Sunday, 26 June 2011

Training for a 10 km marathon after few years of cycling....it hurt

                              A hillside view of the horse track
                                                              
               The running track with the sandy part on the right hand side
Who inspire me to take part in the 10km!!emm...In fact I came across an advertisement promoting the standard chartered kl marathon for this year..and I just said to myself why not kevin!As there's not so much of cycling competition over here,better i maintain myself physically and morally by keeping this challenging mood that we normally have during a competition.Even we are injure during the training session,it is always worth to at least give it a try.All this training remind me the inter season in cycling when I use to do some jogging on the track precisely on the sandy part that was quite tough but slow I get use to it and also it was quite motivating to see all type of people running together at there own pace with different objectives..some to keep them healthy others preparing themselves for certain event.The old folks as we said just come for a walk around the track that measure around 2.5 km for one loop..it was fun to run on this type of track and it is quite similar like running on the long and large cenang beach of langkawi..of course without the sea...Normally to go on the running track I use to cycle from home for about 30 mins at the same time I was warming up for my jogging.Moreover the track as I mentioned earlier is a horse racing track that is divided into two part namely the sandy part that is mostly use for training and the grass track that is normally use for the horse training only.But we all should be grateful to the management of the horse track that allow all people to come and do there jogging or only for a walk in very secure place compare to the road side.Concerning the profile of the track it is divided into three part,at the entrance of the park its quite flat and when we go in an clockwise direction the track will go uphill for around 300 m then go back to a flat feature and the best part that all runner like is the downhill part where everyone can recover from there effort..On the first time I go there I use to do only 3 loop as the track was tough to me and am not shy to save that I was force to stop after a certain m but in any sports it is like that..you won't be able adapt yourself on the first day..you have to struggle and be patient as your body need some time to adapt itself the new environment and the new type of effort that you are requesting from it.Synchronizing every part of your body to a new situation take time..At first a newcomer will suffocate if he try to run a long distance at first shot because the requested oxygen is not proportion to what the body can provide.

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