.... the jackal rides and run....

Ryo cycled to my place and we ran at ECP doing the 10km loop. As he is definitely a much faster runner than me, I asked him to help me to try to achieve 5:15 pace (just want to get it under 53mins). He did just that at shot off at a bullet pace of 4:30.....I nearly fainted but thank goodness he noticed my state and slowed down to 5:10 pace.....by then I was dying already. Think the initial fast pace destroyed me. Upon reaching the 5km point (a PR), I could feel that I was getting tired fast so I knew at that point that it would be quite difficult to hit the under 53mins target but to achieve a PR over my best time was definitely possible. I gave it all I had for the last km or so and managed to do just that. Ryo hardly pulled a sweat! 10km in 53m 22s....improvement of 20s from previous PR achieved last week. Wow, every seconds equate to pain and suffering but I am loving every moment of it. Strange.

So 2010 has been quite a year for me in terms of exercising. On the cycling front, I toiled on a fixed gear and later on a SS. Did a lot of Faber climbing earlier in the year and speedwork towards the later part of the year. Got myself a 'fast' bike which actually made me push harder for some reason. Also, I started running again, this time more regularly. I started to run and cycle even on weekdays from mid of 2010 onwards. For this I only have Ryo to thank as he accompanied me (or rather encouraged!) for many of the crazy hours morning weekday rides and run (I've since given up on running with him as it would leave me with a heart attack). My current regime : weekends : cycle, weekdays : run.....if I can, squeeze in a 30km base or TT-like ride right in between the runs (but this is pushing it for me!) I quit smoking as well in the beginning of June...see the weight spike in June 2010....yup that gave me a jolt and right before TOP! I conquered the 3 peaks at 90kg on loade...