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.)

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Post-Race Recovery Week

Joy here...Okay, after running 30kms or any kind of long distance, it's probably a good idea to take it a bit easy.  It's also probably a good idea if your post-race plans don't include all kinds of driving.  Not so for me.

I finished my race on Sunday, then stretched, showered, and had lunch with my grandma before hopping in my car to drive an hour to spend the next day with my sister, brother-in-law, and baby nephew.  (I had a work-related meeting in their city, so planned to hit more than one bird with my one and only stone.)  Then after that, I hopped in my car to drive for another hour to the city where my university is located so I could do more work-related stuff.  Only a day after running 30kms, and I was wearing a suit and high heels and operating just fine, as though I hadn't done a thing.  And the day after that, I hopped back in my car to drive another 5 hours to get home.

And then I had a strength workout with The Man and our trainer.  That was Wednesday.

Then Thursday I had my spinning class.  (Rode for 57:51:40 with an average heart rate of 125 beats/min).

Then Friday I rode the bike indoors.  (Rode for 1:03:26 with an average speed of 26km/hr and 5 30sec. "stomps" at 45kms/hr).

Then Saturday I went for a run.  (Ran for 1:20:53 for 13.36km with an average pace of 6:03min/km).

So really, I guess I only took Monday and Tuesday as "rest" days, but they didn't feel all that restful with all the driving.  And I suppose I didn't run Mon-Fri inclusive, giving me a full five days of "rest" from running.  I'm not sure if this is a good post-race recovery strategy or not, but I guess I might as well keep on doing my best to move forward and build up so that I can actually run 30kms without feeling under prepared and under trained in the future!  I mean...there's a full marathon that I just might sign up for in October.

Onwards!
Joy
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