The first half of the day was going for the National Vertical Marathon at the South Beach tower. It was rather tiring towards the end, but the fact that it ended in around 10 minutes for me, means it wasn't much of a workout.
The second half was pushing myself to focusing on generating financial contents instead of slacking off the rest of the day with the attitude that "I should give myself a break". I felt rather good that I pushed myself, even though I'm getting some slight headache from the research.
Today's Small Wins:
- Woke up and did the marathon
- Spent half a day (around 4 hours) on financial contents
- Meditate (after this)
- Created a small keychain at the event for Dearest
- 2 parents approached me for maths tuition (i hope it's a testament to my tutoring skills still)
Today's Small Losses:
- Too much time spent in the morning at the event
- Sleeping slightly later than planned
The photos from my Spartan Super 2017 on 6 May are finally out!
Wait for them to release the photos for quite some time.
A bit disappointed because there were many photos taken during the course.
And I didn't wear my action camera this time, because I felt that it was a chore to bring, and I always feel distracted by it during the past races.
This time, I felt more free going through the obstacles without worrying about where the camera is pointing, is it on during the obstacles, is the battery still going strong...
I enjoyed it much more!
It took me around 4 hours to complete the whole race.
That's actually quite a long duration for just a 10+ km obstacles race.
My previous timing was 2 hours + only.
The reason was because I walked the entire journey of the race instead of running.
My strength and stamina isn't that strong, so I figured that if I run, I wouldn't have the strength to conquer the obstacles, which is basically the whole point behind me joining the race.
So I just walked.
And practically, around half the race was full of mud.
It would expend much more effort to run on the mud, so it made more sense to walk.
Immediately after this, I signed myself up for the velocity urban challenge 5, which is happening in another month's time.
The organizer revealed 3 obstacles, and one of them makes me wonder if I could pass it.
Will be starting to train for it!
It's really fast. Just a blink of an eye, and the 1st month of the new year just flew by.
I have done practically nothing on my personal life. But I did get a lot of things going for the wedding. So, that's still something.
For the past 2 days (including today), I have been going home early (and getting to work early) so that I could do some exercise at the stadium before dinner. It's much better than exercising after dinner. Supposedly, it's healthier as I don't have to run with my dinner being digested in my stomach. If my secondary school biology knowledge serves me right, the digestive system requires blood to do all the digestive work in the stomach and intestines (and others?), and exercising would force the blood to flow to the muscles instead of the digestive system, causing the indigestion as a result.
Second of all, I get to have more time to myself at night, like what I'm doing now. =)
Viper Challenge @ Sentosa is coming up on 11th Feb, next next Sat. So I'm kinda training for it now, and hopefully the habit of exercising will stay.
Also signed up for the Spartan Race Super in May (I think), because of a Chinese New Year offered. It was on promotion! So I just signed up. And the price that I paid, seems really like a huge promotion. Let's just say that I don't think they meant for me to pay that price.
Work is getting more and more busy as the deliverable date draws nearer. But at the same time, I'm doing my best to be more productive and efficient at work so I could come home on time to exercise and to do my learning on mobile app development. It's discouraging to keep getting on and off this learning track, but I want to keep on going at it. I used to think that once the deliverable comes, work shall come first, and all the nights of OT will therefore take priority over other things in life. But to seriously think about this, I realized that work is not my top priority; exercising and learning are. That said, without the money that work brings in, I don't think I can survive too. haha.. I guess, OT is not my top priority.
I should also make a point to blog more often; to update more often on what I'm doing to live my life. That was the point of setting up this blog anyway. It's suppose to make me feel guilty every single time I blog and I realized I am still hentak-kaki-ing.
It's been over a week since my Spartan Beast @ Bintan on 19 Nov! while my body sores were gone after 2 days (thanks to my Dearest's massage), the rope burns are still recovering slowly... But I did it! I completed my first Spartan Trifecta! yeah~!
I'm sure there are a lot of other Spartan racers who have completed their first Spartan Trifecta with the completion of Spartan Beast @ Bintan. And I'm quite sure, we would definitely do this...
With the powers combined... I AM SPARTAN~!!
The race wasn't easy, and I didn't train enough to be prepared. So coupling these 2 factors together, the result was a 6hrs 48min race for me. Yes, it was a grueling 6 hours and 48 minutes of jogging, obstacles, getting scratched, nearly cramped, slow jogging, cramped up so bad my toes curled up and I had to remove my shoes, walking, hurting my back from a fall, slow walking, and rope-burning my legs, and then this:
Flying kick to end the race!
