3rd Entry - 11th July 

3rd Entry - 11th July

Date: 11 July 2005 (Monday)

Time: 0800hrs

Training Description: 7km

Target Duration: 35mins 00secs

Achieved Duration: 33mins 19secs

Terrain: Sungei Gedong Camp ATC Track

Footwear: New Balance 900 (race shoes - lightweight trainers)



Comments: Didn't have any workout at all over the weekend unless you count 3 sets of 20 crunches and leg raises on Sunday night. Woke up too late on Saturday morning and had to rush down to Stadium for rehearsal, followed by MOVEX (movement exercise some stupid overnight thingy where we attempt to move 25 big, heavy, bulky vehicles from one end of the island to another) til 4am on Sunday morning so that was it for Saturday. Supposed to have soccer on Sunday but it was raining real bad so we ended up going to the airport to send Rachel Ang of. Quite sad man... everyone's going to be leaving soon. Now its Rach, pretty soon Ding, Amanda, Esther, Addie (and I haven't even met up with her yet), Clarence... Everyone's flying off! What's wrong with Singapore anyway man? Heh... LKY's begging people to stay in Singapore now... after sending his kids and grandchildren to top UK and US universities. I hope ISD doesn't come after me for this... wonder what they do to occifers in ISD cells.

Anyway, I'm digressing. Almost didn't want to do today's run cuz I was feeling so sleepy. Thankfully I was motivated by the committment I have to this blog..haha. There were a bunch of reservist men at the ATC track as well as AISL trainees. Pretty crowded, but its better than running all alone I guess. The New Balance 900 really makes a huge difference man. Was running with alot more ease (albeit abit of discomfort due to the lesser cushioning) compared to my 856 trainers. To all flat-footed over-pronaters out there, there's hope for you if you're into competitive racing! This is one of the lightest shoes I've had with just the right amount of cushioning.

First few laps were pretty fast, coming in at about 1:48 - 1:50. Decided to just go with the flow and see what I can do with these shoes, instead of slowing back to the 2mins/lap pace. Manage to maintain that timing for until about 4-5km, before slowing to a comfortable 1:55 average pace. Quite satisfied with my timing actually.


Tomorrow: ICCT in the morning, followed by Outreach meeting at night.. Will try to squeeze in a workout somewhere.

Jet

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