Sunsets have become non-existent for me. There was a time when an hour each day was devoted to enjoying them. Singapore doesnt really do sunsets. This is because the sun goes down behind the haze of the horizon, no real colors, just light becoming dark.
Australia, Melbourne specifically, does great sunsets; not only for their beauty, but they also seemed to mark the end of the day. The lack of demarkation here is a little disconcerting, days become weeks, become months. Soon, it will be time to move on again. Once again, leaving friends behind, and once again, leaving things incomplete. I am not sure the return of beautiful, familiar sunsets will allow me to demarkate days again though...
I dont know what was the point of this. It has been one of those days. Most of the day has been spent in bed with a cup of tea. I have done no activity - first time in a long time. And while its nice to do nothing sometimes, I am even more excited to get out tomorrow. Who knows how much mileage I crank out, but I sure will have fun finding out!
Exactly 5 mins after I typed this up - I left for a 4 mile run. So much for taking a break! Oh well, the streak continues...slow 37 minutes.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
A short recovery 3 miles turned into 9.2 miles (just over 15kms) this morning. The legs felt surprisingly springy despite my total lack of rest this whole week! I have barely stayed off them for 3-4 hours at a stretch and that includes sleep time. I will make it up to them - promise!
Heres goes:
9.2 miles 85 minutes
20 freezing laps in the pool 0.75 miles 14 minutes
No pm miles
Heres goes:
9.2 miles 85 minutes
20 freezing laps in the pool 0.75 miles 14 minutes
No pm miles
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Destiny
It has become increasingly certain that a big move out of this country is in order within the next year. This means that I have been rummaging through my things to look for stuff to throw out. I dont get rid of anything! I save everything! I have my first ticket from the New York metro from eight years ago, boarding passes to all sorts of destinations, little post-it notes, scribblings from high school - you get the point.
I came across a box of old pictures - from when i was 17 - my first year away from home. Its weird how glimpses of the past highlight ones current state of being. In my pictures, I see myself as a very carefree person, when in reality I have never been like that in my life. More than anything, the one recurring theme in my adult years is the worry of responsibility caused by my concern of destiny. The present to me is of no consequence, it never has been. My destiny is of great concern. Perhaps in five years, I will look back at pictures of myself at 26 and see a carefree woman? What do you think? High unlikely!
My run today was a slow 26 miles (thats 42kms baby!) in just under 4 hours. I am not writing down the time I left this morning - my hours are getting quite ridiculous. Feel really good though. I have just finished a pound of chocolate malt balls and a pint of ice-cream as recovery food. My excuse? I needed something that is quick to digest since...oh, who am I kidding? 'Twas yummy :-)
I came across a box of old pictures - from when i was 17 - my first year away from home. Its weird how glimpses of the past highlight ones current state of being. In my pictures, I see myself as a very carefree person, when in reality I have never been like that in my life. More than anything, the one recurring theme in my adult years is the worry of responsibility caused by my concern of destiny. The present to me is of no consequence, it never has been. My destiny is of great concern. Perhaps in five years, I will look back at pictures of myself at 26 and see a carefree woman? What do you think? High unlikely!
My run today was a slow 26 miles (thats 42kms baby!) in just under 4 hours. I am not writing down the time I left this morning - my hours are getting quite ridiculous. Feel really good though. I have just finished a pound of chocolate malt balls and a pint of ice-cream as recovery food. My excuse? I needed something that is quick to digest since...oh, who am I kidding? 'Twas yummy :-)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Taste of Tool
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind...
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me,
And following our will and wind we may just go where no ones been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no ones been,
Spiral out...keep going....
(Tool - Lateralus)
Spiral out...keep going - when I cant take another step, this last line keeps me going. I just wanted to share. There is so much to the lyrics.
No running today. About 700 single stair repeats. 327 doubles.
24 miler for sure tomorrow. I need it!
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me,
And following our will and wind we may just go where no ones been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no ones been,
Spiral out...keep going....
(Tool - Lateralus)
Spiral out...keep going - when I cant take another step, this last line keeps me going. I just wanted to share. There is so much to the lyrics.
No running today. About 700 single stair repeats. 327 doubles.
24 miler for sure tomorrow. I need it!
