03 November 2010

failure to launch


I attempted a recovery run, post GTB yesterday evening. It was at the usual playground, picc-masjidputra-picc. Did the customary warming up of muscles and loosening the joints prior to the run. I knew I must run this 11km route, as I would do on any normal day.

Sadly, it was an attempt that failed unceremoniously at its premature phase. It was after a 100 meters that my shin muscles felt stiff, as if they were compacted by some mysterious force. I tried to ignore the uneasiness and proceeded on. The uneasiness recurred as I strode a few more meters and that was when I decided to call it a day.

I knew I have to love my body first rather than forcing it to work beyond its capacity, though deep down i felt tinge of jealousy as other runners have started recovery runs as early as Monday morning, the day after GTB ..
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10 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 3, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    Wise move bro... never take unnecessary risk. Rest another few days...

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  2. DeoNovember 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    Bro, aku pun failed jugak to do recovery run malam tadi. Tapi bukan sebab shin muscles stiff, muscles mata aku yang stiff. Nasib baik tak accept invitation dari TNF100er Zack Yui malam tadi... hehehehe

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  3. crushhioNovember 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    zack & deo - dengki lah dengan orang yang dah buat recovery run .. lagi pun aku dah gian endorphine nih! wah zack yui dah start training extensively fot TNF 2011 ke?

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  4. ian yusofNovember 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    good move or it can easily be Launch to Fail! Rest well.

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  5. DiketNovember 3, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    Chill bro. I haven't done anything. Baru malam ni, tu pun perancangan aje baru. On top of that, need to overcome the M bug as well.

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  6. crushhioNovember 3, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    ian - couldnt agree more with you!launch to fail would cause worse implications,injury-wise..

    diket - tu lah pasal. aku dah overcome M bug, DOMS je yang belum overcome ni..hope ur plan goes as planned..

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  7. iamsyahNovember 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM

    Syed - listen to every fibre of the body, and stay safe bro! failure to launch to run takpe, jangan failure to launch lain :D

    take it easy, and move slowly

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  8. UnknownNovember 3, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Bro, TNF100 Duo 2011 is not in my plan, but Deo & Ray. Tak caya, tanya diorang :P

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  9. AnonymousNovember 3, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    dah... dah... dah... aku dah bukak balik dah. sila baca. hihihi...

    btw, jgn la lari byk sgt, kau tu dah tua. lalala...

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  10. EnAikAYNovember 3, 2010 at 4:33 PM

    Me same as Diket Menchanak... haven't done anything after trailblazer until today. DOMS masih ada sikit2. It's normal lah after a hard race like that.
    U can go to gym n do core workout instead, itu pun ada kelebihan jugak semasa berlari nanti.

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