KLIM2006: Post Recovery

After Effects

The physical effects of the KL Marathon were relatively good for me. I did feel some aches, but it was bearable. I was able to move around easily the first day, even though my calves were tight. On the second day. the strain moved to my hamstrings and quads. But with some movement and warming up, it was quite bearable. My body and legs seems to be recovering well.


Recovery Run 1

Had a 12km recovery run at SAFRA MF on Tuesday. Although the common advise is to take 1 day of rest for every 10km raced (ie. 4 days rest for a full marathon raced), I had to do a slow easy run to release the lactic acid built-up as well as loosen muscles and tendons. Most of the runners who went for KLIM were still resting and did not come for the run. Chairman and the runners congratulated DO and I on our sub-4hr marathon, and cm was a tad proud that the Club has added 2 more members to the sub-4 club....hehe. Divey, DO and myself ran mostly together at a relatively even and slow pace through The CanterBury Estates and Labrador Park. It was a nice run for me, and I wasn't even timing. Divey did confirm that we ran 12km in 1hr25min, a 7min/km pace. Wow, haven't ran that slow in a long time, but it did feel shiokzzzz.


Recovery Run 2

Did a 15km run on Thursday from SAFRA MF to Esplanade and Marina Promenade, and then looping back. There was a big turnout of more than 20 runners, and people like hock soon, Richard, colleen and william came back after a long rest. The regulars like Wong, wee san, David, Ong, Jaime, Alan, Adam, etc were all around. I ran mostly with the group for the trip to Esplanade, before extending it to Marina Promenade with David. Along the way, I could see the runners returning from the Running Lab run, notably tekko and IMD. By the time we reached the 2nd flyover bridge, we had covered 7.5km to the dot. We made a turnaround from there and went back on the return. My legs were still tight. We stopped at about 10km and took a toilet break, and did some light stretches. The pace was exactly 6min/km till then. For the remaining 5km, we increased the speed to about 5:30min/km and ran all the way back to the Clubhouse, meeting Adam/Colleen along the way, and seeing san and cm just returning back to Clubhouse from their 12km run. We had a nice gathering back at Clubhouse, and each of us got to pick up some nice running gear as well as photos of our CNY gathering at cm's house. It is always a warm atmosphere at the SAFRA MF runs, and we normally make it a point to go for dinner nearby after our runs. Looking forward to my inaugural Vertical Marathon this Sunday at Suntec City. I won't be 'pia-ing' nor 'chiong-ing' for this, but will take it as a nice walk up the 43 floors and completing without feeling too bad.