Joy and Nomi took the plunge and signed up for their first 10km running race ever in May 2010 in Singapore at the Sundown Race event...Then they trained for a half marathon in the fall of 2010, Joy's in Canada and Nomi's in Malaysia...Then, they finished their second-ever half marathon in Singapore May 2011 at the Sundown Race event, but this time they ran together!

Then their sporting paths diverged: Nomi went on to run marathons while Joy learned how to ride a bike. This blog charts their progress from 2010 to 2012.

Read their blog to see what their sporting adventures look like or just look at the pictures of Canada's capital city and Malaysia's capital city. You can choose the "follow" option or subscribe via email to be notified of updates. (You can start reading/skimming their first entries from the summer of 2010 or just jump right in, reading from any point you like. The "Archives" will be your guide.)

Friday, July 9, 2010

Recovery Day


Joy here...So the plan is for Monday to be a rest day, Tuesday to be a tempo run (a run that includes five minute stints at "a comfortable hard" pace i.e. faster than a nice, easy run), Wednesday to be an easy run with strides (around 10km), Thursday to be hill repeats, Friday to be a rest/recovery day, Saturday to be a long run (up to 15km tomorrow), and Sunday to be an easy run (let's say 10km easy). As the weeks progress, I'll update that plan, but that's the working plan for now, which means that today (Friday) was just an easy recovery run. So I pulled my hot and sweaty self who didn't sleep much (despite taking an ice pack into the bed and training two separate fans on us as we slept) outside for an easy 20-ish minute jog. It was only 3km.

In other news, yesterday I bought a pair of Vibram Fivefingers. These are shoes that aren't really shoes at all. In fact, they're like foot gloves that allow for running to feel as close to a barefoot sensation as is possible without actually being barefoot (which I wouldn't advise in an urban setting). I don't intend to run in them straight off the bat, because I think that I would need to build up foot strength before tackling barefoot running. However, I do intend to use them just for walking around throughout the summer, and then I'll gauge whether or not my feet feel any stronger afterwards. At this point it's a bit of an experiment.

Over and out,
Joy
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