started training for the october marathon

so i have started training for the marathon and am currently on my 17th day. it is not that intense of a wokout; tuesday, wednesday, thursday runs, weekend longruns and cross training. i still have pain on my left knee but i decided: what the heck. if i keep on spoiling my knee, it might turn into a brat. hahaha.

what went wrong

so, i started running with a pair of sneakers and consistently upgraded to the shoes i have on today. i don't know if most runners share the same sentiment but i have an emotional attachment to my running shoes. websites and sports magazines tell me that at 500 miles you should replace your running shoe but i thought different...my mind set was that at 500 miles, my running shoes should deserve a last hurrah, a curtain call, a swan song. so, i decided to run a 21km (greenfiel run) race with the shoes that i was going to retire, and we performed well but it was time to retire them. my new shoes felt fucking great; they felt great on the heel and they felt wall on the toe and they looked pretty awesome. but, i injured myself for the first time while in them....

they felt so good that i ran 50km while in them...they felt so good that i did hills workout on them but, what fucked my knees up was my over confidence. i thought that my body could take anything and everything i gave it, until now my left knee hurts. what affected it was that until now i got my excercises from the internet and they worked out very good until i came across a knee stretching excercise which is what ruined me. i'm not going to name the excercise but i think the point here is that if it works for you don't change it; 'if it ain't broke, don't break it'.

as new runners we tend to get excited about learning new excercises, techniques etc but what you must realize and know is that everyone has a unique body, everyone has a unique reaction to things.

it's been a while

it's been a while since i last posted a post; a lot has happened since then. i bought new running shoes which are of course of the new balance brand but are of a different style, price and comfort. i purchased my previous trainers based on how i perceived myself as a runner but this time around i bought the trainers on the basis of how far i wanted to go as a runner; the salesman was pretty good too. so, i bought trainers with better cushioning, better aesthetic value and of course, better (higher) price. these were New Balance trainers that had locks on shoelaces, that cushioned both the heel and the forefoot and damn!!!!!!! did they cost a bunch. you would think that as a runner, a purchase like this would only be good, that these pair of shoes could only bring good to me; improve my running... i thought the same and man, was i wrong.................................

lazy lazy lazy

i still need to work on my discipline, i only ran 3 times during the holiday season which lasted 14 days and i call myself a runner. but, during those 3 times that i ran i wasn't winded and i ran my usual 10 kms. i'm really looking forward to the races that i am going to join this january; takbo para sa ekonomiya and happy run. i long to feel see the road and the horizon infront of me, hear my footsteps on the pavement and feel my heart pumping faster and faster and faster.