Training

This morning I started my marathon training... Signed up for Standard Chartered Marathon, but every time I want to step out of the house it either threatens to rain or is already raining. And it's not always the kind of rain that makes you dismiss the idea of going out. Sometimes it comes and it goes, or it drizzles lightly enough to make you ponder about whether or not to ignore the rain... The worst thing is that I have to set aside special slots of time for my training. I don't always have 3 hrs to kill at one go in the mornings or nights to do this. So I was mighty pissed.... Well, I sure got a kick of the run I did this morning - I jogged 16 km!!! That was a fine start to my training...

I jogged to MacRitchie through Braddell, past News Centre and the entrance to Braddell Hill, past Mount Alvernia Medical Centre. Then I jogged alongside the water (2.25km) which links to the route that goes to the HSBC treetop walk. I jogged to the walk, and I was sure relieved to find a water station where the rangers were situated. And then I jogged back. Jogging in the trails at McRitchie is a very slow process. I am very unsure about my footing and since my balance already sucks naturally, it was sometimes alarming when my foot didn't land properly. Thank God my feet managed to weather the trying terrain. Once I got back onto the concrete pavement outside, it was so much easier to jog faster because my feet are so used to adjusting to rougher terrain. I shall have to go to Macritchie more. Plus, the route is very VERY hilly, and at times I really wanted to walk. Heck, it can go uphill for ages, and since the trail is windy, I never knew when it would go downhill again. Yucks. BUT, good for training...

I could largely keep the momentum going, because the weather was just so good... It was windy and stayed cloudy till I finished the jog. But I know it'll be much harder if the sun were shining down. That would be very tiresome. At many times throughout the jog I found myself craving crisp cool dry weather, and in those moments I actually envied people living in temperate countries. (Yes, I had tons of time to think about random stupid things like these)

So I think I'll just do this once a week. I don't want to push myself too much. My feet would literally cave and die. And it really drained me. I felt so tired the whole day(Admittedly I was out the rest of the day and it was a very humid day too) Let's hope my discipline and the weather keep up.

On a side note, I was in MacRitchie in the morning and in Orchard Road at 12-215. And body parts were discovered in Orchard Road at 145 and at MacRitchie at 6pm!!! Heck, I could have seen the murderer! haha... Talk about coincidence...