Not a 'Weekly Workout' Entry, It Seems

From weekly workout updates, to once a fortnight update....to once a month.  Very nice, Millie.  Nasib baik tak buat ni sebagai Azam Tahun 2013. Awal-awal dah epic fail (Amsyar's favourite statement).

Let me just summarize the workout/training that I've been doing since the last time I made an entry about this.  Maaf lah kalau pembaca boring baca :P tapi ni untuk I dah tua-tua nanti, when I'm not really into running anymore (or maybe I'll be like that auntie on Astro commercial? :P) I can always read my entries again and think, "macam ni ke nak training untuk lari full marathon dulu eh?".

31 Dec 2012 - 6 Jan 2013
1) LSD 16km
2) Speed interval 5.7km
3) Kevin Zahri's 3 Hours JomFit session - Bokwa, Kickboxing, Sh'bam (one hour for each session with minimal rest in between!)

Somehow out of 150 participants, I got 'best performer' for Sh'Bam category. Hehe. Mungkinkah sebab selalu pegi dance fit class kat gym...?  And I got 3 free tickets to the next JomFit session yayy.

Me with a former colleague (from my second workplace, back in 1997!), Aizan.  Dia participant tegar dalam sesi Kevin Zahri :)

On the left is the girl who won best performance for kickboxing, the gentleman in red won the Bokwa category...and the guy in black is *ehem* Kevin Zahri.  Wow saya kelihatan suka gumbira.

I went with 5 of my friends, most of them my former schoolmates.  My friend Onna won best dressed (dapat lagi tiket free!).  And most of us wore Zumba pants...so masa Kevin round round untuk ambik gambar *dan nak pilih best performers & best dressed..?*, dia panggil kitaorang 'The Zumba Fans'.  And he tweeted & Instagram-ed our photo also.
(the truth is, I only have 2 pairs of Zumba pants and the only class I regularly attend is the dancefit/zumba class at KakiGym)

7 Jan - 13 Jan 2013
1) 5.9km speed interval
2) 6.6km tempo run
3) 13km LSD on treadmill.  Yes, treadmill.  It was raining when Aina & I reached Putrajaya that Sunday morning..hujan tak reda2 so we ran back to the car, went to have breakfast..and hit the treadmill (after food has settled in tummy).

Then I had early signs of cough & cold.  Not from the rain, though.  It started mid-week.

14 Jan - 20 Jan 2013
1) Dance Fit (ke Zumba ni, konfius den), 1 hour
2) 9.5km tempo run...halfway through my run I realized it was Hari Latihan Merentas Desa for Amsyar & Izzo's school.  So I kinda became stalker-mom.

"Breathe through your nose, Amsyar!"
But I didn't stalk him all the way, of course.  Nanti cikgu-cikgu yang jaga tu marah pulak.

3) 4.4km speed interval...while testing new shoes :P
4) 4km run/walk on treadmill...a 10K-tak-jadi-run because I had shin splints. Dah lama tak kena ni, ouch.  Maybe the new shoes tak suka kalau berlari atas treadmill...?
5) 16km LSD with Hanim in Putrajaya..then it got hot and I dropped by the gym to do another 4km on treadmill before heading home.  I ran while frequently wiping my sometimes runny nose.  Nasib baik tak batuk masa lari ni.

Legs felt heavy after the LSD.

21 Jan - 27 Jan 2013
1) Zumba 50 minutes..macam biasalah, mak-mak datang kelas lambat sebab kena siapkan dinner untuk keluarga.  Left thigh started to hurt.  I couldn't hop on left foot.  Luckily the class wasn't an audition of any sort (epic fail lah kalau macam tu).
2) 30 minutes of run & walk on treadmill...because my left thigh hurt even MORE.

I spent the rest of the week not doing any workouts.  Training ke laut.  But it's okay because I think that once-in-a-while problematic left leg needed a rest.

28 Jan 2013
LSD 20km.  Started around 7.20am and it became sunny so, SO fast.
Loo stop at KM3.  Bumped into Lina at KM7 (she looked so professionally dressed I was so segan...until I realized "hey that's my friend" :P).  I stopped again at KM10 to enjoy the chocolate bar I brought. Dan minum air kosong lagi.

Dan juga menikmati pemandangan.  Also to psych myself to continue running as it was getting hotter.

These could be sufficient..but then I saw a kiosk at KM12, somewhere opposite of PoJ, and caved in when I saw the 100Plus there haha.  Nasib baik Putrajaya Route ada banyak kedai/kiosk jual air & jajan.

At KM15, it was already 9.30am.  I stopped at Taman Empangan, paused my SportWatch, took off my shoes...and gazed at the scenery.  Wow panasnya di luar sana.  I ran the final 5km while thinking about Borneo International Marathon...dan jugak "kalau lari full Malaysia Women Marathon nanti, memang pukul 10 lebih baru habis!"

Eh kasut apa pulak ni ya..? :P
Did I mention SportWatch..?  Ya, sebagai ganti SportBand dah tercicir dalam airport limo hari tu kan. :)

Shoes. I've been eyeing these ON shoes since my friend Hanim bought them nearly a year ago.  She ran 4 marathons in her Cloudsurfer and she's still loving them.  I keep telling myself, when time & budget permits, those would be my next 'race shoes', insyaAllah.

Last week I gave Amsyar my DSLR & these ON Cloudsurfer, "Abang, nah Mama bagi projek sikit. Please take photos of my shoes, ikut pandai Abang lah."

Can you see what's written on the insole...?  Mencabar nampak...hadoi.

I thought he did a good job taking the photos :).  These has clocked 48.4km since I got them nearly 2 weeks ago.  Selamat datang ke The Shoe Family.

Nike+ Lunarglide2 yang dah semi-retired, Nike+ Lunarglide3 (noticed the tapak dah tertanggal sikit...? probably not getting Nike for running anymore), Nike apa-ntah-nama that I use for sessions other than running..and Mizuno Wave Prophecy.  You can probably guess which is my favourite..ON Cloudsurfer yang best tu pun tak boleh tandingi my favourite shoe :)

 Back to my new watch.  I was tempted to check out Garmin, but the really really good one is soooo expensive *cry*. I didn't do any research on Polar.  When Aina got a Nike+ SportWatch (because her SportBand rosak), I figured that would be the best choice for me too.  I already have an account with Nike+ where all my runs are recorded.  And since half a year ago, boleh rekodkan jugak kasut mana yang kita guna masa running tu, easy to track shoe mileage.  Jam ni pun still ada footpod & can track indoor runs on treadmill.  So might as well.

Nike+ SportWatch GPS.

After my 20km LSD, it displayed "Great first run."   When I sync-ed the watch to Nike+ site, a pop-up came out asking if I want to share that run on Facebook or Twitter.  It said, "It's not showing off if you can back it up."  Hehe kelakar lah anda ni kadang-kadang.  It's okay I'll pass :P

When I opened the box, this was the screen protector of the watch.  Hamagad pressure begini. Hahaa..

Actually kan, I don't really loveeeeee long-distance running.  Running nowadays feels so, so different than sprinting during school sports day dulu-dulu.  Masa tu, seronok ya amat & adrenalin rush semacam.  Nowadays, I can never bring myself to say "I just LOVE to run. So much!".  I guess I keep on doing it because I'm getting better at it (compared to a few years ago).  So, might as well try to run a bit further & longer :)

And now that I have a watch complimenting/motivating me after each run, also a pair of shoes that says "I challenge you to go faster" every time I put it on....lagi lah kena cuba untuk teruskan berlari. :P