45 km. 49kg

So finally I hit my weekly running ceiling. I've been falling way short of the required mileage but I am not punishing myself for it. I decided running outdoors takes too much effort. The hard and uneven surface is tough on my knees, I breathe in carbon monoxide or bin stink along east coast and its just way too much time and money getting there and back. After all I got my personal best the last time training on the treadmill.

This week I ran 13 km the day before menstruation. I felt I could have go on running. Its strange how the body works. you think the body is weaker from menstruation, but it really isnt. the first day was heavy and I did feel lethargy in the afternoon after yoga, but after resting I could do 10km in 61 min. Its a better timing than an average non menstruation day. Still, I felt I dont have to push myself too hard lest I injure myself.

I've also decided recovery massages would be a weekly affair until the race. I used to do it when I start to feel pain. But i decided it ought to be a preventive thing. The massages are really painful, even if i am not aware of any aches. Its supposed to heal damage faster; I hope it does.

I do body pump once or twice a week and yoga once a week. I think I ought to make an effort to go for yoga because it makes me do stretches, more intense ones, that I am too lazy to do myself after running.

After China my weight dropped to 49kg, from 50. And it became an effort to get back. I wasnt eating so much because it became quite a chore to eat the required amount of carbo. After running I am simply too sleepy to eat so much.

the weather is getting hotter. so its annoying to run in the day, even in the airconditioned comfort of a gym. i can feel teh heat of the sun through the glass window and its easy to get dizzy. So I prefer hitting the treadmill after 9 if I am at the condo gym because there'd be less people.

Its a lot of time commitment to train for a marathon, but I suppose the pay off is worth more than gold, or these days, rice.