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Week 21 Running – 2010 Training

// May 31st, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Running

This will be my last week doing Podrunner Intervals First Day to 5K Week 2 program. I plan of doing Week 3 starting next week. Sad to say, I’m having difficulty keeping up with my original 3-day running schedule. There are days that I just find it hard to wake up early in the morning.

Below is my training logs at Daily Mile. Wish me luck for next week! By the way, I think I did a good run at Nature Valley’s.

Day 01 – 2.5km in 21:52 [8:44 pace]
This is my first decent run after Race The Sun. If Tuesday’s was a race, I’d call it DNF. I managed to complete all six runs with much effort especially on the last one. Temperature is tolerable this morning.

Day 02 – 2.5km in 21:50 [8:43 pace]
First thing I noticed is that the sun is getting less harsh these days. Goody. :D It is always a challenge whenever I am nearing the fifth run. I can’t believe that I am that tired at 2kms to the point of dragging myself just to finish the routine. Despite this, I have decided to advance to Week 3 after this Sunday’s race. Kailangang mag-level-up!

Week 20 Running – 2010 Training

// May 26th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Running

I moved on to Week 2 of Podrunner: Intervals’ First Day to 5K program. I started Week 20 with a 5km race. This event is not originally included in my race activity but I won 2 race packets for the Neutrogena Run 2010 event and I hate to see them go to waste. I’m sure glad I participated. You can read my Chase The Sun experience here.

I went back on training after two days but realized that I haven’t fully recovered yet and walked the rest of the route. No training followed after that.

It was a short training week. If this was a race, I’d call it DNF.

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Week 19 Running – 2010 Training

// May 16th, 2010 // No Comments » // Running

I moved on to Podrunner: Intervals’ First Day to 5K – Week 2 program for Week 19. This involves a 5-minute warm-up followed by alternating jog and walk at 90 seconds and 2 minutes respectively, repeated six times. The training concludes with a 2-minute cool down.

As accounted in Daily Mile, below is how the sessions went:

Day 01 – 2.5km in 21:51 [8:44 pace]
I decided to level up the training and proceed to the next stage. There was no problem on the early stage but I felt tired during the second half. I almost wasn’t able to finish the last run if I had not shorten my strides. Looking at the brighter side, it seems that I am encountering less pain these days and my problem is mainly an issue of endurance. Three cheers for that!

Day 02 – 2.5km in 22:32 [9:00 pace]
Pace is slower by 16secs compared to last time but still within my target pace. I still felt tired upon reaching the fourth run. If the same thing happens on Thursday, I’ll probably extend this routine by another week. BTW, Cavite City has a new mayor.

I originally intended to make Thursday as Day #03 but I had a runny nose and wasn’t feeling well. I was expecting then to run a 5K in Neutrogena’s Chase the Sun and thought that it is best to muzzle up my remaining strength for the event.

This week, I plan to stick with the same routine.

Week 18 Running – 2010 Training

// May 8th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Running

I am ditching the habit of naming my training posts after the plan I’m following. It’s becoming confusing at times whenever I decide to change, repeat or extend the plan. I’ll just follow the week number of the year as a title in order to have continuity as I adapt from plan to plan. Week 18 will cover May 2 to 8.

For Week 18, I followed Podrunner: Intervals’ First Day to 5K – Week 1. Week 1 training starts with a 5-minute warm-up at 128bpm. This is then followed by alternating jog of 60 seconds at 142bpm and a 90-second walk at 128bpm repeated eight times. The training ends with a 3-minute cool down. It’s exactly the same as C25K’s Week 1 plan. What I like about this guide is that it has a podcast of workout music mix with timed audio cue on when to walk and run.

Below is how the training went as I logged it on Daily Mile:
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Tapered Running Went Wrong, But No Regrets

// April 20th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Running

Last week started slow but ended otherwise. I managed to log in three trainings in Daily Mile excluding the one I did at FTS Running Clinic.

Monday – 2.5km in 28mins
I was suppose to start RN W03 today but I could only last 1min on the 2nd run so I opted to walk the rest of the mile. I don’t want to push myself this week, not with a 5k event this Sunday. So I’ll be taking it easy for now and will just resume W03 next week. Also, I’ll change prefix from RN to RK as I decided to come up with a tailor-made training plan. I am experiencing minor shin splints again. I think I’m doing something wrong. I’m not sure if it’s my form or my landings or my legs are just not ready for running. Bummer..

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Week 02 Training for a Sub-30 5K Run

// April 13th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Running

This was supposed to be posted last Sunday but due to a recurring site problem, I had to perform several re-installation. Anyway, I have finished Running Ninja’s Week 02 Training. Below are the details:

Day 01 saw no significant improvement compared to last week. However, as the days progress, I guess a minute of improvement is something to be happy about. Basing on Day 03′s result, a sub-45 target for my 5K at Earth Run might seem attainable.

Below are my Daily Mile entries for Week 02.

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Running Ninja's Week 01 Training – Reloaded

// April 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // Running

Yep! I did Running Ninja’s Week 01 Training all over again. I thought that it was just fitting since I took a week off from running and just got a proper running shoe. As a refresher, here is the Week 01 program once again:

The Tubes is a good change. I am not totally solved how a shoe could be such a big factor in running until I experienced suffering in a wrong pair then purchasing a right one. I am more optimistic this time that I can meet my running goal for this year.

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Injured At Kilometer 100

// March 26th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Running

Last Saturday marks my 100th kilometer. This achievement would have fueled me up to run but I had to take a week off from running because I also encountered shin splints on that very same day.

I was running at 150 steps per minute in an increased stride. As it appears, my legs were not ready for shock. Initially affected was my right leg but then the following day, my left leg also started hurting. Both are better now but I’m still not running just to play it safe. In lieu of this; I engaged myself in floor, bathroom, and rug scrubbing activities.

I am also beginning to believe that my pair of cross-trainers is not doing a very good job. I am planning of taking a gait analysis this Saturday and buy myself a real running shoe. I just hope that there is a good pair available for less than 4000 pesos.

Running Ninja's Training – Week 1 Report

// March 19th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Running

I decided to ditch the Couch-to-5K training program for Running Ninja’s. The 1min walking interval was too short for a beginner like me. I have been constantly experiencing foot pain with it. Running Ninja’s program for Week 01 goes like this:

On the other hand, I think the 6min walk is way too long for me but I decided to stick with the plan. This week I’ll be doing Week 02 training and I am not that confident that I can make the 2min run. Worst case, I might do a 1min-run / 4min-walk instead.

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C25K Training Week 1 Report

// March 1st, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Running

I have just finished week 1 of The Couch-to-5K Running Plan. Below is the summary of my training:

My performance was deteriorating as I was progressing through each training day. Day 1 is probably the most satisfactory run I did as I managed to follow the run-walk sequence. On Day 2, I had to walk throughout the sixth repetition as the pain on my right foot became a little unbearable. On Day 3, I had to stop on the third run as I fear injuring myself severely if I try to push myself to run despite the pain.

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