Ghost 6

Another pair of Brooks that I bought.  The wear and tear of my running shoes is exceptionally fast.  It all occurs at one small corner at the back of the outer side of my heel.  From the day that I recorded my shoes mileage, it appears that I need a new pair of shoes for every ~300km.  While I am having lower back pain after running recently, I started to wonder if that is due to my running shoes again.  So, I bought a new pair of shoes again.

Since there's no different between Asics and Brooks in terms of usage and comfort, I go back to Brooks due to the price and probably a little bit lasting.

This time, I wanted to try out Ghost 6 although I was feeling OK with my Ravenna earlier.

This time, I really wanted to quantify how fast the wear of my shoes.  For the Ghost 6 that I bought, the heel outsole is measuring 5mm.  I will see how long it last against mileage.

Following are the specification on Brooks Ghost 6 from Runner's World:-

Specifications

Weight: 10.4 oz.

Profile (Heel): 34.6 mm

Profile (Forefoot): 24.1 mm

Drop from heel to forefoot: 10.5 mm

At some point, I will try out shoes with a lower drop from heel to forefoot.

Hope this shoes can last longer.

Tanjung 10km Run 2013

It is a bit surprise that I can complete this run with less than 1 hour.  I was targeting to finish the race between 70 to 80 minutes.  This target is based on my recent pace at training.  Thus, I was a bit surprise with the results.

As I have been running for 10km or slightly more these few weeks, I have no doubt that I can complete the race with no trouble.  For this time, I planned my toilet time correctly, ie. to queue up for the toilet about 30 minutes before the start.  So, I was pretty much ready at the starting line 5 minutes before the race.

I was targeting to start with the pace between 7min/km or 8min/km and picked up the pace after 3km or so.  I started off with slightly faster than I wanted to be.  I guess it was due to less participants that I was just following the crowd (I didn't want to be left too much behind).  I wanted slow down after initial run but I didn't eventually.  Since I was still able to keep up with the pace without much problem, I just continued with the pace ~6min/km.  With this slightly faster pace, I was then planned to run faster after 5km.

At around 5km, after the only drink station, I ran slightly faster.  I was tired hard but I keep to my pace as much as I can.  Struggling slightly as I move further.  However, I knew I could finish the run with this pace.  I didn't really able to enjoy the run at this stage but still be able to run at steady pace.

As I still have around 2km to go, I was kind of challenged by a few runners.  I thought I was running at constant pace but these three runners picked up their pace after I passed them.  We by-passing each other several times until the finish line.  This friendly competition forced me to really pick up my pace.  I can feel that my breathing was fast.  I have been able keep 2-3 kind of breathing throughout the run until now.  For this last 2km, I was using 2-2 breathing tempo.

I really feel like racing this time when I crossed the finish line.  For all the previous runs (except the half marathon), I should be able to continue running for 1km with the same pace after crossing the finish line.  But for this, I really felt thankful that the race is over.

That's how I achieved this 10k run with ~57minutes.  A fulfilling but tiring race after all.

A fulfilling month

This is a very fulfilling month for me in terms of running.  My mileage has been increasing steadily and most importantly, without injury (touch wood!).  I managed to log 55km last month although I ran for 89km last year time time.  Hopefully, I can continue to this trend without much issue until end of the year...

Back on Track... well, maybe

After a long long while that I managed to log more than 5km this week, 3km on Saturday and 4km on Sunday.  This 4km is the "longest" run since 2 months ago.  Feeling great for the run but I stopped after 4km to give myself enough time to adopt to the run again.

Hopefully, I can continue with the training routine and increase my mileage steadily as plan.

Anyway, due to my busy workload, I didn't plan for any race soon...