Wednesday, 24 January 2007

Run happy

Did another sub 4:18 average for my 8.5k run this morning. Pretty happy, but somehow the memory of my 4:11 PB still keeps haunting me, questioning when I'll ever be able to do it again... or whether I'll ever be able to do it AT ALL. I clocked that PB when I was training for City To Surf run, this run has eluded me every year due to injuries most likely caused by over-running. But last year, everything was going so well, I was in good form, I ran in moderation... BUT on the Wednesday morning run before the Sunday race day, I tripped a step and sprained my ankle. Couldn't walk for days.

That's a sad thing about injuries. Not only they floor you physically but mentally as well. I laid off running two years ago due to foot pains and put on 12 kgs as I never got back into running. "Haiya, what's the use of running? Run so slow now compared to last time. Sure won't get back form wan!" are evil thoughts. Good thing I had high motivation and support last year to keep me going through the recovery until now. Started with 4:45 averages and now back to sub 4:20s.

City of Perth OD Tri in 11 days... BRING IT ON!

4 comments:

  1. one suggestion, post your past results, it will be good to see how you progress, keep up the good work

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  2. wow, got anonymous commenter di...not bad not bad...:)

    haiya dont be paranoid la...just take it easy...runnning ni ma...its just one step in front of the other...

    maybe, JUST MAYBE, u should stop timing ureself like 2 weeks before the race...just to "keep matters of ure mind...to make it purely running"

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  3. Hahhah, blacktoes sounds like dad. But obviously not la, dad doesn't have a blogger account. Or does he? Oh I just realised my blog doesn't allow anonymous comments, better change that.

    Nolah, have to time lah, and I enjoy timing myself! It is with a target than only I don't feel I'm running aimlessly. Nearer to race day, I target slower time lah. Windy days I target slower time lah.

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  4. blacktoes, thanks for the suggestion. I'm still trying to get my head around using the blog templates. Once I become an expert there would be many results to come.

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