Well, a few days after the run in Singapore, Joy upped and left back for Canada....i had signed up for a 10k run in the city at the end of the following month and so had to still train for it. Well, after training with Joy, running alone sucks. The main lacking factor was motivation. I mean, getting up at 5am , getting some chores done, then driving 1/2 hour to the park to run is a bit of a drag. When Joy was around, i knew that she would be waiting for me , so there were no excuses to back out...
Soooo.....least to say, i was not as consistent with my training...often , i would run just for an hour, without my GPS watch , without knowing pace, or total kms completed....it was just pure running, for the fun of it. Now Joy has a natural running pace of about 5.3 min/km and mine is about 6min/km. So with her, i would run faster to keep up , but alone i was pretty much like a tortoise.
Then lazy me also, was to lazy to warm up properly , or do stretches after runs...so i injured my left knee, which further hampered the running. But, with rest, ice packs, pain killers and slow runs , it did get better.
So in the following month after Joy left, my running was pretty inconsistent. I would run maybe 3 or 4 tines a week and often not know how far or fast i ran...
So, in conclusion...Joy needs to spend more time in Malaysia :) Or, i could go to Canada....
Over and out,
Nomi
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