6 February 2011 I ran in my Vibrams today. Woo hoo. Phew. The last run of the week. This weeks is quite monumental as far as progress is concerned: Tuesday 1 Feb 2011- I did my first cycle/run brick workout in my life. 20km on the bike and 5 km running. Friday 4 Feb 2011- … Read more
5 February 2011 What a great feeling… OK. I’ve gone a bit crazy. When I got home this evening from my afternoon 20km cycling I felt that I had a little bit more energy left so I decided to go for a midnight run. I ran for 10km tonight and feel really great apart form … Read more
4 February 2011 View during my ride. This is near Pullman Hotel I did a 20 km ride around Putrajaya this afternoon. Today was particularly tough as I find myself getting increasingly frustrated at my lack of power during the pedalling. The view was great though and even with all the frustration, it was a … Read more
3 February 2011 Running in the rain Another day on the legs today. Halfway through the week is a 5km tempo run. The last time I did this was on 27 Jan 2011 though for some reason I didn’t record the time for that one. These are the splits from today’s run: 4:28 3:51 4:05 … Read more
2 February 2011 My shoes on some pebbles after my run today I ran another 5 km today. It does seem a bit ludicrous to do this everyday. Running is now such an enjoyable experience and each run gives me so much satisfaction. Didn’t think I would ever say that. Today’s run was great and … Read more
2 February 2011 My current running form I’m looking through all the postings I’ve made since I started this blog and I know its pretty focussed on exercising. I put as my tagline ‘If I can do it, you can do it too’. The purpose of documenting my journey is hopefully to inspire people to … Read more
1 February 2011 I did it. Smiling after more than 2 hours of cycling and running I decided after my 10km run last week that I am capable of doing more. So today I decided to do a 2/3 sprint triathlon consisting of a 20km bicycle ride and a 5km run. I’ve never really ridden … Read more
31 January 2011 MyFitnessPal on my iPhone One of the most important aspects of getting fit and healthy is to take charge what we eat. That means we have be more aware of calories, nutrients, carbohydrates, protein, fat etc etc etc. I don’t want to go into the details of what you should or shouldn’t … Read more
30 January 2011 Just after my run…. (Original post in 25 January 2011) I ran another 5 km on wednesday at 71% Maximum Heart Rate MHR (see here for an explanation why at this pace). I’m still running the park so that I can measure the splits which are as follows: Lap 1. 4.41 Lap … Read more
30 January 2011 Celebrating after this run… I did a 5km tempo run today. Running at 60-70% MHR (zone 1) for 60% of the distance and 70-80% (zone 2) for the remaining 40%. Tempo runs are a critical component of running training. It’s simple. You start at a slow base pace for 40% of the … Read more