Another fine run…and a little about the marathon November 26, 2005
Posted by clayton in : workout , trackbackIt was a nice day today, the sun was out with some friendly, puffy clouds. I had a good night sleep ofcourse because I did all that biking and running yesterday. My body is in perfect condition for studying and having long distance running, biking and swimming. I really felt good. Except for the time I was playing volley ball during PE, my body was in perfect condition for endurance sports but not quite for non-endurance sports, didn't feel like playing either and yes, it was kinda boring me out.
When I got back home from school, I took everything slow and easy. I'm guessing I started my 10km run around 6pm and it was dark already, this is when I miss summer most. But the breeze wasn't exactly cold, I'll say it was chilly and was the perfect weather for a run. So this is what I get after that down going portion of my life and all that BAD weather. It's a good thing I didn't quit this sport during that period 
Didn't even think about it either.
The run: As usual, I my pace was fast for the first lap, actually, it was quite fast that I was worried if I could accomplish my challenge today. I'm into my second lap and my body feels like it's floating a bit. So, I didn't really think of bringing my pace back down, I had a steady second lap. The third lap was also steady a bit fast because I had in mind this one weird little goal, I wanted to make my last 5km faster than my first 5km which was quite fast, 19:35. I blast through my fourth lap, or atleast it looks like I did looking back at the timex. 1st 9:44, 2nd 9:50, 3rd 9:46, 4th 9:06. I was really suprised by my 4th lap, 9:06.91? Is this a new record? I'm not sure but I'm too tired to check right now…I knew the 4th lap was gonna be a fast one because, well, I was the one running and I wasn't floating anymore, flying maybe. And the best part of it, my legs didn't have a problem with it, I took my pace up and BAM!! It felt like someone stabbed me…I stretched a muscle and it really HURT everytime I inhaled, tried my best to cover the pain by kicking strong with my left leg and let my right leg rest. The home stretch was hell, exhale, ouch, exhale, ouch and so on…FINISH. Total time 38:28.46. I had a swim, 1400m, after that and a 6km bike ride that was relaxing.
A little about the marathon: oooooo, now my coach wants to run. Monday, he said, "I don't think I'll feel up to running a marathon after the other marathon that I'll be running in December." Today, he said, "It's just a marathon, I could run it whenever I want to." Whaaa? changes in feelings, eh? hehe…So I guess I'll be running too 
Tomorrow: I'll have a short bike ride, maybe a hill climb and then a run all in the morning. After that, I have the rest of the day for studying!!! Hope I do good on the tests, wish me luck!!!!
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