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.)

Monday, January 17, 2011

A Week Off Running! Gasp!

Joy here...Last weekend was my last long run, and in the intervening week between then and now, I seem to have fallen off the running wagon.  I'm sure I have a number of really good excuses ranging from the absolutely frigid weather to house guests to general laziness that would justify my lapse, but I just can't think of those reasons right now.  Somehow Monday came as a rest day, and then Tuesday was also a rest day, and then, um, Wednesday was, well, a rest day...and so on.  All I can say is that at least I got on my bike indoors a few times so that hopefully the next time I face the out of doors with my shoes laced up I won't be suffering from some kind of muscle atrophy.

While I wish I could give run stats for this past week, I'll have to settle for ride stats, as that's all I have to show for a cold, cold Ottawa week when my running shoes stayed right where I left them last weekend, inside on the mat.

Here are my ride stats for the last week:
Wednesday - easy 40 minute ride on the bike in the basement
Thursday - 60 minute spinning class:  avg heart rate 139 beats/min for a total calories burned of 450
Saturday - 55 minute ride on the bike in the basement:  avg heart rate 130 beats/min for a total calories burned of 350

I'm not sure to what extent those stats matter, but since I use this blog as a way to be accountable to myself and to Nomi, I figure I might as well put down the stats, and then if I improve (hope, hope, hope) I'll be able to gauge my progress.  And in the chance that I don't improve, at least I'll be able to scold myself for being super lazy.

Speaking of being lazy, I have a feeling that I won't be going out to run today either.  Right now the temperature is -21 C.  It's a bright, clear, sunny day, but it's FREAKIN' COLD, so I think I'll just stay indoors and hope that I can get my lazy butt up on the bike.

Over and out,
Joy
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