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 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
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
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 My current running form (March 2011) I didn’t run a lot last week so I was really looking forward to today’s run. Ever since the results of my medical and fitness test I’ve been excited at the prospect of pushing myself a bit harder than normal. Today was a combination of intervals … 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
6 March 2011 A glimpse of my new running top… Monday Swim Tuesday Interval run (tough) and swimWednesday Swim Thursday Bike and swim Friday Full fitness test and medical check and running form analysis Saturday Swim and 5km run Sunday rest 2 significant events this week. The first is mastery of swimming. Ever since my first swimming lesson I’ve spent … Read more
5 March 2011 Running has always been the one discipline that presents the greatest amount of risk in terms of injury but gives the greatest opportunity for fitness. Ever since I started running about 5 months ago (doesn’t seem so long ago) I’ve taken exceptional care to make sure I run with the proper running … Read more
5 March 2011 Need air.. I had my second swimming lesson today and the themes were kicking and recovery. I have never been a fan of kicking my legs in the pool. Not because of any technique issues but because its so hard. I find that kicking my legs during swimming is a sure fire … Read more