Monday, 30 January 2006 - Second day of CNY, went to Putrajaya and ran 12 x Putrajaya Round About (3.5km looper). Recovered nicely from the long ride 2 days ago and felt fresh at start of the run. Wore my new NB shoes for the first time. Started at 6.30 a.m. and finished shortly after 11.00 a.m. The 12 laps seemed like forever. The pain on the left arch recurred after 3 laps but became bearable as I piled up the laps. The run was more of a mental challenge than a physical test of endurance.
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Had stomach problems after 6 laps and took a short toilet break (almost sprinted to the toilet-which explains the faster split in lap 6). Split time at 21km mark was 2:08:40. Felt relieved after that but the weather conditions started to get worse by them - it got hotter by the minute. Took my mind off the figure 12 and aimed for number 8 instead (the distance I had done b4 a few weeks ago). When I finished 8 laps, I aimed for 10 laps. Also kept telling myself to stop bitching about the number of laps I have done so far and focus on the present lap instead - that way I could trick my mind into thinking that I had fresher legs than I actually did at that stage of the run.
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I almost gave up when I reached 10 laps - that would be 35km solo. It was already 10.00 a.m. and the sun was baking hot. Then, I told myself that I did not wake up at 5.30 a.m. for nothing and I only had a mere 7km to reach my goal for the day. I pushed on and surprised myself with a strong finish in the last lap. My last lap time of 22:37 was inclusive of a little extension to the car for water. When I got back to the course, I was some 2 minutes down but erased the deficit with the strong finish and managed to keep all my lap times below 23 minutes each. Survived the run on water, 1/2 Powerbar and a packet of PowerGel.
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Distance 42km/ Total Time 4:22:21
Split Time
Lap 1 - 21:02 - 21:02
Lap 2 - 21:25 - 42:28
Lap 3 - 21:56 - 1:04:24
Lap 4 - 22:04 - 1:26:29
Lap 5 - 21:51 - 1:48:20
Lap 6 - 20:19 - 2:08:40
Lap 7 - 21:31 - 2:30:11
Lap 8 - 22:20 - 2:52:31
Lap 9 - 22:12 - 3:14:43
Lap 10 - 22:46 - 3:37:29
Lap 11 - 22:15 - 3:59:44
Lap 12 - 22:37 - 4:22:21
Ave Pace 6:15 per km
Ave HR 140/ HRZ pts 604
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