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, October 8, 2010

The Training Tango

Step together, back...step together, back...
Joy here...While these could be dance step directions, in fact they more accurately represent what my training has felt like this past week.  You know the saying "two steps forward, one step back"???  Well, that's just how I feel.  After taking such a beautiful autumn bike ride on Sunday, here's what the rest of the week has looked like:
Monday - Rest day:  feeling sick, busy, and lazy, I opted to take Monday as a rest day (even though it SHOULD have been a long run to make up for my aborted long run on Saturday).
Tuesday - Easy peasy run:  The Man and I ran with another friend of ours for an easy run, chit-chatting the whole way, and generally not taxing ourselves.  Our run stats for Tuesday are:
Ran for a total time of 53:00:01 for a total of 9km for an average pace of 5:58min/km
Wednesday - Rest day:  I'm sure that I have a really good reason for missing Wednesday's workout (even though the missed long run is still hanging over my head), but whatever that reason is, it's escaped my attention at the moment.
Thursday - Easy peasy run:  I pulled my sorry butt out out onto the canal path for a run, even though I was pressed for time and motivation.  Here are my run stats for Thursday:
Ran for a total time of 50:22:18 for a total of 9.25km for an average pace of 5:27min/km
Friday - ?????:  Today The Man has gone for a bike ride, and I've opted not to join him with the plan being that I need to get out the door and do another run in order to make next weekend's 1/2 marathon a beautiful dance of speed, agility, and fitness rather than an awkward junior high student's two-step.

Over and out,
Joy

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  1. Joy and NomiOctober 18, 2010 at 8:47 PM

    Errr...Joy,
    YOur easy peasy 5.5min/km is my race pace...even after all these months of training:)

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