This is probably the hardest race that I have ever did. Both longest, and the one with the most injuries. And on top of that, my last meal was at 5am, and I only ate my next meal at 7.45pm. The 1 small packet of energy gel (that costs $4) is of not much use -_-" or perhaps I just need to eat more of it. OR, just run faster.
I still failed at the 2 obstacles that have monkey bars and hanging loops, but I felt like I have improved from the previous time. And then, there was this obstacle which I have to hang by the rope to touch the bell...
They called it, the Tyrolean Traverse
I had to put my whole body weight on a single rope across my chest and groin area, and then slide to touch the bell. Every pull, I could feel the pain in between my chest, and at my groin. But I was determined to conquer this after my previous failure during Spartan Super, so I persevered. And I did it. Although at the last moment I lost balance and went under the rope, and in a bid to touch the bell, I unconsciously let go of the rope, touched the bell (the most important thing to do ), the landed on my back. Luckily the height wasn't that high, but still my back was hurt.
By the time I have finished and washed up, the main event area was rather empty. Before I went to grab my dinner, I went to the medical area to fix up my rope burns. As I was leaving, I saw a man being pushed out from one of the medical rooms with what it seemed like a mechanical pump on his chest, seemingly in a very critical condition. As I hoped for his safety, unfortunately, he might have been the one on the news whom passed away due to cardiac arrest. RIP.
Throughout the 3 races, what I enjoyed the most was conquering the obstacles (like the whole arena was a huge adult playground for me), and the sense of camaraderie that could be seen throughout the race. There would be people encouraging you when you're trying hard, even though all of us are strangers.
There would be people helping you to overcome those damn walls.
There would be people asking you whether you're alright when you fall, stop, or look like you need help.
And these people, racing alongside of you, suddenly became, comrades.
Just not long ago, I have finally achieved something that I have always wanted for the last decade, but wasn't able to.
This year, I put in efforts into training, specifically my running, in order to create that possibility.
And that is, my Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT)!
I didn't feel that I was ready to achieve a Gold standard, be it my push-ups, sit-ups or running.
But because I was in camp for reservist, I thought I would just clock a Silver first.
As it turns out, I was in quite a good form that day!
And here is my results:
And it's a... GOLD!
I was rather surprised about my results for push-ups and sit-ups.
And that gave me some hope of achieving a Gold.
That's what motivated me to push even harder for 2.4km run, landing me the best timing I have for the past decade.
As a quote from a well-liked Japanese anime/manga called "History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi", or “史上最强弟子兼一”
“The only thing that won't betray you, is your training"
I shall continue to strive on in my physical well-being.
Over the last weekend, I did another thing that I have never tried before in my life - attempting an urban attack obstacles course!
I signed up for it shortly after I have completed my Spartan Super (did it on 7 May 2016), which by the way, I have been trying to squeeze time to produce a video footage for the race. It will probably take some time (actually, it will take a long time because I'm rather busy during this period, with the project deliverable coming and stuff).
The night before I was quite excited about this event. perhaps a bit too excited, until I found it difficult to fall asleep. haha.. I was kinda worried about overcoming the obstacles, especially the monkey bars, but also looking forward to conquering them. I'm not that old, but I kinda feel like a young boy again, taking on these new experiences.
Dearest specially woke up early in the morning to accompany me to the event at Velocity@Novena to support me, to be my cheerleader, and to massage my sore muscles while we were waiting waiting for my 2nd run =)
Here's the 1st run!
I had some troubles getting over the curved wall; scrapped both my knees and elbows as I slided down the wall from the 1st attempt. Then I nearly failed at the monkey bars, twice! the shaking of the structure kinda makes me misjudge the position of the next bar. But luckily, I managed to not fall and still continue on! I was completely exhausted after completing the run, but it felt great! 2:02 min. not bad, not bad at all.
Took my time to rest and recuperate, with Dearest massaging my back as we waited for 2nd run.
The 2nd run was much more smoother, as I did a few changes to my run; giving myself more distance to get speed up the curved wall, reaching further to compensate for the misjudge of the shaking of the structure when I did the monkey bars. Managed to clear it faster! 1:45 min. Woo~
Though not enough to enter the finals, I'm more than satisfied to have completed the challenge, twice, and improving my timing on the 2nd run. $20 well spent~
Ever since I started on Spartan Race (Sprint) 2015, I seemed to have been hooked on getting myself challenged on these kind of events. Because I have already signed for the next one... which is...
