#213 lbs

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Week 123: 213 lbs

Not much to report for now really. I'm back to running but I'm finding it hard to hit my stride again. Probably because of such a long break, but I'm finding it hard to get motivated to go run, and when I'm out running I feel like stopping right away. I've also been eating like crap so that doesn't help. Hopefully I get over this funk soon because I truly miss the excitement of running

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Week 114: 213 lbs

Feeling better

After 3 physiotherapist, 1 massage therapy, and 1 acupuncture appointments, and 5 rehab runs I'm finally not feeling any pain. I have a few more acupuncture sessions and 1 more rehab run before I'm officially back to normal.

The only bummer is that I missed the 3 most intense training weeks and I'm only 3 weeks away from the race. I'm hoping to get at least 1 more long run before the race but we'll see.

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Week 109: 213 lbs

I'm back!

It was great to be on vacation. I wish I could always run around awesome lakes like Skaha Lake. Despite the heat, the setting makes up for it.

Distances keep increasing each week. This week it goes up to 15kms; farthest I've ever done is 13kms.

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Week 90: 213 lbs

Oops I missed last week. Every time I remembered to update this blog, I was pretty busy so I never got around to it.

I haven't talked about goals in a while so it's time to face the music. I've been failing Goal 5 miserably, but even tho I didn't meet my original time line, I'm still working towards that goal. In the meantime, a new goal is fast approaching. The TC 10K is happening on April 17 (just a few weeks away). To prepare for it, I've been running and plan to continue to run one 10k a week till race day.

My last 10k run went horrible. I hit every red light on my route which added about 5 minutes to my time and I was feeling super tired and my knees were hurting, but I did run every single km even though I felt like quitting the entire time. Hope this week goes better.

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Week 51: 213 lbs

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Week 50: 213 lbs

This week I did my fastest/farthest run yet. It was a 40 minute steady run with the usual 5 min warm up and 5 min cool down walks. I've done 40 and 50 mins runs before but at a much slower pace. While I couldn't keep the same pace throughout the 40 mins, I didn't stop running and I did fairly good in increasing my overall pace by about a minute. I also hit the 5k mark in just over 30 mins which is about 6 mins faster than my first race's time.

As hard as it is, working on this tabata-like running schedule, I really like to see results like that. I'm way more tired after each run but my legs feel a lot stronger and I can see the numbers get better on my shorter runs. I've never been in it for the speed but it's nice to know I can constantly improve my times and when it comes to the longer runs I'll be better prepared.

I've also been adding a bit of hill sprinting to the end of some runs. There's a foot path behind my house that it's quite steep and I'll often run down it and then sprint back up. I feel like dying at the end of it, specially since I do it after my regular run is over, but it feels great getting to the top. My usual running routes are quite hilly already but I've had a few friends suggesting I try hill sprints to build more muscle. Maybe one I'll try running up Mill Hill.