It was not just the buddies but me was also infected with the lazy bug. I got carried away with the exciting new bike stuff which was initially intended as a mind diversion to avoid from mental fatigue from those endless running.
Though I was struggling to get the running mood, the 3 day break back to hometown plus the Monday work trip back to Johor really got me into lethargic mode. It lasted a few days.
Tuesday came in which I only managed to move my feet just around the neighbourhood covering 6.7km as scheduled. It was quite a warm day, so the feeling of dryness was an issue.
Wednesday, I came prepared. Exited the office just in time to catch the buddies for our 2nd last sort-a-long run 9.6km. The run was great and so was the feeling getting back to Lake Garden's cool-for-running atmosphere.
Thursday, I was back running around the neighbourhood covering 4.8km as scheduled. Again the warmness of the day was uncompromised.
Tapering week started with quite an unconvincing commitments. Due to trip back to hometown & the extreme weather of haze & warm, my midweek runs were compromised.
I managed to squeeze in a 5km run at Taman Bunga Istana on Thursday morning after a day of lethargic feeling from the travelling.
Come Saturday's LSD, nothing more was prepared with a dinner of rice & gulai kesom ikan pari + late kellog's breakfast bar + sportfuel for supper. The initial pace to Hartamas was 6:29 which was considered fast.
The last 5km back to Bukit Aman was swigged in with a 20 minutes interval run maintaining at a comfortable LT level which was surprisingly went well for me. It was an awesome run. Hope that I will peak at race day.
Week 15 came with nothing more than the pressure from the constant pounding of the foot on tarmacs & sidewalks. I was shakened by the race day closing in in less than a month. Fortunately enough, I had a detour to take off my mind from it to ease the stress.
My cross training after Week 14 LSD was magnificent. I was back on the saddle after a long abscent for more than 3 months. The Sunday ride to Langat clocking 71km in almost 3 hours managed to assist me in a big way. I was craving for more ride in the near weekends ahead.
With the burden off my head, I did the midweek runs with a different approach. Casually thought, I opted to run in my neighbourhood for the Tuesday & Thursday's 8km. It turned out to be awesome, pacing at 5.48 & 6.00 for each with my bought from sale fancy colored Adizero CS.
The Wednesday's sort-a-long run was squeezed in a hectic evening window which resulted in a haywire pace & clocking only 13.8km out of 16km. The only effort affordable.
Asal sebut stepback je, psikologi pun dah mula goyang. Ramai je yang nak mengelat or mega sale diskaun, termasuk lah aku sendiri.
Since Selasa aku dah tau aku kena outstation to Kluang, so aku opted to run Isnin kat area kampung (BTHO) je. Larian geli2, asal lari cukup. Dapat jugak 5km keliling Suakasih.
Rabu back to LG sama milage macam last week 14.2km dengan Det, Saiful & Zakuan. Slow conversational pace dapat la complete in 1hr+.
Sabtu LSD covered 21.3km ke Sri Hartamas. Psikologi masih jugak malas so larian pun kurang lawak jenaka & senda gurau. Maintain aje pace. Ada korum baru yg join. Aku tried Scholl insoles dalam Mizuno tapi ternyata shoe design dah cater for optimum condition. Rasa tak selesa bila dah masuk 2nd hour run...becak rasa :P
The midweek run did not start encouragingly when I was forced to stuck in a meeting with picky client. Just managed to only reach home barely 10 minutes before 7pm with no window for a 4 miler (6.4km) as scheduled.
Came Wednesday for the sort-a-long run session, I was determined to clock the 8 miles (14.4km) by hook or by crook at whatever time I take. Fortunately my buddies felt the same hype & concluded the task with satisfaction.
From yesterday's hyped, I was again overthrown with frustration to continue a 4 miler due to late evening thunderstorm which jammed the whole city. Whining away in my car through the cold evening back home. Fortunately again, my running neighbours which happened to be the regulars at LG came up with the idea of night running around the neighbourhood. We started late at 10.20pm & clocked about 4.5km in the beautiful cool night.
The LSD was welcomed with quite a number of buddies. Some opted for 20k but we went full swing for 28.6km as scheduled.Tho...
Stepback week yang paling tak produktif. Aku sendiri pun cukup kecewa. Tak tau kenapa? Tapi semangat langsung takde compared to last week's enthusiasms yang memuncak mencakar langit sampaikan aku berjaya complete the long run.
This week it all started bila aku kena outstation ke Kluang & JB for 2 days. Selasa aku gagal untuk berlari sebab berada di luar kawasan larian & tambahan lagi aku memang letih dari travelling. Tambah lagi dengan nasi tambah masakan ikan pari gulai kesom bonda tercinta.
Rabu baru balik ke KL. Sampai just nice 4.30pm, cukup untuk buat larian di sekitar kawasan rumah je. Pakat dengan Deti untuk buat speedwork. Sebab member punya pasal, speedwork aku sudah tekan. Resulted the next 3 days aku tak berlari. Sengal peha & tapak kaki kanan yang membuatkan aku risau kot kena plantar fascitiis.
Jumaat aku juga gagal dengan cubaab larian di Lake Garden dgn Nizam sbb aku tak bawak running gear & kepala aku pun tengah kusut. Sabtu pagi yang nyaman, aku try lari seba...
The longest milage so far after 11 weeks into the training program (for the second round due to postponment of the marathon). I was so full of enthusiasms until I didn't sleep well plus the warm nights for the whole week.
I can't barely wait to try out the economic running mechanic. Despite a bit of frustration from latecomer, six of us flagged-off to Sri Hartamas at 6.30am, unable to start earlier as planned. Pace was a bit slow since I don't feel like pacing anybody today, so I just sit back & relax for the whole 11km journey. Pace was too slow but it kept my mind straight. The running mech was applied in a relax manner compared to the mid week runs which was faster.
The road back was interesting. Normally the group would breakup with some breakaway freaks at the remaining 5km mark. This time, somebody tried his luck a bit earlier at the 17km mark! All hell broke loose. I was reserving myslef, pacing with enough tempo just to keep up but not joining the fiesta.
