Todays excuse for not running

No cap, No car!


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Things you need to stick to running

These work for me. May not be everyone's idea of motivation.

1. Good music

I have some really peppy trance I downloaded on my phone. I have a shitty Bluetooth headset from Nokia that is stereo and wireless yet is refusing to get charged. Sounds good, stays out of the way - but doesn't work always.

2. Good pair of shoes

Time to change mine.

3. Good place to run / route

Back to running at Chepauk.

4. Training plan

Putting one together.

5. Good, easy to use tracker.

I am using sparkpeople.com. By far the best tracking system I've seen. Tracks training and food on the iPad.

6. A stop watch

That's it.

Music I would think rates the highest in keeping me running.


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4 sessions in Kodaikanal and an almost 10k in Chennai

Did a near 10k this morning. Dimensions to Marina and back. Looks like the running in Kodaikanal helped. My knee didn't give any trouble though it still feels like there is a lump in there somewhere. Hopefully it's just a tight quad and it will pass with some more running.

Getting some new music. So am hoping the running will continue!

Till next time.


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Running at Anna University

Did a hard conditioning work out yesterday.

2miles in 18 mins warm up
20mins running ABCs/sprint drills
3x10m start
3x20m drive
3x50m start+drive+accelerate

The third rep of the 50m killed me.

Ended with a slow 1200m jog and light stretching

Today was a long run day. Did 20 laps (8 km) very slow - 1 hour with 1 lap walk for every 2 jogged after the first 12.

Need to write out a plan now though to sustain.

Until next time!


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Good music + Focus = 4 miles

4 miles at sub 10mins per mile. Managed to run 16 laps at Anna University in 39 mins. Last mile was a bummer - got a twinge running up on the left side of lower back on the 15th lap.

Went in at 6 AM. Had to be up at 0345 to make it that early. But it was quite a good change. Next step is to get a good pair of shoes and a Garmin.

Back holding up.

Until next time.


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Motivation is a b*t*h

It's hard to stay motivated without a goal. It's hard to define a goal when there is no desire for an outcome.

Did a fairly intense 8x60m sprint workout last week. But am not being consistent.


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Super customer service!

I got an Airtel 3G sim for my iPad and had it cut down to microSIM size at one of the shops at Fountain Plaza. Biggest mistake. It wasn't cut right and the damn thing jammed the sim tray and it wouldn't come out.

So I took it to the apple service centre -which luckily happened to be 2 minutes from home.

The guy there took one look at, tried to pop the tray out and filled in a job sheet. 3 days later I have a new iPad!

Wow...

That's customer service. No question of trying to repair it.

I am turning into an Apple fanboy!


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