Ran a 10 kilometer fun run yesterday and I could confidently say that my personal record is getting better. The run was once again at Fort Bonifacio which meant hills hills hills and more hills. I got to try out the new shoes Tricia gave me on a long run for the first time. All I can say is that I’m happy she got me the shoes. My last 15 kilometer I had, I ran with my Mizunos and I almost finished with blisters on my feet. My old shoes were not really right for my  feet.

When I ran with the NB’s, I felt a bounce to my step that somehow made me run faster. I love my new shoes. They’re much more confortable to wear compared to my old ones.

With my new shoes, I finished my 10 kilometer run with a blistering time of 61 minutes.

Amazing! A blazing pace of 6 minutes per kilometer.

 

I didn’t run as much as I wanted to last week. I wasn’t able to train much despite me wanting too. I had a bad stomach last Thursday which plagued me until Sunday. It really gave me a hard time keeping up my pace. I could barely do 3 kilometers without walking to rest. This wasn’t normal. I should have been running a minimum of 7 kilometers a day. I should have been running at a minimum pace of 7 minutes per kilometer. I should have been running and training for the half-marathon.

I could have eaten something that set my stomach out of wack. I should really watch what I eat. I barely have two weeks left to train and I need to step things up. 21k to the sky, here I come. See you in 13 days!

Tricia bought me new shoes last week. I love them. NB 769′s. They’re a joy to use. It adds more bounce to my strides and gives more support to my ankles and feet.

Don’t they look nice? I am now armed to take on that 21k head on or feet on ground! I will pound you back to your grave.

 

19 days to go before the big 21k.

I ran a lot last night. I ran for 1 hour 5 minutes for a rough distance of 10 kilometers. This was the first time I jogged that far outside of a road race which was something new for me. I should be doing this more. I should run more. The only thing stopping me from running is my laziness. I easily get distracted when I’m running outside of a road race because there’s really no pressure to run that distance. 

Last night, I made sure that I’ll be able to run longer distances on my own. Last night, I succeeded. My new hydration belt helped me last night. I wore it with two 8 ounce water bottles hanging around my waist. Finished them both. Amazingly, my body doesn’t fell as bad as the first time I ran 10k.

Later tonight, I’ll be running around Ateneo with Labs for a sweet 5k run.

Tomorrow will be another 10k night. Good luck to me.

I hope I don’t injure myself.

Today, March 2, 2009 will mean that there will only be 20 days left for me to train until my first 21k atop the Skyway. I need to train more. Since last Sunday, I only ran a total of about 15k distributed across three days. I believe yesterday was my longest run.

Ran around Ateneo for about 40 mins. It was quite a good run. Enjoyed going around school again. I saw a lot of new stuff around grade school and highschool. Sadly though, I could still feel the grief around campus because of the incident. Somehow, the air around the campus felt cold, strange and dead.

I am getting lazy again. I was awake this morning at about 5 am. That would have been a perfect time to do some training but I choose to sleep more.

I ran a little bit faster yesterday. My finishing time in the last Happy Run 15k was 1 hour 46 mins. I ran at an average of 7 min per kilometer. I cheated on that run. I drank Redbull so that I’d have that advantage of unlimited energy from that energy drink. 

I ran my second 15k yesterday. I didn’t drink an energy drink. I didn’t want my body to be fueled by caffeine this time. I also wanted to see how I’d hold up with out any help from those energy drinks. I had a hard time completing this run.  I ran a lot. I breezed through the hills thanks to those sprints I did in the subdivision. I walked some parts of the course. I guess not having that energy drink help me made me walk it out in some parts of the run.

Yiha!

I ran a little bit faster this time. Finished two minutes ahead of my last 15k time. My body maybe bad and busted right now but having seen the results makes it feel better even though a bunch of words and numbers doesn’t actually help to alleviate the pain.

Amazing!
21k to the Skyway here I come! With my progress, that 42k midnight run in October at Subic is not looking too faint!

I hope!