Twelfth Day Of Ramadhan : So Far So Good

Credit : Islamic Online University

Insya Allah... God willing. ^^

We're almost two weeks into the month of Ramadhan. 

For me, I'm finding joy in fitting some training runs during the day instead of night runs because I got to go off from work 45 minutes early during this fasting month.

Because of the extra 45 minutes, I got to squeeze a few runs on the days Hubby works late. Which means, I have about 2 hours or so to train on those days. Oh joy! 1 hour would be spent "commuting" to the park which leaves me the balance to actually run. In normal days, that would mean a very limited time frame to run as I do have to make it back home before it gets dark i.e before 7.30pm.

I am lucky that my father-in-law lives nearby the place I work and Son stays with him when we're at work. At 5pm, I'd just walk to FIL's house, check on Son, lepak for a few minutes to ensure Son does his homework and revision and then off I went to Lake Garden.

Oh yeah, I am lucky too that Lake Garden is relatively near to where I work. Just 3K away and I can just walk to get there and that's exactly what I did! 

Weekends would see me doing a night run on Friday, at home. For Saturday and Sunday, I'll be  running before breaking fast. I kinda like doing this actually. Test my endurance somewhat. ;-)

The summary of training for the past 11 days. No, I don't run everyday. Crazy, ah want to run everyday? LOL

Last week's runs were :

This week's run. Will slot in a 16K run on Saturday, running with friends and hopefully, venture out to the hill trail right next to our apartment on Sunday and do a few sets there. ^^

An interval session on Wednesday and a tempo session on Thursday. That with the 3K walk to/from FIL's house to the park.

I try not walk to Lake Garden on the same days each week for safety reason. So maybe next week, I'll do them on different days? We'll see.

And for safety reason too, I carry a pepper spray while I go out for a run.

If you ask me whether I'm thirsty while running and fasting - of course I am! But that hasn't stopped me yet.

Running during fasting isn't impossible. At Lake Garden, I saw quite a number of fellow Muslim runners too. I know running friends who do it regularly.

And for your info, I can down a 1.5ltr isotonic drink easy after a two-hour workout. I actually drink about 2 ltr of water after breaking of fast and for sahur, a little bit less; about 500ml or 750ml.

Looking forward to the next two weeks!