Life seems to be at its best when I am running regularly. For the past 6 months it has been sporadic, the year started with a rush of travel, late hours, very little time to myself. Running suffered. In the latter part I was plagued by injury, esp in May & June. Something within kept pushing me back on the road yet the record is pretty ordinary…
Jan – 11 days
Feb – 6 days
Mar – 11 days
Apr – 9 days
May – 10 days
June – 8 days
I am determined to redeem myself… the fire burns within. The main injury that I was suffering from (pain in the right Achilles area) is pretty much gone after some sessions with the physio. The issue is now about a really sore heel on the same leg after a couple of runs a week ago. Did 10.4 k this morning and it seems fine – but this was a 5k slow jog + rest was a jog/walk combo. I really won’t know if I am over it till I test it out with a 5k run in about 30 to 32 minutes about 2 days in a row – I will put myself to the test on Tuesday & Wednesday.
It’s pretty frustrating when you know you are capable of something better but held back. Life is more fulfilling when I am running regularly. Running the Singapore Marathon this December is the redemption plan! It is not the usual plain vanilla prepare a training plan & run run run. I have vowed to supplement it with some lifestyle changes… so, until I finish the Singapore Marathon here we go with my new vows:
- Do core conditioning / strengthening 2 days a week
- No alcohol
- No desserts
- No non vegetarian food (though I may moderate this if I am not able to keep up with vegetarian protein alternatives)
I have managed 3 sessions of core conditioning in the last 10 days or so – started some sessions at the Blue Gym, thanks to fellow runners Yash & Senthil. Senthil and I have a hidden agenda – to revive the doberman project! Also have been off alcohol, desserts and non veg food the last 2 weeks – difficult but manageable. Bundle the training runs, core work, lesser calories imbibed – I should be back in form and in top shape by the end of November & run strong in Singapore.
I was reflecting on the fact that I rarely write about anything else but running on my blog, and on Facebook. Why do I do it? Of course there is much more to life than just running. I don’t know if writing about my work – things like making sugar, the sugar industry and so on is something anyone would give a hoot about. May be I should talk about life and work in general. The real reason seems to be lack of motivation to find time to write about thoughts, views and opinions on all kinds of things. Should I use Twitter as a medium to communicate actively with my team about work (in a closed, invitation only loop), I wonder. Well, I guess I should just let it be, and let it evolve. For now, am happy that I finally broke the jinx and blogged after nearly 7 months & am itching to get back on the road again regularly….
