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I timed my 100 meter laps in my last training session and here are the results. I had at least 2 minutes to rest in between the laps and I managed to average at below 2:13. Decent already but I would want to get faster. If I had the opportunity to swim with some of the pool monsters, they would still leave me in their water dust. I did my first 100 as a warm up and after that, I started timing myself.
After more than a week of recovering from a very painful Condura Marathon, I was finally able to run again last night. As much as I wanted to do a recovery run two days after the race, I couldn’t. My right foot hurt real bad after the run. I wasn’t able to walk properly for a week. I was tempted to go to an orthopedic because it wasn’t normal for me to have a long time recovering. I let a week pass and finally, the pain on my right foot went away.
It was a Training Grounds Run for me that night. I was so thrilled to be running again. I was so refreshed to be pounding on the pavement once again. The strong winds that always welcomes me in Fort Bonifacio is always there to greet me hello and goodluck. It was a very slow and easy 7k for me last night. I finished it around 40-50 minutes. I got my first taste of cramps around kilometer 3 and it felt really bad. My right calf started to tighten up and I could barely keep my pace up. I guess I am still not fully recovered. I must take it easy. I must take more time to rest.
After the run, I biked around BHS a little. I haven’t been able to talk about my new bike lately because I’ve been out having fun with it. I couldn’t have gotten the bike at a better time than after Condura. The bike is what kept me going and training last week with my injured right foot. Since I wasn’t able to walk properly, I needed a form of exercise that didn’t involve me pound my feet into the ground. The bike kept me busy last week and it was great.
I biked around BHS last night after my run and I crashed. I was going in fast into this turn and I saw a pebble. I did evasive maneuvers and they were a success but I lost my balance in the process.
I ended up doing something like that. It’s a good thing my bike is still in one piece and that I was wearing long tights that night. I would have gotten huge and long bruises on my legs if I weren’t. Damn you pebble from hell.
The evening started off pretty well for me but I had a bad case of cramps in my run and a crash in my bike ride. After a few more loops around BHS, I decided to call it a night. I had to quit while I was ahead; if ahead was what I was in last night though. It’s a long road back to recovery and I hope I can get back into shape.
I had two things lined up to do last night. First was I needed to train for the upcoming Condura Marathon on Feb 7. The other was that I needed to meet Coy at Greenbelt so I can claim my Saosin tickets. I knew if did one after the other, I’d be finishing up too late already so I did it all in one go.
I ran a whole lot last night. 17 kilometers to be exact. I went down the office to change a little before 5.30 and I was up and running by 5.45. I was supposed to meet him around 7 and if I ran straight to greenbelt, I would get there early since Greenbelt was just a mere 5 kilometers away from the Fort. I extended my run around the Fort a little before going in Mckinley Drive.
I got to Greenbelt early even with some added distance. I got there at 6.30. With Coy still in transit, I messaged him to message me when he was there already because I’d be running around the area. I ran around the Legaspi area until he got there. I never knew that a running area existed there. There was a small park where runners could jog around in. There was also this big loop around the area that I ran around in for about 6 times. I took it easy running around the area. I didn’t want to lose too much steam going back.
After those 6 rounds, I finally got a message from Coy that he was there already.
Thanks a lot Coy for the tickets!
As soon as I got the tickets, I headed of back to Fort. Mckinley Drive was the way back again and it felt much faster. I went down the secret training grounds to add a little more mileage and to fetch my camera from Kenneth. Over all, it was a nice two birds with one stone incident.
I took vacation leave last Friday because I needed some time off from work. I needed to rest. I needed to make some time for myself. I needed time to relax because the next two weeks ahead of me would be a monstrous one. I filed my leave form last Thursday in the hopes of getting some well deserved rest but come Friday, I did the exact opposite.
I woke up at around 7 am. Tricia messaged me that she wanted breakfast so I obliged and brought some to bring up the condo. I was up at the condo by 7:15 and I was able to finish my morning breakfast by 7:30. Took a bath and I was out on the road by 8. I could feel the cool breeze even at 8 am and I loved it.
I wanted to do a long run that day and I ended up going from Libis to C5 – Fort Bonifacio to Mckinley Hill and then back. I was a slow easy pace run that really helped my build my endurance. I had run running it because of the cold weather. I wasn’t even able to wear my cap anymore because of the cool breeze.
The first 5 kilometers were somewhat the hardest. There was this part of me that wanted me to turn to Julia Vargas so that I would have a hard time going back and there was this part of me that wanted to go up until Fort Bonifacio just to encounter a different route. It was more of a battle of familiarity against exploration. It was a good thing the adventurous one in me won that Friday.
It was amazing to see how busy the cars are. I pass that road everyday going to work and I never actually notice how aggressive drivers are other than myself though. It’s funny to see them hustle and bustle in the streets trying to out drive one another when they could, just like me, run to their destination. They could get there longer but they’d be a lot healthier.
Going into Kalayaan intersection and into Fort Bonifacio was quite testing. I had to go up the pedestrian overpass so as not to become roadkill and not become a big jaywalker. When I got close to the vicinity of the elevated U-turn slot, there were no sidewalks. Flargh, I said to myself. It was this small strip of road where a car would exactly fit in it. If I was running on the road when a car passed, I would surely get sideswiped. I made sure that when I ran the small strip of road that there weren’t any cars behind me. I also made sure I ran it fast. It was a slight burst of speed from me. Shortly after that, I was in Fort Bonifacio and everything was familiar again. I was able to run more comfortably again.
I made my way to Mckinley Hill and just like Bonifacio High Street, everything was familiar again. Total distance going there before making that U-turn at the end of Enderun was 11.5 kilometers. Went back the same way to complete a very long 23 kilometer 3 hour long run. Check out my nike+ stats here. Check full map here.
It was a tiring and punishing Friday that was meant to be my rest day. Ironically, one would have been able to rest over the weekend, I gained a slight fever which really meant I needed to take a break. I guess that punishing run forced me to take that rest after all.