tell the pencil not to make mistakes then…to think before writing, even there’s always an eraser around, don’t take it for granted
SAVITRI
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
- Oscar Wilde-
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short message to remind me to always do what i love
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Tapering for half marathon
waktu menghadiri event untuk pre-race Bali Marathon saya mendengarkan whole-heartedly tentang tips on how to run a good marathon. kemudian topic yang menarik adalah pada saat membahas masalah tapering. I found that very interesting because most of the talk among us are mostly about training, how to increase your speed, how to endure a long run, etc.
tapering, benda apa lagi itu? saya ngertinya hanya istirahat before rest day. no, there’s bigger picture to it. karena penasaran mulailah searching di internet…and to my surprise ternyata banyak juga yang clueless.
dokumen yang paling bagus dan lengkap saya sertakan disini for your fun reading but just to sum it up from various resources, i found few facts concerning the topic:
1. tapering is needed for any races…yes you read it correctly any races even 5k,10k, half and full marathon, of course there’s different ways to do it
2. for half or full marathon tapering zone can ranged from 10 days to 3 weeks before the race
3. during that period you need to cut your mileage, reducing the frequency of running, reducing the intensity of cross training as well.
4. CLEAN EAT people…clean eat!!!! avoid junk food!!.. teorinya gini karena intensitas latihan yang berkurang tentu saja kalori yang dibakar akan berkurang so you might gain 1-2kg and ended up feeling sluggish on race day.
5. again, you need to keep your routine. don’t try new exercise especially yoga where you stretch your muscle, it may cause injury
6. rest day means rest day and if the race is not on your home town do less activity or sight seeing on foot
that’s all i picked up from my tuesday fun reading and kalau ada saran please feel free to drop a line or two
half marathon pertama saya adalah BII May Bank Bali Marathon, waktu pertama kali mendaftar sebenernya hanya ingin ikut 10km. tetapi termakan hasutan Lya Sihombing (dan saya juga murahan ya) akhirnya mencoba ikut the first long run race.
semangat pun membara untuk menyelesaikan dengan baik apalagi dengan route yang cukup berat. tidak disangka-sangka so far H-29 days tantangan yang datang bertambah berat.
pertama adalah tantangan injury recovery, yes i’m struggling to get back to my fitness level after the injury and i tell ya folks it’s not a walk in the park. untuk menyelesaikan satu sesi body pump saja saya belum bisa kembali ke beban normal hingga sekarang tetapi saya belum mau menyerah
masalah ditambah dengan datangnya jadwal kuliah, oh yeah school was the most important factor that i completely forgot. kuliah sangat padat karena tuntutan mengambil 21 sks dan tugas yang semakin bertumpuk. i consider paper with 1500 words is a killjoy people and to my surprise mid term is going to be held on Apr, 23rd. i had to totally reschedule my plan and cut short what is supposed to be my 1st holiday in two years.
tantangan terakhir adalah keterbatasan fisik, semangat berkobar dengan menyusun program latihan selama 16 minggu. and due to bad cold my 2 weeks of training program went down the drain. i had to restart my program and cut it to 12 weeks program. it went smoothly at 1st tetapi saya dihantam lagi dengan kenyataan pahit bahwa my right lunge collapse because of viral infection, it got better for a month but it just won’t go away. last week i felt another respiratory problem. checked myself to the doctor and now i’m in full 3 days of bed rest.
jujur saja semua ini benar-benar menguji mental dan perjalanan yang diharapkan mulus bulan terakhir menjelang the day is getting harder. seperti ingin menyerah kalah pada keadaan and said whatever. tapi prinsip saya adalah finish what you started dan beruntung ada teman-teman yang memberikan spirit (read: facebook posting telling me how many miles they run per day is a definite mood booster)
saya cuman bisa berharap bisa kembali in shape and get back on track with the last 4 weeks of my training program and i’m still setting my own personal goal not just to finish the half marathon but also finish it under 2,5hours. so i guess all i can say is i need all the luck i can get and stay positive. only looser quit and i aint one of them, it’s about teaching myself to push beyond where i thought i could go.
I’m a finisher and I only quit when I’m done, Godspeed
I finally have the time to write my bits on this so called smart shoes by Skechers after putting up solid miles with it. I wore them for short run 3k, 5k race and long run of 18k, i say i can give fair judgement.
When i snugged it in, it felt very comfortable, to my surprise the internal surface is very soft but kinda awkward because i can feel my toes sort of sinking in, there’s a bump on my midfoot and another sinking feeling on my heels. i like the softish midsole and was quite impress with the fact with its lightweight and flexibility.
i run downed the road with various of pace and felt the thickened midfoot each step, the area under the midfoot feels a bit firmer than the rest (that’s where the thick midsole is). there was also plenty of breathing room for my feet with its anti microbical sockliner, although i still wore my socks because i was afraid of blister. The bump with goimpulse sensor indeed force me landing on my midfoot and after a while it felt like i ran naturally without forcing my foot to do anything it didn’t want to do. but somehow i couldn’t shake off the feeling of awkwardness especially during long run and even there is plenty of cushioning and protecting, i felt like the midfoot sole is hurting my foot. I found the shoe too soft and unstable to use for speed work or long racing.
my final say is i like it for a short run practice, it’s very come in handy as to exercise my body memory on how to run naturally, a healthy mid foot strike but i wouldn’t recommended for long run where you practically became very aware with the bump on the midsole
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