Superman UnderArmor Compression Top with a Blue Halo Headband!
This week, the kilometers (miles) are beginning to add up. I have already ran 21 km in 2 days (Tuesday and today, Wednesday), both at the "fast" speed (<6 mins/km). Luckily, tomorrow is a slow 8 km run before preparing my longest long run ever: 25.7 km (which is 16 miles), 60% of a full marathon. This will also be the longest distance I will be covering in this program in s single run. In a later part of the training program, the trainer, Jeff Gaudette, has planned for a 12.5 km fast run on Friday, followed immediately by a 25.7 km long run on Saturday to simulate the fatigue.
Made it home late today as I worked late today. Had a McSpicy meal (upsized!), and rested for 2+ hours (I intended to exactly rest 2 hours, but got distracted by YouTube videos). My run was uneventful; I took the first 1.6 km (1 mile) easy @ 7 mins/km, before starting on my fast interval for 8 km (5 miles). The training target was 6:09 min/km to 6:15 min/km, but I achieved 5:55 min/km. I forced myself to do negative splits, and I think I did pretty well, except at around the 4-5 km intervals. Finished off the run with another 1.6 km easy, which I did close to my steady pace (approx 6:30 min/km).
Yesterday (Tuesday), I discovered that one of my older colleagues (who has a bunch of Standard Chartered Marathons medals hanging in his office) is intending to run the 18.45 km Straits Time Run (which I will be running). He is a seasoned runner, and intends to run it at a pace faster than 6 min/km. I'm aiming to run faster than 6:30 min/km (my latest half marathon speed is 6:34 min/km). He lamented the early start time (5 am), and both of us agreed that we need to wake up by 3:30 to change and make it there early to find a parking space. I'm looking forward to running into the new National Stadium!
(Man there are so many grammatical errors in my writing....)
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