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

I had to start training with some padded shoes. On my last 42km run....the final 5-6km was torturous on the soles that I ran on grass wherever possible. The amount of sole-landing took its toll after such a long distance. I had a voucher from my Merrell purchase (20SGD discount) and I have been looking at the Sauconys for quite a while so why not? They look great IMO but I chose a more simple, non-loud colour. Virgin run : 21km .... Personal Best time of 2hr 6mins. First time I did 20km under 2hrs. Feels good without socks too!!

Post 42km Run.....had a well deserved rest on Sunday and brought the kids for breakfast treat. I wore my Zoot compression shorts for recovery and looks like it worked. I was ok to start running again on Monday. Monday Starts my 12 week Marathon Regime. First one is to do 2.5km tempo pace x 3 with ~1km recovery jog in between. Legs were still off but managed to complete with tempo pace at 5:15min/pm. Not too bad. Tuesday I look forward to my barefoot runs. Met up with Ryo at my block and we went for a 'chat pace' barefoot run. Only for the last 2km or so did we pick up the pace. He went off pretty quick and it was quite a struggle to catch up! We covered quite a fair bit....10.5km. Had a quick drink after that and off to work. Wednesday My very much delayed bike ride. I've not gotten on the bike since the Bike Rally 2 weeks ago. I prepped my SS over the weekend and decided that I should put some distance on it this week. Did about 31km/h average for the E...