⇒ breaking through!

found surprising amount of focus during my run today--all the way to a new record!
here's the breakdown:
1.60 km in 10'00" onto
2.50 km in 15'15" (?) onto
2.80 km in 17'17" (?) onto
3.00 km in 19'15" onto
3.23 km in 20'00" (continuous!) and 250+KCALs onto
4.00 km in 26'01" and ~300 KCALs

10x60, 16x40, 8x40 = 1560

visits since 04th jan '09: 33
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 9
3 mth ave: 11
ave cost per visit: $4.85

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⇒ one quarter down

we are exactly 25% done with 2009. It's incredible, everyday just passes by so quickly now. They say that the older you get, the less perceptive you become to the temporal phenomenon. I agree, sometimes, I just sit there and time passes.

This isn't one of those times though.

Shortened the run, because I have other priorities:
2.8 km in 20'00" and 200 KCALs (approx.)
good pace--made 2.0 km in 12'45" non-stop

16x50, 5x60 = 1100 (disappointed)

visits since 04th jan '09: 32
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 8
3 mth ave: 10.66
ave cost per visit: $5.00

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⇒ running is hard

both legs hurt below the knee before the run...but I gotta try...

4.0km in 30'45" and 298 KCALs
20x40, 7x60 (disappointing) = 1220

visits since 04th jan '09: 31
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 7
3 mth ave: 10.33
ave cost per visit: $5.16

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⇒ the other day & today

the other day

4.0km in 32'00" and 280 KCALs (?)

visits since 04th jan '09: 29
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 5
3 mth ave: 9.66
ave cost per visit: $5.52

today

4.0km in 30'25" and 299 KCALs
12x60 (new record?), 8x50 = 1120

visits since 04th jan '09: 30
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 6
3 mth ave: 10
ave cost per visit: $5.33

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⇒ rotten

had pizza for lunch today...the quality's gradually slipping while the size has gotten smaller and the price has skyrocketed. Won't be having pizza again until they address this.

Since I had pizza before running, felt like absolute sh!t...I was dehydrated, queasy and cramped to hell and back. Add to that, I had to run next to those crazy 'unstoppable' runners...very bad for me.

4.0km in 30'50" and 280KCALs
10x60, 20x30, 12x50 = 1800

visits since 04th jan '09: 28
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 4
3 mth ave: 9.33
ave cost per visit: $5.71

BTW, apologies about the previous rant. I'm not sorry for saying/typing what I did--needed to get that stuff off my chest. Rather, I apologize for anyone who has no idea what I was b!tchin' about.

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⇒ yesterday exercise 2

I went yesterday, but I felt fatigued and depowered all day.

4.0km in 30'45" and ???KCALs
17x50 = 850

visits since 04th jan '09: 27
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 3
3 mth ave: 9
ave cost per visit: $5.93

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⇒ yesterday exercise

4.0km in 28'25" and 300KCALs
12x50, 8x50 = 1000

visits since 04th jan '09: 26
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 2
3 mth ave: 8.66
ave cost per visit: $6.15

because I overslept today, I won't be going--not feeling good at all.

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⇒ return

first time back at the gym in 2 n a half weeks. it hurt. the damage from the layoff is hard to assess, but it's something like two weeks of consecutive junk food and heavy drinking. Consequently, I was very cramped/dehydrated/depowered today.

4.0KM in 32'27" (one of my slowest times) and 282 KCALs
14x50, 20x40 = 1500

That was also my first run since breaking my record...I dunno why, I must've been afraid or something...I can't explain why I took all that time off/away from running.

visits since 04th jan '09: 25
#visits per mth: 14 | 10 | 1
3 mth ave: 8.33
ave cost per visit: $6.4

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⇒ thursday mindwipe

had no willpower this afternoon. After leaving work, I went through the motions and ended up at the gym. However, I don't know if it was seeing the time (1830) or the super-runner...but I just felt no urge to move at all.

Did one set on the bench then jumped in the pool.

0km in 0'00" and 0 KCALs
8x60 = 480
visits since 04th jan '09: 24
#visits per mth: 14 | 10
3 mth ave: 8
ave cost per visit: $6.67

fin

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⇒ conquering goals

so after all the hubbub from yesterday's 'mistake', the boss has gone back to ignoring me...suits me fine. Just leave me alone for 12 more days...

that said, a horrible day at work yielded an excellent gym session:
new record!
2.8km in 17'15" (at least 16'15" continuous @ 9.9km/hr)
onto 4.0 in 26'40"
and 311 KCALs
13x60 = 780
visits since 04th jan '09: 23
#visits per mth: 14 | 9
3 mth ave: 7.66
ave cost per visit: $6.96

this is my fastest time ever to achieve 4.0km and fastest time ever to reach 311 KCALs.
new continuous distance record too.