YES!
I have signed up for Spartan Beast!
It will happen on 19 Nov, in Bintan.
I took a while to consider this, but finally I thought, wthell~
Dearest gave me her support for this also >_<
As I sat here at Star Vista, waiting for Dearest to come and
lunch together, I managed to resist the allure of looking at Reebok merchandise
after collecting my Spartan Race race pack. Yes, Spartan Race is coming, in 13
days. And yes, I have to admit, I’m not as prepared as the last race. But what
the heck, I’m just gonna enjoy the race!
Sitting at Star Vista after collecting race pack~
This time, I will be doing the Spartan Super! It will be a 13km
run with 30+ obstacles, compared to last year’s 5km with 20+ obstacles. I’m
expecting this race to be as exciting and fulfilling, if not more than the
previous race. I paid more for this also. Haha..
Recently I have talked to a colleague regarding this race.
He mentioned that he was considering it, until I told him the price of
participation, and I think that kinda put him off. haha.. he didn’t feel that
the price of the race justify the experience in it. But for me, it’s an
experience that can’t be gained from any other easy avenues. “Running around
the neighbourhood” (as he puts it), doesn’t count.
In order to enjoy the race as much as I can, I would have to
train quite intensively within these 13 days. Here’s the current plan that I
have derived:
Counting down to D-Day
Training Aims
D-12 Day (25 Apr, Mon)
Pull-ups x 6 (2 sets), 5 km run, Burpees x 30, Monkey bars x 2, Sit-ups
x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank (1:30min)
D-11 Day (26 Apr, Tue)
Pull-ups x 6 (2 sets), 5 km run, Burpees x 30,
Monkey bars x 2, Sit-ups x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank
(1:30min)
D-10 Day (27 Apr, Wed)
Pull-ups x 6 (2 sets), 7 km run, Burpees x 30, Monkey bars x 2,
Sit-ups x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank (1:30min)
D-9 Day (28 Apr, Thu)
Pull-ups x 7 (2 sets), 7 km run, Burpees x 30, Monkey bars x 2,
Sit-ups x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank (1:30min)
D-8 Day (29 Apr, Fri)
Pull-ups x 7 (2 sets), Badminton, Plank (1:30min)
D-7 Day (30 Apr, Sat)
Run (30 min), Burpees x 30, Sit-ups x 30, Squats x 50, Plank
(1:30min)
D-6 Day (1 May, Sun)
Run (30 min), Burpees x 30, Sit-ups x 30, Squats x 50, Plank
(1:30min)
D-5 Day (2 May, Mon)
Pull-ups x 7 (2 sets), 10 km run, Burpees x 30, Monkey bars x 2,
Sit-ups x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank (1:30min)
D-4 Day (3 May, Tue)
Pull-ups x 7 (2 sets), 5 km run, Burpees x 30, Monkey bars x 2,
Sit-ups x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank (1:30min)
D-3 Day (4 May, Wed)
Pull-ups x 7 (2 sets), 2.4 km run, Burpees x 30, Monkey bars x 2,
Sit-ups x 30, Log lifting x 10 (2 sets), Squats x 50, Plank (1:30min)
D-2 Day (5 May, Thu)
Pull-ups x Max (1 set), 2.4 km run
D-1 Day (6 May, Fri)
Rest
D-Day (7 May, Sat)
Spartan SUPER!!!
I will be going to Batam with my psych friends and Dearest
from 30 Apr to 2 May. That’s why the training aims don’t seemed as intensive. Haha..
hope I would still be able to fulfil that when I’m overseas. Just gotta wake up
early, hit the beach, and RUN!
In prep for this race, I have also purchased an action
camera! It’s the POSH W11 action camera! (Available at challenger for $289 for
members)
I have been wanting to buy an action camera since the last
Spartan race but I kinda stopped myself because I'm not sure how many time I'm
gonna use it for. But this upcoming race, the upcoming overseas trips, and for
the keepsake of future memories, I think this would be a good buy =) when I told
Dearest that I have decided to buy the action camera, she immediately commented
that I shouldn't buy it this year, and advised me to buy it next year instead.
