RACE 01 : MR25 AUG 5K TT 3rd JUL

Recap my trainings for Sat:

Training session: Easy/Recovery: 10++KM

Went with my AHM team for buffet after the run. Was so hungry by the time we were allowed to enter. Ate too fast and felt rather bloated. Didnt feel that gd. Felt "heaty" and drained. Drank alot of water when back home. Skipped the evening session after a evening walk-ard with bro that ended too late. Had wanted to do a swim.

Run in the morning wasn't that great, just an easy throd, but picked up my pace for the last KM.

Race on Sunday
Timing: 18mins 08s , 5k , MacRitchie, MR25 5k TT
Long Run after that: 2 x 11km Loop of MR

Target for me was sub 18. Darn close, just 8s. Spent the whole morning/afternoon doing nothing. Rather enjoyed it. Waking up late, having a slow breakfast, watched TV. Slp and slp. Developed a slight running nose. "withdrawal" symptons fr no running I called it. haha..

Very hot day, slight jam as I took near to 75mins to reach MR. Jogged a while, felt abit too heavy, proceeded to the shade to continue stretching and drank more water. Didn't notice any one i knew. Saw this lady that is rather fast... Ann T. But in my mind, i felt i should nt have any prob taking her on. Another ang moh man (JL), with cap and bright yellow jersey sprinting ard.

Race started. We bolted out as i tried to keep pace with AT and JL However, it was a "system failure" after 30s... even before entering the forest. They were running at amazing speeds and i was near to my anaerobic threshold. There i decided to revamp my plans and slowed down to get a hold of myself. Was feeling rather bad by then. Took the next few KMs to relax. By then, 3 more pple had overtaken me. Rather disappointed but I grinded on.

By U-turn, I had recovered and pushed on. Knew the 2 upcoming hills. I slowly caught back the 3 guys ahead of me. But AT and JL wasn't in sight at all. I kept my pace all the way back to clock 18.08. Wasn't that disappointed. Guess that mad start really taken a big toil on me.

AT, a lady clocked 17:40 and JL did 16:22 !!!!!! Its about 1 min difference in the forest trail compared with track timing for me.

That means I am on 17 flat standard now, something that I could live with and build up my endurance for the AHM.

AT, is a rep for Australia and ran in the world cross country championships before...

Thereafter, I ran with my newly made friends an extra loop,11k. Pace was rather fast. There I decided to venture on my own another loop. So thats another extra 11k. At the last 2k, whole of MR was dark and the feeling was rather scary. Rather dead by the time i ended. ~30k in whole that i ran.