Bangkok Weather

Week of Jul 20 ~ 26

62km / 38.5 mi.

Up to 35C/95F on Saturday and Sunday. However, some like it hot, and I am one of them.

Monday2:00 - 12k with 6k tempo in 27:57 @4:39/k.
Felt ok, although legs a bit tired.
34C/93F, 50%
59.1kg

Tuesday
Weight machines and core training.

Wednesday
7:30 - club track workout. 12k with 6.2 warmup, 400m x 12.
88/83/87/85/88/83/88/88/87/87/85/85
90-100 sec. in between, with 3:00 after the 6th.
Split everyone up into groups of about 10, which worked well.
Felt pretty good, running with faster guys, so worked hard. Times significantly faster than when running alone.
29C/84F, 60% (at the track)
59.3kg

Thursday
2:00 - 8k easy.

Friday
12:00 - Yes, ran at noon, because I had to go to a meeting later.
8k with 4k tempo in 4:55/5:04/4:55/4:47
Problem was not so much the heat, but legs not recovered from Wed.
Only ran 4 because going to do a longish trail run on Sunday.
33C/91F, 50%
60.3kg

Saturday
12:00 - Weights and core
2:00 6k easy

Sunday
1:00 16k at seaside town of Kamakura, south of Tokyo. Club trip to the beach.
Did a very easy 6k with a group of 34 in 42:00, partly through the town and partly on a trail (steep in parts). Then 10k at a faster pace with a group of about 10 in 1:02:36, mostly on trails with quite a number of steep climbs/descents. All in all, pretty tough on the legs.
Very hot, but cooler up in the wooded trails. Lots of beer afterwards!
35C/95F

Summer's Here and the Runnin Ain't Easy

Week of July 13 ~ 19

54km / 33.5 mi.

Monday
4:00 - 34C/93F in the shade. 10k run with 5k tempo, cut back from the usual 12/6. Also because my legs were still a bit heavy from last week.
Tempo run was at 4:41/k, ok for the heat. Did NOT feel like running another km.

Tuesday
Weight machines and core at the gym.
59kg

Wednesday
7:30pm - club track workout. 13k with 6.2 wrmup, then 400 wrmup, 1200/600, 1200/600, 1200/600. The object being to run the 1200s at a moderate pace, take a short rest, then push the 600s to the limit. Then a longer rest.
Splits were 4:57/2:07, 4:56/2:13. 5:01/2:15. 1 min after the 12s, 3:30 after the 6s.
Not very fast, the problem being I ate and drank (latte) a bit too much in the late afternoon, so my stomach felt very heavy. Felt it esp. on the 600s, which were painful.
Abt 26C/79F
59.8kg

Thursday
3:00 - 6k very easy.
27C/81F, 90%!
60.2kg

Friday
3:30 - 31C and 65% humidity, but gave the 400s a go.
11k with 400m x 10 with 90 sec rest.
95/93/89/93/92/91/92/93/91/90
Hard efforts, good for 31 degrees, I suppose.
After jogging 1k of the 2k back home, my left calf started to hurt, so walked the final k.
60kg
PS: Totally forgot about going to the gym!

Saturday
Being very cautious about the calf, so took a rest day.
59.3kg

Sunday
2:30 - 14k at an easy pace. No problem, but didn't feel like running any more, as I began to feel it in the quads.
34C/93F, but only 45% humidity and cloudy, so didn't feel too hot.
59.5kg

Training Going Nicely

Week of July 6 ~ 12

66km / 41 mi.

Monday
3:30 - 12k with 6k easy, 6k at tempo pace of 4:30/k.
Quads a bit heavy, but felt fine.
22C/72F, 94%, light rain
59.1kg

Tuesday
Weights and core at the gym.

Wednesday
7:30pm - club track workout.
400 (warmup), 800, 1000, 1200, 1000, 800, 600
2:57, 3:46, 4:44, 3:42, 3:12, 2:06
Felt good, Ran the first 800 and the 1200 fairly hard, and the 1000s all out. 3:42 was nice, best time since last Oct. 1. On the 600 I somehow just took off on the last 300. Rocketed past the three people I had been following and just kept going, smoothly and powerfully. No idea where that came from. 2:06 is an 84 400 pace, but the splits were probably 89/79. Ok, not blinding speed, but pretty good for me at this point, esp. at the end of a workout.
22C/72F, 100%, light rain
59.1kg

Thursday
8k very easy, just a jog.

Friday
1:00 Weights and core at the gym.
4:00 - 12k with 6k warmup, then 250m hill x 10, jog down. Did them all at a good pace. 1k back home.

Saturday
8k very easy, quads heavy.

Sunday
12k even easier, legs _really_ heavy.
29C/84F, 70%
59.1kg

Finally a Proper Training Week

Week of Jun 29 ~ Jul 5

66.4km / 41.3 mi.

Got up close to 70k and did three hard workouts.

Monday
3:30  12k with 6k easy, 6k tempo @ 4:27/k.
Felt fine on the tempo run, no problem.
26C/79F, 50%
59.3kg

Tuesday
Rest day. Weights and core at the gym.

Wednesday
Track workout. 12k with 5k warmup, 1000m x 6.
4:00/3:52/52/54/55/44. (200m jog in 2', 30-50" walk)
Felt good, back in the A group, so had lots of people to follow.
Even the last one felt good.
25C/77F, 94% humidity !!
59.6kg

Thursday
8k easy.

Friday
1:00  weights and core at the gym.
3:30  12k with 6k warmup, then 400m x 10.
95/90/91/91/91/90/91/91/93/86 (90" walk)
Felt good, running with a nice rhythm. Quads a bit sore jogging back home.
22C/72F, 90%
58.8kg

Saturday
8.4k easy.

Sunday
14k easy.Thighs a bit sore at the end, still not recovered from the 400s.