think I've even run for 35 minutes continuously when I was at my fittest in high school.
The coach passed me the running team singlet yesterday. It's been a long time since I felt like part of a team.
2007/7/22 Uncompleted HomeworkFor homework I was supposed to run 30 minutes non-stop. I didn't complete my homework today.
 It was starting to drizzle and I was so tired from 2-hours of hot yoga prior to the run.
All I managed was 2.58 km today before it rained. My mileage this week is pretty pathetic, less than 8 km in total compared to about 20 km last week. With my dear dog's death, I just haven't been in the right frame of mind and wasn't able to channel the grief towards running. But the runs I did manage this week were really cathartic. Tomorrow is a brand new day to do better. Sweat Sweat SweatIt was non-stop sweat from the start. Really enjoyed the beginners hot yoga workshop the Fashionista signed me up for. The bonus was bumping into an old university schoolmate I had lost touch with. We had even worked on the Alumni newsletter together for a while.
Starting to realise how much focus is needed in yoga class, to concentrate and will the body to co-operate and get into the moves. I'm feeling good about not feeling faint or dizzy at my first hot yoga class where they heat the room to between 37 to 40 degrees Celsius.
Towards the end of the class when we were all lying down, I felt so centred and calm. The amount of sweat was amazing. When I was lying down I felt sweat dripping down from my chest towards my collar bones and down my neck.
I guess this entry confirms yoga is going to replace weights training at the gym for me.
2007/7/20 Chest Out!Today's session with the ladies was interesting. The coach got us to do a short distance of running and moving arms a lot more, with high knee lifts while running. Another segment was where we ran and sort of tried to kick our own butts. It was preparation for striding where we stride the straight part of the track and slowly jog on the curved parts.
I was supposed to do 5 laps but only managed 2 cos right shin and tail bone started to hurt when I did striding. The assistant coach jogged slowly with me the rest of the way and kept reminding me, "Chest out!" because I was getting tired and posture was starting to go. She also told me to conserve energy and not move arms so much when not striding. The assistant coach made me laugh when she said I looked like a doll and I quipped "like a doll that's dying?".
There's actually homework to do and mine is to run for 30 mins continuously on Saturday or Sunday.
Glad I signed up with this group, I'm learning a lot from the coach and assistant coach and the training feels like I'm back in high school track and field team. Or at least how I imagine a track team would train cos I didn't run in high school, I did shot put.
When training ended and I was feeling a warm and happy buzz, I saw JY at the steps waiting and felt a warmer and happier buzz. On Tuesday we ate at Adam Road hawker centre, tonight we ate at Brickworks hawker centre. I haven't been back since the renovations. It's better ventilated now. 2007/7/18 Run Lucid RunWent to join a ladies running group for the first time last night and promptly got ass whooping when I was asked to run 30 minutes, no walking. I've never run 30 minutes non-stop until last night. I started to get a stitch on the right side which just kept getting worse and one of the ladies came to run alongside me and gave me pointers on form and breathing to manage the discomfort. She suggested I stand straighter to get more air into my body, to inhale when my left foot hit the ground and to lean forward a little.
The shins and tail bone didn't act up. I think it's because the warm up was very extensive: 2 laps around the track then a lot of stretching. The pacing exercise then 1 lap walking to warm down and more stretches and some crunches.
JY ran from his home to the track to meet me to go for dinner. "It's not far" he said. I gulped. One day I'll be able to run as well as him.
Over dinner I felt tired but very positive. I'm starting to realise I can't talk about running to people who don't run. People who don't run will say things like, it's bad for the knees. I am starting to get sheepish about my new drug - running. It's uncomfortable, it's about facing pain and discomfort, it's about finding inner reserves to push on. At the end of a run, there's this feeling...it's not quite about happy but it definitely feels very positive and calm. "Endorphins", JY offered as an explanation. I think that's pretty much it.
Later when I showered, I felt smarting on my chest and realised I had hunched over so much when running with a stitch that the inner tips of the underwire of the sports bra pressed into, chaffed my chest and caused an abrasion. Well, still better than bleeding nipples for sure!
