The runner is running a lot of stuffs lately...

Its been a long, long, long, long time since I did this.  You know it, I haven't been running like I used to.  There were a lot that happened, some beyond my control like the weather, work, events and injuries.  There were also those that I chose to do other than to run - you know like cycling that I started doing around 2015.  And that's what I'm about to share with you so you don't fall into these amazing traps!

OFF-ROAD RC - This the 1/8 scale Nitro Buggy from HB Racing.  I started this last May of 2017, although I first dreamed about it early March that year.  I started with the E-buggy, but play time is little and as with everyone else, shifted to Nitro.  This ate my weekend long run schedule as playing takes a whole day to consider weekend traffic.  This takes up a lot of time!

DRONE - This is the DJI Spark.  I started this November, 2017 and sort of my birthday gadget.  Its an expansion of my  RC  hobby and also I used to love playing with that small, ToysRUs RC heli sometime back 2011 so having a drone was inevitable.  Flight time is little, but almost the same time as doing my short 5k runs.

E-PED - This is the Mijia M365 which is the latest of my toys.  I first saw and fell in love with a scooter when I saw one in action in SG.  Its a kick-scooter that I almost bought when I was there.  2018 I started to see e-scooters in Gearbest and eventually found Xiaomi.  I love riding this electric scooter!  This makes hunting dinosaurs and finding those treasure maps easy (#JWA) and makes a walk in a park a breeze. None cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts are currently "in" the e-ped bandwagon.  I'm seeing this to die down as with all other trends especially when the authorities start to regulate them.

For the past weeks I have been limited to doing treadmill runs.  This is my way of eliminating excuses from the weather or from the weariness coming off work (also because I get to watch Netflix while doing it!)  But yesterday I decided to go out on the road and I found it boring.  But as they say, it takes 21 days (in this case - times) to develop a habit.  I am hoping it will develop into one again, soon.

See you on the road!

Running for fitness and Family Active Fun day

Week 12 was supposed to be a week to make up for running.  Weekday runs were doing great, with the plan to do LSD on an work-free Friday and a brick run on Sunday.  Those plans did not materialize!  Well the bike was a sure thing though. 

A good way to run (for fitness)

I was suffering a week of sinus pains that really made it hard for me to do anything.  Yet I still pushed through to do my morning runs because I was already up.

Dr. Rizal at the background

Going back to Friday, I knew the moment I woke up that it would be a bad day for a run.  Since the runner in me was strong in overcoming those reason-to-stay-in-bed excuses, I pushed on.  So I ate a bit to fuel me up for the long run, put on my gears and went on.  The sun was up and I forgot to bring my cap, I pushed on.

It’s common for me to have that 1-mile dragging moment, but it was up till kilometer 3 that I was breathing and feeling heavy.  So I went back, tried to run and shake it off until the kilometer 4, jogged until kilometer 5 and eventually just walked from there home.  That Friday run was a disaster. Really didn’t know what happened to me that day.  Anyway, I got back home and did my usual chores.  I considered it as one of those days where you just can’t force it.

Come Saturday, we agreed to do a family active fun day at Rizal Park.  I didn’t expect to do any runs here.

We jogged a bit in the Grand Stand, through Rizal Park into the dancing fountains and up to the playground.  Playground was still closed and we had 20 minutes of waiting time.  Good thing Charlie was enjoying the outdoors and didn’t have any problems with the waiting.  So the wife gave me the go-signal to run, which I did a 3k.  Again, the first few km was dragging, but got the groove as I was going along.  However, I noticed heavy breathing once again as I was going for 5:30 pace.  And I stopped as we were out of time, and had to go to the playground.  30 minutes into it, Charlie got hungry and we ate at Jollibee.

The morning active fun day we had beats LSD anytime!  With the current fitness level that I have, I feel like I would rather do our active fun day rather than to work on improving my running again.  It may sound bad, but I will still run, and will never stop running.  Maybe not competitively, but for health and fitness.

going through Rizal Park

my little runner

this pic had a lot of likes in FB

Recovery time (for them; for me, I couldn't)