It's been a long time since I posted to my blog. That does not mean I have not been running. I have run regularly for six consecutive weeks; I took a week's break (unforced - pure laziness) and am back on the track this week.
Typically after the Mumbai Marathon, there are no events on the horizon. This time around, after my great experience at Mumbai, I went into a running hiatus tapering back very slowly and lazily. Till about two months ago.
Week One was no more than 5 laps of KNP each day, starting out slow and finishing. I ran a total of 15K that week. Here are my timings.
17:1715:36
15:26
34:31 10 laps
16:00
Week Two target was 6 laps per day. The idea was to slowly build up mileage without exerting.
Here are my timings for that week
19:35
19:35
20:38
19:05
19:03
The target for Week Three was 7 laps each day. Staying with the idea of building up mileage, I also wanted to get out of my lazy funk. Here are my timings from the third week I was out on the track
23:15
22:52
23:10
23:01
23:43
I have not been running any long runs on the weekend. Some of it was still the laziness; some part of it also to do with the fact that temperatures are increasing. Week Four target was 8 laps a day. Here are my timings for 8 laps over the week.
28:57
27:15
27:15
26:59
16:14 Ran only 5 laps on Friday :-|
A month into this renewed burst of running, fatigue and boredom began to set in. I ran alternate days in Week Five, trying out for a target of 9 laps. Here are my timings. In fact week five was my lowest mileage since I had started.
Tuesday 30:43
Thursday can't remember the time.23:15
22:52
23:10
23:01
23:43
I have not been running any long runs on the weekend. Some of it was still the laziness; some part of it also to do with the fact that temperatures are increasing. Week Four target was 8 laps a day. Here are my timings for 8 laps over the week.
28:57
27:15
27:15
26:59
16:14 Ran only 5 laps on Friday :-|
A month into this renewed burst of running, fatigue and boredom began to set in. I ran alternate days in Week Five, trying out for a target of 9 laps. Here are my timings. In fact week five was my lowest mileage since I had started.
Tuesday 30:43
Week Six started with the same alternate day routine. Here's what I did that week
Monday April 7th 2008 27:47 8 laps
Wednesday April 9th 33:43 10 laps
Friday April 11th can't remember the time. Ran 10 laps
After that Friday, I took about 10 days off, lazing around, sleeping in, having late nights and every thing else not conducive to an early morning run. I am back on the track this week, having dragged my sorry backside out of bed yesterday :-). Felt good to be running again.
I have run only 5 laps in the last two days, and hope to continue for all this week with the same mileage. Here are my timings so far
Monday 21st April 17:03 2.5K
Tuesday 22nd April 16:59 2.5K
Monday April 7th 2008 27:47 8 laps
Wednesday April 9th 33:43 10 laps
Friday April 11th can't remember the time. Ran 10 laps
After that Friday, I took about 10 days off, lazing around, sleeping in, having late nights and every thing else not conducive to an early morning run. I am back on the track this week, having dragged my sorry backside out of bed yesterday :-). Felt good to be running again.
I have run only 5 laps in the last two days, and hope to continue for all this week with the same mileage. Here are my timings so far
Monday 21st April 17:03 2.5K
Tuesday 22nd April 16:59 2.5K
The SunFeast 10K is around the corner. In fact, they have advanced the date to Sunday May 18th. Still not sure if I am going down to Bangalore for this, but will keep training.