I was a bit confused why she said that, especially when she didn't give any
reasons for her comments. It turned out that she wanted to buy me that for my
birthday this year. haha… but that would be too late, as I would be missing out
on a few events already.
I guess it would be better for me to set aside some money to
spend every month, and any leftover would be carried forward to the next month.
This way, if I want to purchase a big item like this, I could ‘save up’ a few
months and buy it, instead of keep pondering about it because it’s quite a big
purchase.
The past week has been rather busy with troubleshooting my desktop, and therefore I wasn't able to take time out to write out this post.
So even though I'm a bit tired, I felt like finishing up this post tonight before I rest for the week ahead of me.
Last Tuesday, I took leave to go to Sim Lim Square to do a diagnosis on the desktop from a very nice guy called Nigel (owner of PC Care & Solutions) who managed to drill down my issue to the Motherboard or Power Supply Unit (PSU) in a matter of minutes.
So if you're having problems with your desktop, can probably visit him for help.
Best of all, he did it for free~!
Apart from dealing with the desktop, I have also been resting my tired body from the... SPARTAN RACE!!!
Yes! I have conquered the Spartan Race on 15 Nov 2015!
AROO~! AROO~! AROO~!
It was quite a challenging and fun race for me. My timing was 1:34:17, could do better.
Was resting quite a lot and making myself comfortable before each obstacle. haha...
To note down this rather memorable achievement, below are 3 aspects of the race that I felt made it challenging for me.
1) The LONG run...
I'm not a strong runner, so long distance running is a bit tough for me.
Seeing that it was a Spartan Race Sprint, of which the description on the website said it would be a 3+ mile run with obstacles, I thought the race would be around 5 km only (3 miles = 4.8 km).
What I didn't expect was when I ran past the board which said "6 KM", and I'm still nowhere near the finishing line. -_-"
During the run from Nicoll highway to the floating platform, I kept asking myself... "Where the HELL is that turn-around point?!#$^*&"
In the end, I estimated the total distance to be around 7 km, which is something I didn't really train for.
On hindsight, 3+ mile oculd also mean 3.9 miles (which is 6.8 km).
Next time I should probably train towards the upper limit, instead of just being optimistic.
2) Monkey Bars
Monkey bars is something I'm used to playing back in primary school days, and also when I was in the army.
Overcoming the Monkey bars back then wasn't that challenging, even with full uniform, helmet, webbing, magazine, boots, and a SAR21 rifle on my back.
But in this race, in just my running attire, I actually failed.
Here's the actual depiction of what the Monkey bars station was like during the race.
It wasn't just 'bars'; it was a lot more than that!
The set-up wasn't the conventional type that I used to have in army.
It consisted of bars that are not stationary, rings, and hanging ropes with a knot at the end.
And worst of all, as I climbed through the obstacle, the next handle was a bit higher than the one before.
I think I managed to get to the 5th handle, before I looked at the next one and decided that the next handle was too high for me; I did not have the strength to do it.
I just dropped down.
I tried a second time (although I think it wasn't allowed), and failed at the 3rd handle this time, while injuring my right shoulder (which is still recovering from my Switzerland trip in July).
Oh well, 30 burpees it is~
At least this was the only time I did the burpees through the race (*pat on the back).
3) Bucket Brigade
This obstacle was the one I deemed the toughest of them all.
It wasn't like the Monkey bars whereby you can simply fail, do 30 burpees, and then move on.
This was a grueling 100+ metres of carrying a bucket full of stones, which I think is around 45 kg.
It was a torture for me!
Around 15 minutes of carrying this bucket, resting multiple times, dropping and lifting it up...
It took me great discipline to not 'accidentally spill' some of the stones during the obstacle (which a few of the runners did).
I was really using my 吃奶的力量!
But still, step by step, I completed this obstacle, along with the other obstacles.
Aftermath Thoughts
It has been a short but fulfilling journey of training up towards this race.
I was training for a specific goal, and it felt great to work towards it.
Completing this race is nothing of a great achievement, but it does gives me a small sense of life fulfillment.
Therefore, in addition to labelling this event as an enhancement to my Physical Well-being, I also want to label it as an enhancement to my Lifestyle.
I would definitely recommend anyone to take part in it!
Enjoy the process of preparing yourself for the race, and enjoy the race itself by going at your own pace.
And if you have like-minded friends to form a team, even better!
It's been more than a week since my last post.
