Penang Bridge VR 2020

First 10km race for the year and the result is my best ever 10km. 

63mins and 6 seconds vs my goal of 60mins.

Garmin Coach

(First published on 25th Nov, 2020, Updated on 9th Feb 2021)

Garmin Coach. Let's go! I wonder how far can I go. Training Target is 10km in 60 mins. Race in Feb 19th. Progressive results are as follow:

Week 1 (Starting Nov'20)

1) Benchmark Run- 1.41km, 9.00min

2) Hill Repeats- 2.81km, 20.05min

3) Speed Repeats- 5.83km, 45.36min

Week 2

1) Goal Pace Repeats- 4.71km 33.33min

2) Hill Repeats- 3.17km, 23.6min

3) Speed Repeats- 8.65km, 59.54min

Week 3

1) L Easy Run- 5.51km, 37.36min

2) Hill Repeats- 3.94km, 28.01min

3) Speed Repeats- 8.9km, 1hr 2min

Week 4

1) L Easy Run- DNF (Rain)

2) Hill Repeats- 3.36km, 21.06min

3) Speed Repeats- 9.0km 1hr 2min

Week 5

1) Goal Pace- 7.82km, 56.4min

2) Hill Repeats- 4.83km 20.3min

3) Speed Repeats- 10.0km, 1hr 9min

Week 6

1) Goal Pace- 4.44km, 31.07min

2) Miss practice

3) Speed Repeats- 7.01km, 46.30min

Week 7

1) L Easy Run- 6.02km, 38.29min

2) Speed Repeats- 6.76km, 45.0min

3) Hill Repeats- 4.09km, 28.18min

Week 8

1) L Easy Run- 8.02km, 50.41min

2) Hill Repeats- 5.34km, 36.1min

3) Speed Repeat- 5.64km, 38.3min

Week 9

1) Goal Pace Repeat- 4.79km, 33.17min

2) Hill Repeat- 4.80km, 31.33min

3) L Easy Run- 12.67km, 1hr 34min

Week 10

1) Interval- 7.53km, 49.5min

2) Hill Repeats- 5.14km, 32.3min

3) Speed Repeats- 10.02km, 1hr 3min

Week 11

1) Hill Repeats- 5.47km, 33.3min

2) Goal Pace-10.01km, 1hour

3) Speed Repeats- 10.69km, 1hr9min

Progress= 79% 

I concluded my training on 29th Jan 2021 or week 11 (equivalent to 79% of total training). 

I go for the race on 2nd Feb, ahead of the original plan of 19th Feb. The result is 10km in 56 mins and 48 second. This is 3 minutes and 12 seconds ahead of my target. Goal achieved. 

Next up- Half Marathon?

Run 19th Nov, 2020

 

Achieved another Personal Best today. Completed 5.1km in 30min 49seconds, i.e. pace of 6.04 minutes/km. Cadence is 170 on the spot. (Thanks to the 170bpm music). 

Just need to improve speed by another 5% or so and double the distance (easy say than done) and my goal is done!

Run 16th Nov, 2020

My personal best run by far after using new Vivoactive 4 watch and employing its new Cadence focus run tecnique. I even download 170 beat per minute song to ensure I achieve higher Cadence (my previous average is around 156-160). Most advance runners run at 180 beat per minute. The end results are fantastic!

Run 14th Nov, 2020

A trial run with my new Garmin Vivoactive 4. Easy run with an average pace of 7min 27second, with total distance of 6.15km. 

Garmin Vivoactive 4 aka DB PipBoy

 

After weeks of research and analysis, the final winner is Garmin Vivoactive 4. 

(Others that I consider include Amazfit Stratos, HuaWei GT Pro 2, Garmin Forerunner 245, Samsung Galaxy Active 2)

Lookout! It is has been modified to Pip-Boy (Fallout-4 style)! I need the Endurance Perk!

Minion collection

It may not be a complete set, but that's our full collection of Minion, including 4 limited edition Gold Minion. 

Favourite in the family- Bob with the teddy bear Tim, and Minion with the rubber ducky. 

Personal favourite- the Gold colour singer- it sure does have a big head.

Hang on, what are the two trolls doing there?

Run 8th Nov, 2020

 

A new personal best pace with slightly longer distance. It's definitely moving the right direction. Plenty more to go. :)

Run 6th Nov, 2020

 

Another run, another Personal Best. This time beat the previous run by 1sec/km, which is 6 min 26 second per km, for a total of 5km. Improving. 

Run 3rd Nov 2020

 

Today run achieve personal best pace of 6min 27second. If only I can run 10km at the same pace then I can achieve my goal set for the year.

However, can I run 10km with the exact same pace? Refer to the split pace below. That scenario somehow appears quite unlikely for the time being. 

Halloween 2020

 

Check out the DIY Halloween decorations. What do we have? A flying witch, a Pokemon Haunter pretend to be big fellow, ghost with mask on top of light, silly pokemon cat pretend to be scary, and moving green ghost. Yes, its moving.... woooooo.