Weekend Run Update

Usually I never run on two consecutive days but this weekend was an exception. I got out on Saturday as usual for my hour-long run. But it was late, the sun was already pretty high up and it was too hot & extremely humid. Every step felt tedious and I felt dehydrated to boot so I turned my hour-long run into a fun fartklek incorporating random bursts of speed into a rather fast-paced 2K loop. The short bursts (I'm talking 50 meters - maybe less) of full-speed running kept it interesting and maintaining a good pace and consciously not slumping down into a jog coming off that speed burst made it challenging enough. Finished the loop in a little over 12 minutes making it my fastest 2K ever. Thats enough to keep me content and happy with my run.

Today, the Chennai Runners were celebrating their 11th anniversary. It was a by-invitation running event - no expensive registration fee there! - put out to all the different chapters and members of Chennai Runners. It was quite a decent turn-out and runners could do 10K, 5K or 3K as they wished. The start and end point was the Anna university and the 10K route looped through the university campus, sardar patel road and the boat club area. Though I had rsvp-ed yes, I was in two minds to go but since I had only done a 2K yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to run a longer distance today. I made car pool plans with some of the runners from Nitros to make sure that I didn't change my mind in the morning.

I'm very glad that I went. The 10K route was a nice one and quite enjoyable. The boat club area is a favourite among runners in Chennai for its quiet lanes and shady green cover but I had never run there before and so it was rather refreshing. Although the start time was late (5:50) and the weather quite hot, since most of the route had green cover, the temperature was pretty tolerable. 

I stopped my clock at 1 hour so I could track the distance & pace (following my training plan). But as usual the app was on the fritz and wouldn't show anything. The route being unfamiliar I have no clue what the actual distance was but I estimate it to be about 9.4K judging by the remaining distance to complete the 10K.

Post-Run there were general festivities (a cake was cut) and I hung out with the Nitros for a while. A good start to Sunday I would say.

P.S - my app is really starting to bug me know. Must figure out how to fix it.