I figured I should sit my butt down in front of the computer to properly chart out my progress instead of scrolling through the never-ending pages of Facebook, or playing games on Steam, or viewing random Youtube videos, or ... seriously, there are tons of things that are more attention-grabbing and have short term gratification than typing out this post.
But still, in order to live my life, I should evaluate myself more often through blogging.
First of all, I have been quite satisfied with myself on being consistent with improving my physical well-being.
For the past 12 days ever since I have recovered from my recent cold, I have exercised for 9 days, and each time is around 30 to 45 min. Hurray~
It hasn't been easy for me to cater time to exercise; to put on my running shoes, get out of the house, and pant like a dog in view of others.
I would have to say the greatest motivation for me so far is the impending Spartan Race on 15 Nov.
I'm left with 1 more week to prep myself so I wouldn't die from running through all the obstacles.
Previously I was quite into working out at home using the Sworkit Lite mobile app due to the haze which restricts me to indoor activities.
However, the recent weather seemed to have cleared up the foggy sky!
Perhaps it is due to the increased in efforts (or the acceptance of efforts) to extinguish the fire.
Or, it could just be the wind.
No matter what, I'm grateful for the good weather to get my body sweating outdoors!
I felt that it is important for me to get my body conditioned to running some distance instead of just staying indoors and doing static exercises.
I have tried out 2 methods so far:
1) Running 2 km with a 5 kg body weight + arm strengthening exercises
I did this twice, and decided to drop this method.
Although carrying an extra 5 kg load sounds pretty mild, the weight pulled down my speed quite significantly.
It seemed to be good training.
But it caused my back to hurt a bit at the end of the 2 km run.
I figured that the 5 kg load is putting too much burden on my body to train efficiently.
So after 2 tries of this, I decided to give up on running with the 5 kg load.
I felt that the body weight vest would be utilized better when I'm doing static exercises at home.
2) (400m + 10 burpees) * 6
I came up with this routine to train my body in running short distances and also the prepare myself for the possible burpees that I would be doing during the Spartan race.
So far, this routine has been a good workout (i.e. I felt like dying, but not dead yet).
I would probably continue this for the week coming up to the race.
I don't think all these physical training is sufficient to prep myself well for the race.
But it's probably near the limits to what my body can take given the time constraints.
As for my self-guided Java Learning journey, it has been rather sporadic.
It was hard to build a routine of reading and practicing the materials taught in the book, most of the weekday nights I'm quite exhausted from work and exercise.
I did most of my learning on the train if I managed to find a seat while I'm travelling to or from work.
There are 16 Chapters in total, and I'm only at Chapter 3.
It's getting more sophisticated, but it's also getting more interesting =p
The experience of writing codes is rather similar to answering Mathematics problem sums.
Both are finding logical solutions to a problem, and there are also multiple ways of approaching the problem.
Sometimes, I also have to try certain things to see whether a certain approach would work.
Lots of trial and errors.
Feels like learning Mathematics all over again! Wee~!
In starting a habit of reading, I tried to force myself to read a book while I was waiting for dearest to get ready to chat at night.
I only managed to do it for 2 nights so far. haha..
Ya, reading is definitely not my thing.
Therefore, in order to keep to it, I have reduced my daily aim from 15min to 10min.
Hope that helps! >_<
I haven't been doing much micro time management.
That means I'm just doing all these activities on an ad-hoc basis without much planning before hand.
I probably should start doing more planning to ensure that these habits will follow through even when I'm hard-pressed for time.
On a side note, blogging is also become cumbersome because of the time I have to invest to writing this kind of long post (because I could have used the time to play games and watch Youtube videos).
Since it's a way of keeping track of my progress, I should probably have a schedule for writing on my blog.
Therefore, I have decided to publish at least two blog posts per week; one on Wednesday, and one on the weekends (either Sat or Sun).
I also want to list down some of the topics that I would like to blog on in future so that I can remember them.
I will try to figure out how to put this list on the blog.
Alright, I am done with my procrastination for now.
Let's get this project rolling~!
I shall start on the issue that is most pressing on my mind - physical well-being.
There are different aspects of physical well-being.
But I shall focus on just one aspect first, which is fitness.
So why is it the most pressing issue in my life now?
There are mainly two reasons.
Reason #1
After I came back from Switzerland in mid-July, I was caught up in work until the start of October.
