Wednesday 4/4/2005

Started my Wednesday run late- at about 7:30pm- because I had some last minute work that had to be completed.  As the seconds painfully ticked by I grew increasingly fidgety at my desk.  It sounds moronic, to the point of nutty, but I felt my fitness draining away from me, the longer I stayed in the office.   By the time I started my run, it was already dark.  The park appeared to be empty.  No matter.  I would run alone. Or so I thought.  Before completing my first lap, there was Ronnie, who had just started his run as well.  At least I had a mate for the next 50 minutes or so.  During our run though, one thing that bothered me was the smell/quality of air at various parts of the park.   One part smelled of burnt materials; another part smelled of that anti-denggue spray.  I hope I didn’t contribute to any permanent damage to my lungs as I ran past the various spots of the park. 

 

Because of the lack of time, I managed to complete 8 laps instead of my planned 12.  Each lap was run at an average of 7:30 per lap.  Anyway the air quality wasn’t very good (despite the rain) and my soreness from the previous day’s speed interval was getting more apparent, so 8 laps was sufficient for me. 

 

Getting pretty busy with work.  Stress levels are increasing.  There is a possibility that running will have to take a back seat.  One option- run regularly in the mornings to get in the mileage.  Definitely a more tiring option.  But that may be the only time I have, in future.  At the very least running is a great stress reliever.

 

With the certain roads closed for traffic this morning due to rehearsal of the Non-Aligned Movement, I came in early but was too sleepy to run or work, so I rested in the car. 

 

It’s Thursday already- but I have tones of work to do.  With the traffic I hope to be able to make it for track.  Otherwise I’ll run at KLCC park.   We’ll see how it goes.