For the past few weeks, I have been wondering why I had signed up for a marathon. It takes lots of determination and discipline to run daily, except two days off a week, on top of work and other life commitments.
Not having been looking at my training schedule often, I nearly missed building up my stamina of clocking 35 miles per week. My right knee is also complaining running on sloping roads. So as not to miss my training, I cross train at the gym, lifting weights and training my core, as well as cycle and row. This helps me to train muscle groups that I neglect while running and give my knees a rest.
At the beginning of this week, I switched my training to early morning from evening so that I have lesser excuses not to run (e.g. it is hot, I am tired, I have to prepare dinner, I am hungry). It was tough since my body was still "sleeping" after waking up. By the way, running in summer heat can be energy draining where I drank 40 oz of liquid even before I complete 6.2 mi.
Counting down to Oct 10 and keeping to my training.
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keep going!!
switching to mornings is a good idea. by the way, you might want to cross-train with yoga or something with a lot of stretching. also good to build up the "butt muscles" 'coz they help to support your knees.
even if you feel sian, 30 minutes of running is better than no running at all. that's what my ex-trainer told me. :)
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