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Week 08 (02-18-13 to 02-24-13)

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Day		Distance	Time	Speed	Route
Mon (Feb 18 13)
Tue (Feb 19 13)		14 kilometers	1:14:50 min	5:20 min/kilometer
	Tempo, Notes: Start with tired leg. 5km 6 km tempo 4:10-4:20/km pace 4 km 6km split: 4:18, 4:19, 4:06, 4:07, 4:10, 4:03
Wed (Feb 20 13)		20.3 kilometers	1:48:09 min	5:19 min/kilometer
	Medium-long Run, Notes: A low quality training run. Started with tired leg and slow pace. At Padang Polo km 4-11 paced at km-5 with another runners and cause the pace to increase. Have to slow down round by round. Headed to Jeselton for more rounds but cutted down to one because environment is dark. Avoid Youth park too and used main road. Coninue 2 rounds at botanical garden where leg already tired. Strive hard to back. Is good able to finish, should avoid training like this next time.
Thu (Feb 21 13)		7.8 kilometers	46:41 min	6:00 min/kilometer
	Recovery
Fri (Feb 22 13)		14.4 kilometers	1:26:17 min	6:00 min/kilometer
	Hill, Notes: Running Hill at Botanical Garden.
Sat (Feb 23 13)		9.9 kilometers	57:27 min	5:50 min/kilometer
	Recovery
Sunday (Feb 24 13)		25 kilometers	2:06:42 min	5:04 min/kilometer
	Medium-long Run, Notes: 25 km cut-down. Started with tired leg and slow pace. Many days of tired leg is not a good sign. Increased pace every 5 km. Not easy to maintain pace due to exhausted leg. Breathing was OK.

• 	Run Distance:	91.43 kilometers
  	Run Time:	8:20:06 min
  	Total Time:	8:20:06 min

Due to last week's sudden increase of mileage, this week the leg are generally tired. The tempo, the medium long run. It's always say that mileage is not the only thing, but the quality of training that matters. Sufficient stress enable recovery and encourage improvement. Overreaching will lead to a negative feedback cycle. I do wish I have enough wisdom to know which way to go, but sometimes life is a series of try and error. People always says listen to your body. But when listen to heart, it says differently.

Two major marathon is happening this Sunday, Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon and Tokyo Marathon. A few friends are participating. Knowing they are running in an event give a good feeling, excited and happy, even though I am not the one who participated. It's all good.

Next week will start the training schedule for SCKLM. A 7 days schedule. And stress is piling up at work place. It is much a worry for me. Hope everything will run smoothly.