In the meantime, the ladies at the running group are really nice and very encouraging. I'm looking forward to the next training session with them. 2007/7/15 Meandering Through the BotanicsThis time around I wasn't so godawful at Botanic Gardens. Yeahhhhhhhh!
Had a really good slow jog with Stryker where he kept me in peels of laughter and we could carry a decent conversation throughout. At some point I was even singing along to the band playing in the park.
Because I was running with Stryker, I didn't put headphones on and just let the Nike+iPod run. Therefore I was spared of having to hear Lance Armstrong yet again because this is once again, the longest distance so far.
Towards the end my tail bone started acting up. I really ought to get it checked out. 2007/7/12 At The GymIt's been so long since I've been to the gym I forgot where to get towels then nearly went into the Men's changing room by accident. Argh.
Didn't run today so I did upper body workout but stayed away from the heavy weights and focused on abs and back.
Need to get back used to the gym. There were warning signs against using combination locks and that was the one I had. There's nothing to hang my toiletries bag to in the shower, need to just carry the bottles in. The shower gel dispenser oozes fake Body Shop dewberry smelling gel out.
At the sink area, the fancy design means I wash hands horizontally. Takes some getting used to.
Later when I was getting a pedicure done and the pedicurist massaged my legs, my shins hurt when she massaged them. Yeeeouch.
My brother's girlfriend, the super svelte Fashionista, has kindly booked me into beginners hot yoga workshop late July. Something to try out. I'll also get a week's free trial to the yoga place and I'm keen to do power yoga and/or Ashtanga. I will also try out her diet tips as she's walking proof that it works.
The Look Good Naked programme is in progress.
2007/7/11 Slow BurnTried running today but couldn't. Felt every step as a jolt of pain in my lower back and my shins hurt and I slowed down to walking pace to manage the pain in my shins.
I am falling apart.
Decided to walk for longer since I was going slower and ended up covering more ground. This is third day in a row I've heard Lance Armstrong. Also need to sync new music onto iPod. Discovered a new bad habit I have - skipping tracks. New strategy - eat less. Don't think I can run/walk tomorrow, will head to gym instead. Arms starting to get wobbly.
2007/7/10 Nausea PointI can remember exactly when I stopped running and purely walked - when I felt like throwing up.
Couldn't log into Nike+
So I logged into Runner+ instead
Oh, got a kick out of hearing Lance Armstrong's voice over iPod 2 days in a row, telling me it was the longest run yet. In the meantime, my body is starting to make clicking noises and mom is nagging me to take calcium pills. 2007/7/9 SynchronisedMom didn't get the chance to bring Knuff to the beach yesterday so we went to East Coast Parkway today. It would have been the perfect run, if I could just get the receiver to pick up the signal from the sensor. The sea breeze was wonderful and the sun was starting to set.
I'm not sure how far I jogged, maybe 1.5 km? Anyway, when we got back to the car, the start-up screen finally appeared. Argh! I'm going to leave the sensor on permanently. If the battery dies, so be it! Tired of the hassle.
Anyway, was feeling pretty unsatisfied when I got home so I ran around the neighbourhood:
Going to assume I ran 1.5 + 2.39 = 3.89 km today. And tail bone didn't ache while running. So happy! 2007/7/5 Clumsy, naturally.Slipped and fell on the stairs this morning. Tail bone aching. Uncomfortable to sit down and get up. Can't walk for long, let alone run.
Drats. Bearing WeightAn observation: the muscle ache from jogging is a lot milder than the muscle ache from weight training.
I guess bearing my own weight is nowhere near as challenging as being a meathead with dumb bells and bar bells. 2007/7/4 InaugurationWanted to get a quick run done before dinner and did one of the dog walking routes. This is the route which passes 2 playgrounds. I forgot to key in weight so no calories info.
 Memorable song: Girls of Summer - Aerosmith 10k on 21 Oct '07Just signed up for a 10k run and will have company in the form of my cosmic cousin. 21 October, here we come.
Will be swimming with mom twice a week in the evening. Talked to Victor today and found out he works out 6:30 - 7:45 a.m. at the gym every week day morning. I'll join him from next week on Monday. Good time as any to start a morning routine and do some workout classes or something.
OK, going to pound the pavement now.
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