14 March 2011 My change in running form over 4 months I had some time to think about saturday’s 7km race in my efforts to learn from it so that I can improve. There were many learnings which I wrote about in the Race Report and I will implement them for my next race, The … Read more
13 March 2011 The changes in my running form within 4 months.. After my first race yesterday I wanted to take it easy. Tomorrow is my official rest day so today I decided to do some light swimming and a short run. I swam 250m today but with the aim of improving my stroke technique. … Read more
13 March 2011 My first medal and certificate for completing the FT Day 2011 7km run OK. This is a week of firsts and I am very satisfied with this weeks efforts. This is how the week went: Monday 5km run Tuesday Brickish bike and run Wednesday Elliptical Trainer Thursday Running drills Friday Pre race … Read more
12 March 2011 I’ve done it. The FT Day 2011 7km run What a surreal day. Last night I wrote about my pre race jitters. After I wrote that post, I tried to go to sleep but couldn’t. How do you sleep before a race. I tossed and turned on my bed for several hours … Read more
11 March 2011 My tshirt for the race. Introducing race number C155- Reza Ali It’s finally here. My first running event – the FT Day 7km Run. I’m doing a very, very, very light workout on my elliptical trainer just to get my limbs lose. I have to admit, I have severe pre race jitters. … Read more
10 March 2011 How my running changed in 5 months In 2 days time I will be competing in the FT Day 7km run which is my first running event. I didn’t plan to have any hard runs as I have to rest and taped down to prepare for the event so yesterday I went … Read more
10 March 2011 Me at 18. Where did all the hair go??? I consider myself to be an ordinary person who has his share of life’s ups and downs. I was (am still am) a loner for as long as I can remember. As a 7 year old child, my idea of a good day … Read more
9 March 2011 My running form. Too much butt….. I’ve entered for my second race in March. Woo hoo. It’s a 5km running events on 20 March organised by the Malaysian National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in conjunction with the World Kidney Day on March 10. I will be competitor C2167. My father passed away of … Read more
8 March 2011 My current running form – March 2011 I did a brick(ish) workout today. Why the ‘ish’? Well. I had cycled for about 30 minutes (average 64% MHR) and had about a half hour break lounging around before I went for my tempo run. I’m really not sure whether it qualifies as a … Read more
7 March 2011 Doing my ECG Stress Test I wrote in an earlier post about Maximum Heart Rate (MHR) which is the absolute maximum beats per minute that your heart can go. Today I wanted to share what I found out about the other end of MHR which is the RHR. Logically, we use less … Read more