An epic day... first of all last night's dinner was a bad idea... i had heaviness and uneasiness as i woke up at 4 am to join the run which was at 6 am... Anyway despite of that i made it to the start point on time... my long time target for a 10 km had been to finish it under 90 mins... my first 10 km was on October 6th 2013 was 110 mins, then on 6th December was 96 mins... Then i did a 15 km in 144 mins... o my best till now has been 9.6 mins per 1 km... I havent ran for a month or so... i wasnt sure if i could get it done under 90min... but i did itttttttttttttt.... i finished it in 87mins... it was quite a run today... i ran for the first 30mins, and i covered about 3.5 kms... then i took the first walking break, then i started running quicker... small walking breaks then quick runs for few mins... i crossed the 5 km mark at 44 mins, then came the big shock... from 5.5 km to 7 km mark there was a hill to cross !!!!!!! i had no idea that i was so steep... from 5 km on wards the uphill started and from 5.5 kms on-wards it was a direct climb... there was a proper road and all, but the elevation was a killer... To reach from 5 km to 7 km it took me 21 mins... with just 25 mins left i had to cover 3 kms... but there was a down hill, so i took that chance to cover up the time... i kept running as fast as i could till the down hill was over... took much shorter walking breaks once the down hill was over and continued to run faster... till i saw the finishing line with 5 mins left i wasnt sure if i could finish the race under 90mins... once i saw the finish line, i kept running strong and finished with 3mins left on the clock... was an amazing day... if that uphill wasnt there i could have improved my time even more.. anyway.. extremely happy with the way it all went down... i was a bit more tired than usual, not sure if its the lack of practice or something else... anyway after the race had a powder of electrolyte with water and felt a lot better... then came back home, had a banana.... also had a half of banana while i was running.... had a lot of water... then for lunch had a couple of flat breads with lentil stew and spinach also had some rice... but only a little... finally had a beverage of some sort and an ice cream... then went for a movie... wanted to keep moving the whole day and not stay at home sleeping... during the movie had a bowl of pop-corn and a soft drink... then went for swimming, swam for 2hrs... had a dinner of rice, lentil stew, a curry of some ground vegetable, and a vegetable battered and fried and a chicken fry... thats all for the day... best day probably... lot of exercise, little more carbs then usual, they were necessary... not even the banned food can turn this day to rating - 0... the race day is a no rules day... either way... really a great day... no pains in legs ... at least as of now... enjoyed the day a lot... need to stay on path... one bad thing is i checked my weight again the machine shows 93 today :( :( ... dont know if its broken or what... anyway will check again on tuesday to confirm... Gn for now...
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