The run felt great...there were moments where I questioned myself, but ultimately, i ran better than ever before. It hurt, but not enough to stop me.

raindrops fallin on my head...

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⇒ no time

where did all my time go today? every time i look up, hours have elapsed! I guess that's deadlines for ya.

2.88KM in 20'00"
200+ KCALs
16x50 = 800
visits since 04th jan '09: 22
#visits per mth: 14 | 8
3 mth ave: 7.33
ave cost per visit: $7.27

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⇒ post #783

very patchy running again today, also short on time and de-powered (skipped dinner owing to 15hrs of consecutive sleep!).
Still, I managed to go, so that's something...

2.6KM in 20'45"
180+ KCALs
10x60
visits since 04th jan '09: 21
#visits per mth: 14 | 7
3 mth ave: 7
ave cost per visit: $7.62

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⇒ saturday

wasted 4 hours doing car sh!t in the morning...ya gotta do what ya gotta do...I'm not pissed that I was doing car stuff, but rather I'm doing car stuff yet I won't be the one who ends up getting to enjoy it! same with filling up the tank. I filled it right up, real expensive fuel too, then day after, I have to surrender the keys because someone else 'needs it more'...

that's me: trapped by overwhelming guilt or overwhelming anger...i just can't win.

ran patchy...sometimes good, sometimes crampy...overall new record:
4.0KM in 28'48"
301 KCALs
8x60, 18x40 = 1200
visits since 04th jan '09: 20
#visits per mth: 14 | 6
3 mth ave: 6.66
ave cost per visit: $8.00

later tho, something really took it out of me that day tho, cause I slept for 15 hours in a row, completely missing dinner...I've got no idea how that happened...it was 730-ish, i felt drowsy, so I went to lie down...when I finally got out of bed again, it was 1030 next morning!

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⇒ finally!

finally got another opportunity to go gym today...work is pissin' me off! semper fi, man...just 15 working days to rock their world with and then they can kiss my ass!

that said, gym hurt today...very crampy and felt really bloated and heavy during the run.

today:
4.0KM in 31'30"
291 KCALs
17x50
visits since 04th jan '09: 19
#visits per mth: 14 | 5
3 mth ave: 6.33
ave cost per visit: $8.42

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⇒ fugue

tough times...crises of the economy, the workplace, the family and the identity. how is this balanced?

was lazy/tired on saturday so no gym.

today:
4.0KM in 29'31"
294 KCALs
18x50
visits since 04th jan '09: 18
#visits per mth: 14 | 4
3 mth ave: 5.66
ave cost per visit: $8.89

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⇒ last 2 days of gym

thurs:
4.0KM in 30'31"
280+ KCALs
10x60
visits since 04th jan '09: 16
#visits per mth: 14 | 2
3 mth ave: 5.33
ave cost per visit: $10.00

fri:
4.0KM in 32'31"
280+ KCALs
10x60
visits since 04th jan '09: 17
#visits per mth: 14 | 3
3 mth ave: 5.66
ave cost per visit: $9.41

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⇒ gym after 10 day layoff

as i explained, dad has been injured and needs extra care these days. Previously, he did a stint in hospital where I visited on a daily basis, hence no gym time.

yesterday arvo, finally got a chance to go back. unfortunately:
1. wasn't planning to go, so I wasn't prepared for the exercise
2. felt so heavy and bloated! ate a sandwich and chicken chippies before I went (big mistake!)

So i tried to persist anyways:
4.0km in 31'30" and 280+ KCALs (one of my slowest, worst results. ever)
11x60=660.

visits since 04th jan '09: 15
#visits per mth: 14 | 1
3 mth ave: 5
ave cost per visit: $10.67

i feel such frustration and bitterness in my life that I can't help but think it's poisoning my personality and sanity!

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⇒ too hot

13'00" on treadmill for 1.6KM, light weights then pool time, cause it's way too hot to hang around doing anything else.

visits since 04th jan '09: 14
#visits per mth: 14
3 mth ave: 4.66
ave cost per visit: $11.43

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⇒ be faithful

2.95 KM in 20'00" and 228 KCALs
10'00" continuous section

pretty good!
so sweaty because of the 30°C heat
20x50 = 1000

visits since 04th jan '09: 12
#visits per mth: 12
3 mth ave: 4
ave cost per visit: $13.33

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⇒ 3 new records

best run in a while:
15'00" consecutive @ 9.9km/h
totalling 2.44 KM
finished: 3.11KM in 20'00" and 240+ KCALs
new consecutive record (time)
new consecutive record (distance)
new overall record (KCALs)
the 2.0KM in 12'00" still stands.

matched bench record: 6x70
so sweaty because it's freakin' hot today

visits since 04th jan '09: 11
#visits per mth: 11
3 mth ave: 3.66
ave cost per visit: $14.55

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