Not as Unfit as I Thought November 21, 2009
Posted by Martin in : Health & Sport, Thailand , trackbackToday I ran 10km in Suan Rot Fai (park).
This time last year I was in peak condition having spent three months training for the Bangkok 10k fun run. I’d lost a load of weight and was full of energy.
One year on I’ve never been heavier so I’ve been getting back into running for the past 2 weeks. As a benchmark today I decided to run in the park to see how my time compared to my adequate 75 minutes last year.
I was 10 minutes slower, however this time I was running in the middle of the day, I was on my own too so had little motivation to keep to a decent pace, I also ran out of water after 3km and I was carrying a bulky bag with me.
The winter season is definitely here now and even after running 10k, getting a motorbike to meet mum and dad and then returning tot he park for an hours cycling I returned home bone dry. Considering I break out into fountains for sweat leaving the apartment to go to the local shops this was a real precedent.
This is definitely the time to up my training and to make the most of the fantastic running weather.
I am seriously committed to completing the full 40km Bangkok marathon in November 2010 so this run today was the first of many.
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