01 March 2008

After five days of complete rest since running the 42K 2008 Pasig River Marathon last Sunday, I am back to running…again! I mean, serious running! Being the first day of the month, I decided to have my slow run at the Libingan ng mga Bayani-Bayani Road-Heritage Park Loop in order to bring back my leg muscles to running.

After my stretching exercise, I started my slow jog from my quarters going to the Libingan ng mga Bayani. I tried to be relaxed in my running form and just took slow strides with an average pace of 6:45 minutes per kilometer, however, after running two kilometers, I increased the pace to 6:00 minutes per kilometer. On my way out of the Libingan ng mga Bayani and towards the Heritage Park (downhill), I was already running a pace of 5:45 minutes per kilometer. From the C-5 Highway, I went back to the Libingan ng mga Bayani and had one more round inside with an even pace of 5:43 minutes per kilometer, completing a distance of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) for my running workout.

I was using for the first time my newly-bought (a month ago) ASICS Gel-1120 which I intend to use in my next road race tomorrow.

The following data were taken from my GF 305:

Total Distance—10 kilometers            Total Time—57:24 minutes

Average Pace—5:44 mins/km            Average Speed—10.5 km/hr

Average HR—156 bpm                         Maximum HR—168 bpm

Calories—733

It was a very relaxed and comfortable running workout just to bring back myself to serious running.

I am ready to join in tomorrow’s 2008 Condura Run 10K Race.