As much as a "break" sounds like a good thing, it doesn't really do much good for me. Had been going out to run 2.4km for 3 straight days on the 18th of February to 20th February and stopped because the Lunar New Year holidays are over. Once I go back to work, I feel so tired that I don't have the willpower to wake up early to run.

Well, I ran again today. Fortunately the stamina is still maintained at the same level.

Need to run faster...

and faster I shall run.

Been running short distance these few weeks. The "Track my Runs" page clearly shows that.
Well it is true that that my knee hurts after I ran long distance. But it usually recovers the next few days.
But because of that discussion during dinner at Merchant Court Hotel with the Panasonic hosts got me scared.

Will I wear out my knee joints too early? There was talk of knees hurting like hell when you get older once the lubrication under your knee cap disappears.

This reminds me Hyaluronic acid. Something I learnt back in school.
Quick check on wikipedia "Hyaluronan is also used to treat osteoarthritis of the knee"

Will it help if I take more sticky starches kind of food to promote the production of Hyaluronic acid? Don't know. But its worth a try.

So I completed the 15km run.
I sound rather nonchalant. Well that's because it didn't go the way I would have liked it to.
The supposed 15km run turned into a 15 km walk/run midway through. The journey was wrought with difficulty. Most of it is because of a bad stomach ache.

I started the run at 4.53am. After the 13th round, I had to stop over to the toilet. That didn't help much. The root cause of the stomach ache was probably because I needed to eject out waste. But it failed to launch. Great.

Throughout the run, there was so much discomfort I thought of just quitting.
But I went on ahead.
At the 31st round, (now that's 12.4km) I felt motivated and thought to myself 7 more rounds to go. That's just like running the final 2.4km. I pressed on.

My stomach keeps giving me problems. I had to stop and walk. The feeling was terrible.
I walked the last 3 rounds.

Damn it!!!

I think this is most probably due to the hot stuff I had for dinner. And that was consumed at about 10pm. I slept at 1130pm.

Well, another lesson learnt. No late dinner and no hot spicy stuff if I am to have running routine the following morning.

It really killed my motivation just now.

Any way. This 15km I'll still put it up on the charts.

I just took a look at the charts. I chalked up 41.3km. That's like a marathon!

Excellent!!

I am contemplating in getting this little gadget: The Nike+ iPod Sport Kit. I am already using my iPod nano (everywhere I go actually, not just) for running. So the thought of having the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit came to mind again. Should I get it? If I were to get it, I would need to get the Nike+ shoes then. Fortunately, the Nike+ shoes are available in Singapore. Except that the Sport kit are not sold in Apple's online store (last I checked). Its really tempting. Imagine having "personal trainer" who will inform you of how you're doing through a voice over into your ears while you're listening to music and lapping up the miles at the same time. Isn't that cool? On top of that, you could sync the data of your runs back into the Mac or PC and you can analyze and plan your next workout schedule and intensity. Brilliant! But first, the shoes. That's a separate cost altogether. Hmm, I think a less expensive solution would be to get a shoe pouch and slot the sport kit into it. Not sure if there are any issues regarding inaccurate tracking of your runs or calculating or sensing the distance covered.