I ran my 5th 21k yesterday, and it actually is my slowest time. >.< I guess I really lack the training and the attitude for it, but I'm not yet giving up. I'll make sure I strike a PR on 2012 Run United Leg 2!!
I still can't find a reason why, but my best time for 21k was my first, on Adidas King of the Road 2011. That was a 2:35, from around BGC then a u-turn at Buendia cor. dela Rosa and back. The closest I got to this PR was this year's Condura Skyway Marathon at 2:42. The other three 21k's are between 2:50 and 3:00 Haha! But my last should have been the least dragging one out of all five except for one reason. After my long races, I usually pulling my right leg to just walk. It's the first thing that dies on me when I do my longer runs. However, yesterday, it didn't act out, something else did. Hahah! My stomache went bad, not once, not twice, but thrice! Good thing there were gas stations and portalets all over the place, hahaha! I better cut down from the details to save myself some dignity. Haha!
The day before, I had the mistake of drinking a lot carbonated drinks after eating a lot. I forgot that instead of pushing it all out, I was keeping everything in my gut for a longer time, and it did take it's toll on me on race day. Absolutely stupid. Hahah! So right now, my mission is to fix my body clock as well as my stomach, I think it needs as much training as my legs do. I just hate it that I trained so much to run more efficiently through forefoot, and then everything went to waste because of one stupid day.
I will beat that 2:35 on RU2, so my friends will quit calling me freaking "Tae Runner"! Just read this article after the run -- http://www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7120,s6-241-624--413-0,00.html. I was just pretty desperate how to fix myself. The race route yesterday was actually fun, from BGC to Mall of Asia via Buendia Ave. I know I could do better than 2:59:01! (courtesy of race results thru SMS by Runrio - http://runrio.com/2012/03/run-united-1-race-results-via-sms-available-now/). Just find it cool how results were sent through SMS. Hahaha!
I still can't find a reason why, but my best time for 21k was my first, on Adidas King of the Road 2011. That was a 2:35, from around BGC then a u-turn at Buendia cor. dela Rosa and back. The closest I got to this PR was this year's Condura Skyway Marathon at 2:42. The other three 21k's are between 2:50 and 3:00 Haha! But my last should have been the least dragging one out of all five except for one reason. After my long races, I usually pulling my right leg to just walk. It's the first thing that dies on me when I do my longer runs. However, yesterday, it didn't act out, something else did. Hahah! My stomache went bad, not once, not twice, but thrice! Good thing there were gas stations and portalets all over the place, hahaha! I better cut down from the details to save myself some dignity. Haha!
The day before, I had the mistake of drinking a lot carbonated drinks after eating a lot. I forgot that instead of pushing it all out, I was keeping everything in my gut for a longer time, and it did take it's toll on me on race day. Absolutely stupid. Hahah! So right now, my mission is to fix my body clock as well as my stomach, I think it needs as much training as my legs do. I just hate it that I trained so much to run more efficiently through forefoot, and then everything went to waste because of one stupid day.
I will beat that 2:35 on RU2, so my friends will quit calling me freaking "Tae Runner"! Just read this article after the run -- http://www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7120,s6-241-624--413-0,00.html. I was just pretty desperate how to fix myself. The race route yesterday was actually fun, from BGC to Mall of Asia via Buendia Ave. I know I could do better than 2:59:01! (courtesy of race results thru SMS by Runrio - http://runrio.com/2012/03/run-united-1-race-results-via-sms-available-now/). Just find it cool how results were sent through SMS. Hahaha!