Tuesday morning miles
15 easy miles this morning. My PF is acting up again though - Ive had frozen peas tied to my arches in an effort to ice it. Sorry Mum!
No miles this PM.
No miles this PM.
Monday, February 11, 2008
2008 schedule
I just wanted to write this schedule down incase anyone is interested. 2008 is the year I race to the best of my ability.
May - Sundown 84.5 kms
October - Chicago!!
October - New York?
November/December - Singapore
January - Bombay (not Mumbai - it will always be Bombay to me)
I also want to do a sort of relay run in New Delhi - something that takes me up to Agra and old India - this is not an organized event so not sure.
If I lived elsewhere, I would race every month - 15kms is my favorite distance since its long and requires no tapering. It is a rare distance to race at these days. 5 and 10k's seem to be very popular. I, however, lack speed and I perform better at longer distances since I have strong endurance. Asia does not have many organized events at any of the distances unfortunately. This makes it hard to gain racing experience - something that is crucial to peforming to your best ability in a marathon.
I have a goal for Sundown this coming May - it is very ambitious and makes me nervous - but this is all good - gets the juices going!
May - Sundown 84.5 kms
October - Chicago!!
October - New York?
November/December - Singapore
January - Bombay (not Mumbai - it will always be Bombay to me)
I also want to do a sort of relay run in New Delhi - something that takes me up to Agra and old India - this is not an organized event so not sure.
If I lived elsewhere, I would race every month - 15kms is my favorite distance since its long and requires no tapering. It is a rare distance to race at these days. 5 and 10k's seem to be very popular. I, however, lack speed and I perform better at longer distances since I have strong endurance. Asia does not have many organized events at any of the distances unfortunately. This makes it hard to gain racing experience - something that is crucial to peforming to your best ability in a marathon.
I have a goal for Sundown this coming May - it is very ambitious and makes me nervous - but this is all good - gets the juices going!
Monday after a 4-day weekend
12 very easy miles this am - suffered from painful side stitches for the last 2 miles so walked a bit to iron it out. All in all I was happy with the run.
Will run another 3-4 this pm. On another note, I have managed to lose a bit of weight - I have reduced mileage a bit - mainly in the form of pm miles. It is so tempting, though, to run doubles. The weight is all water, I know - high mileage always always always makes the scale go higher.
Anyway, on a personal front I am all blah! Situations like this, I tend to curl up and run away from everything - quite literally. Or maybe its just the Monday morning blahs.
Will run another 3-4 this pm. On another note, I have managed to lose a bit of weight - I have reduced mileage a bit - mainly in the form of pm miles. It is so tempting, though, to run doubles. The weight is all water, I know - high mileage always always always makes the scale go higher.
Anyway, on a personal front I am all blah! Situations like this, I tend to curl up and run away from everything - quite literally. Or maybe its just the Monday morning blahs.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
No quitting!
Quitting is never an option. Cutting a run short is never an option either. However, sometimes even my legs fail me. Today threatened to be one of those days.
I dont feel right unless I get atleast 10 miles in. I set out this morning after another sleepless night. It took me 9 miles to truly feel comfortable and feel the mojo - thats just way too long! I called it a day after 10 miles (16kms) - it took me 95 minutes and that was just unacceptable.
I came home, hydrated, showered and sat there staring at the clock. Exactly 30 minutes later, I knew I had to redeem myself. I set out and just ran. An all-out tempo run is something I avoid doing - especially given I ran 10 miles earlier. Anyway, long story short, I was more than pleased with the 4 mile tempo. It took me 24 minutes. Not bad at all!
I am a happy camper this Sunday :-)
I dont feel right unless I get atleast 10 miles in. I set out this morning after another sleepless night. It took me 9 miles to truly feel comfortable and feel the mojo - thats just way too long! I called it a day after 10 miles (16kms) - it took me 95 minutes and that was just unacceptable.
I came home, hydrated, showered and sat there staring at the clock. Exactly 30 minutes later, I knew I had to redeem myself. I set out and just ran. An all-out tempo run is something I avoid doing - especially given I ran 10 miles earlier. Anyway, long story short, I was more than pleased with the 4 mile tempo. It took me 24 minutes. Not bad at all!
I am a happy camper this Sunday :-)
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