Sunday, August 05, 2007
Yes back from interval training with the crazy uncles. Was anticipating the run(s) today to be somewhat shag, not unlike last sunday but somehow i managed to run a little so i'm kind of satisifed. Think i was really cocky today cause i kept overtaking people haha but the truth is i'm damn tired that's why i had to overtake. As explained to tw earlier, running is best when done at one's inherent pace: too fast, you cannot catch your breath, too slow, lactic acid begins to build up and strain your muscles. Accordingly, it would be best to run at this optimal pace where you can catch your breath and the muscles don't feel the soreness. Here i have implicitly assumed that one's optimal pace is when aerobic respiration takes place, please correct me if i'm wrong ( i mean seriously, i want to know if i'm right as well haha nus should start a module call the science of running hehe). Hence, despite knowing that overtaking may seem rude, i really didn't have the extra energy to care about other people feelings. In reality i'm way out of their league, reason being those uncles had just finished 21 km yesterday! if i were to have complete 21km yesterday, i don't think i would be able to crawl out of my bed to brush my teeth even. I guess it was sort of fortunate that the uncles were tired (otherwise they would have raised the benchmark) plus the interval training was 4 x 1.2 km. Imagine 12 x 400m instead, i would have gone crazy as well plus i suck at short sprints haha. Anyway just to reiterate, i don't derive pleasure from overtaking those uncles, i just get a kick out proving myself wrong. Allow me to end this entry with a couple of quotes from tw: we must enforce recreation (ironic right since when did recreation needed to be enforced).
Looks appetising har, chicken chop @ HTNS Bukit Batok. The vegetables provided a refreshing alternative to the usual fries.
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