Today's run was from my house, Alexander Canal, around Marina Bay and back.
I have done it all but never as one run, but estimated it at 20km which is what I was aiming for today.
Once on the road at 06h30, I felt OK but none of that springy, bouncy energy. Keeping a glance at my cadence, I could see that I was not maintaining my normal 90 a minute. (More of that in a future blog post). It looked like today was going to be a tough one! Which was surprising because last week I had a great run along the Pandan Park Connector and this week's runs were all solid. Maybe slightly over doing things...
But it was a fine morning. There had been no rain this whole week so the air was pretty dry, which is really nice in Singapore. The sky was a good combination of some clouds and clear sky so sunrise was bound to be good. I really love being out and about at sunrise. It is a special time of day when I feel full of energy and the city is still sleepy.
The light was pretty good when I reached Marina Bay, so took some photos.
Finished the Marina Bay loop and headed home. At about 1h30 the wheels started coming off. It was becoming a mental strength run. I just reminded myself that this is what you feel at the end of a long race and suck it up and deal with it.
I usually carry some energy gels with me on long runs, but rarely take them. They are for last resort measures. I prefer to run off my fat reserves, which are more than enough, thank you!
Today, I did dig into my gels and was glad I did.
I got home in the end, stopped the watch and saw I did 19.7km in 2:00:36. Just off by 300m and 36 seconds what I wanted to do.
Kinda funny because last weekend I ran at 11km/h and it was easy. Just 10% difference and it felt sluggish.
Oh well, not my best run but I'm glad I got it under my belt. And now I get to have some guilt free eating!!
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