Almost every day I was working OT until late at night, and I even burned my weekends in order to deliver my report in time. I didn't have much time to do anything else. And so, my physique went downhill. Before I knew it, my weight has climbed from the usual 66 kg (a bit fatter than my old self) to 69 kg (a lot fatter, and above my healthy BMI range). This kind of "extreme OT" period has happened before, but my physique has never really gone awry. My guess is that my age is catching up and my basal metabolic rate is not as high as before, so I can't burn as much fats as I did when I was younger by just sitting in front of the computer doing finger exercises.
I'm also getting comments that I looked fatter than before. Apparently it's quite obvious from the shape of my face. My dearest has also given her most polite feedback on my belly, which is like an emerging muffin top now. I told her I would do something about it.
In short, I'm getting FAT.
Reason #2
Few months back, I thought it would be fun to sign up for the inaugural Spartan Race Singapore that would be happening in mid-Nov.
Here's an introduction of the race that I have signed myself up for.
When I first told dearest that I signed up for this, I think her first thought was why would anyone put themselves up for such torture? haha.. but she understood why I took an interest in this. I remembered the days when I did my Standard Obstacles Course (SOC) in army, I really enjoyed doing the obstacles (but not the running). So to me, this Spartan Race would be like a giant playground. The government should build something like this in the neighbourhood. haha..
But the difficulty in completing the race can't be ignored.
The word "Spartan" in the name of the race is not there for show.
The 5 km run would be tough, and the obstacles would be tougher.
I know that I would be smiling at the end of it all because I have achieved something.
But I do not want myself to be thinking "why the hell did I pay $100+ for this???" when I'm in the middle of it, struggling towards the finishing line.
So, I better get prepared for what's coming in less than a month's time.
And after this, I shall call myself, a SPARTAN.
THE PLAN
I have came up with two approaches in the hope that I can lose weight (and my muffin top), and prep myself well before the anticipated tough race.
Approach #1
In view of the horrible haze that has engulfed the country since September, running outdoors seems to be more harmful to my health. There are some good days though, but most of the time it's not advisable to go out panting like a mad man. Therefore, I needed to find some exercises to do at home.
I have tried static exercises previously, but I'm always stuck with the few standard ones such as push-ups, sit-ups, plank, squats, etc. I searched around Google Play store and discovered this App called, Sworkit Lite - Workout Trainer.
At the start, I get to choose what kind of workout I want to do. After that, I get to select the duration of my workout. I like this app because it has a variety of exercises which are randomized each time I do my workout, and the app shows a demonstration of the exercise. So I'm not really stuck with the few exercises that I know.
My usual routine now goes like this
1. 5 min of Stretching (warm-up)
2. 5 min of Strength
3. 5 min of Cardio (starts to sweat a lot)
4. 5 min of Strength
5. 5 min of Cardio (feels like dying)
6. 5 min of Stretching (cool-down)
Total time: 30 minutes
Why 30 minutes?
Because I get a Gold medal in the app for doing 30 minutes or more in a single day. haha..
I like doing a variety of exercises in the comfort of my own room, without having the need to always plan specifically what kinds of exercises I need to do. There's still the custom workout option in the app next time if I want to develop my own routine, but right now I prefer the randomized function. There's also the paid version with more customization available, but I'm not willing to part with my $5.50 for this app. In fact, I'm so frugal (or stingy), I have not paid to use a single app in my whole life yet.
For anyone who happens to come across this post and is interested in the app, here's the link.
Approach #2
On good days when the climate is more forgiving, I go for a run at the stadium. I haven't done much running, because the climate is really shitty nowadays. But here's what I am planning to do.
1. Slow jog to the stadium and stretching (warm-up)
2. Interval training for 6 rounds around the track (run 1 round, rest. repeat)
3. Slow jog back home, and stretch (cool-down)
I probably can complete a round in 1m50s continuously, and still be able to last 6 rounds.
Any faster than that, I would probably be clocking more than 2m for the next round.
Running would really be important for me to get accustomed to the pace at the Spartan race. But news just came in yesterday that the haze may last till early next year because Indonesia has failed to extinguish the forest fire, and the hot spots are still growing in numbers. Hopefully the wind can help in getting some good days for me to run. And I wonder if the race would be cancelled if it gets too hazy that day.
Today seems like a fine evening to go for a run!
Unfortunately, I caught a cold since yesterday and is still recovering from it. =(
But, as part of my habit-building for my physical well-being, I shall strive to exercise every single day after I have recovered.
