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.)

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Slow and Steady...Loses!

Joy here...Okay, with the 30km "Around the Bay" roadrace under my belt, the next race is the half marathon in Singapore on May 29th that Nomi, Lulu, The Man, and I are all signed up for.  Last year at the Sundown event in Singapore, Nomi and I ran the 10km race together - our first running race ever.  This year at the Sundown event in Singapore, we're running the 21km race together - only one year after running our first race ever.

So I've been trying to just survive the winter, running when I can and trying my best not to suck, and in the next 6 weeks or so I'm going to have to pull off a half marathon.  So whether I like it or not, I'm going to have to stop running long, slow runs and start adding in some tempo, speed, hills, and strength to my runs.  Otherwise, I'll be running a painfully slow, hot, and sweaty race in Singapore.  (I don't even want to think about that tropical humidity at the moment.)

So on Saturday, did I get out there and do a fast run?  Did I get out there and work in some tempo sets or hills?

Nope.

I basically did a long, slow run.  Ooopsies.

Slow and steady doesn't in fact win the race; sure, slow and steady finishes the race, but fast and steady wins!

I promise to be better tomorrow.

For now, here are my run stats from this weekend:
Ran for a total of 1:23:06 for a distance of 12.6kms with an average pace of 6:36min/km (man, that's practically walking speed!).

But tomorrow is a new day, right?

Over and out,
Joy
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