What's up..well, there's been few
I am slowly catching up on the life updates now. So, here's a combination of what has been up lately.
MHWH Night Run 2015
The 'RUN' after sometime. Come to think of it, it was not that long since my last. The last was only 2 weeks back. Fine I take it back. But I very much looked forward for it, as it will be with the rest of the girls, and supposedly stress free. How often will you get medals even when you just ran a 5km.
Things didn't go so well before the race. It has been sometime, and I almost forgot the full details. But one thing for sure, I was happily cooking in the kitchen for our lunch for everyone. Qays was so hungry, that he wanted to eat the bread already. Because he couldn't keep it still in the kitchen cabinet, the bread slices fell down on the floor. Asked him to pick it up and put it back. But it kept on happening. No initiatives from him to make it right. No initiative from the husband who was happily, lying on his back in the living room, watching tv, while I was struggling to catch up with things at the back. Rushing to get the food ready. At one point, I got so mad that I simply screamed to everyone. Poor Qays was the victim, where my real issue was on the husband. But I just couldn't throw my temper on him, and my innocent kid was the victim. So, I finished what I was doing, served everyone the food and just left. Not sure why, but it felt right that time. I was hungry, up in my room alone, no one came to comfort me up. Until sometime, it was only the baby. The rest was probably too scared to see me. I heard afterwards that Qays was crying the whole time while eating. I had cried too I guess in the room. I just had a 6.5km run in the morning, so of course I was starving for the lack of lunch. So it made the situation even worse. I decided to go out. After spending a hard time in the kitchen, I was not gonna eat any of it and decided to go out instead. I really had to clear off my mind and be out.
Well, the drama didn't stop there, we had some more drama in the car while going to the race venue. But this is too much drama already. Let's cut the chase, and get back to the race.
Upon reaching the venue, it was jam packed, as expected. Cars were everywhere, luckily we managed to find a decent parking spot. Performed our solat at the masjid besi, made our way to the starting line. Met the girls and we then had to wait for the gun time. It felt so good to have more of them running now. I'm sure we will have more for future races.
The good thing with races is, they are races, so they have the fun and benefit of a race. The bad thing about races is, there's taper and recovery. I very much enjoy the non-running days too for sure, especially if it's mandatory ones like the taper and recovery non-running days. But I just don't like the thought of the fitness degrading, and lack of mileage logged in that comes with it.
As for the race, I had planned on a very leisure run. Trying to secure a decent time was never on my mind. But after the gun went off, the girls were quite slow. The hubs had stormed off. More importantly, Akma also had stormed off with her hubs. Suddenly I felt like I cannot be at the back. I took it slow at first, weave through the other racers, and after some time, get to a more faster but comfortable pace on the 2nd km but maintained a steady effort. I caught up with Akma and Paril after some time, thought of just pacing with them, but I felt like I could do better, so I went off ahead of them. I was very certain my pace could only get in the range of 6:30 range, but it has got to sub 6 at that time. Here's how's the split looks like:
MHWH Night Run 2015
The 'RUN' after sometime. Come to think of it, it was not that long since my last. The last was only 2 weeks back. Fine I take it back. But I very much looked forward for it, as it will be with the rest of the girls, and supposedly stress free. How often will you get medals even when you just ran a 5km.
Things didn't go so well before the race. It has been sometime, and I almost forgot the full details. But one thing for sure, I was happily cooking in the kitchen for our lunch for everyone. Qays was so hungry, that he wanted to eat the bread already. Because he couldn't keep it still in the kitchen cabinet, the bread slices fell down on the floor. Asked him to pick it up and put it back. But it kept on happening. No initiatives from him to make it right. No initiative from the husband who was happily, lying on his back in the living room, watching tv, while I was struggling to catch up with things at the back. Rushing to get the food ready. At one point, I got so mad that I simply screamed to everyone. Poor Qays was the victim, where my real issue was on the husband. But I just couldn't throw my temper on him, and my innocent kid was the victim. So, I finished what I was doing, served everyone the food and just left. Not sure why, but it felt right that time. I was hungry, up in my room alone, no one came to comfort me up. Until sometime, it was only the baby. The rest was probably too scared to see me. I heard afterwards that Qays was crying the whole time while eating. I had cried too I guess in the room. I just had a 6.5km run in the morning, so of course I was starving for the lack of lunch. So it made the situation even worse. I decided to go out. After spending a hard time in the kitchen, I was not gonna eat any of it and decided to go out instead. I really had to clear off my mind and be out.
Well, the drama didn't stop there, we had some more drama in the car while going to the race venue. But this is too much drama already. Let's cut the chase, and get back to the race.
Upon reaching the venue, it was jam packed, as expected. Cars were everywhere, luckily we managed to find a decent parking spot. Performed our solat at the masjid besi, made our way to the starting line. Met the girls and we then had to wait for the gun time. It felt so good to have more of them running now. I'm sure we will have more for future races.
The good thing with races is, they are races, so they have the fun and benefit of a race. The bad thing about races is, there's taper and recovery. I very much enjoy the non-running days too for sure, especially if it's mandatory ones like the taper and recovery non-running days. But I just don't like the thought of the fitness degrading, and lack of mileage logged in that comes with it.
As for the race, I had planned on a very leisure run. Trying to secure a decent time was never on my mind. But after the gun went off, the girls were quite slow. The hubs had stormed off. More importantly, Akma also had stormed off with her hubs. Suddenly I felt like I cannot be at the back. I took it slow at first, weave through the other racers, and after some time, get to a more faster but comfortable pace on the 2nd km but maintained a steady effort. I caught up with Akma and Paril after some time, thought of just pacing with them, but I felt like I could do better, so I went off ahead of them. I was very certain my pace could only get in the range of 6:30 range, but it has got to sub 6 at that time. Here's how's the split looks like:
I felt like I was flying on the 3rd and 4th km. But apparently I was not. But it was good nonetheless. I was not all out, that I was able to sustain my effort to the finishing line. And it didn't feel like I had reserved so much anyhow. I managed to push at the finishing line. The guy who was with me seems to be challenged with my finishing line exerted effort and had pushed it too. Felt good that I put another guy who seemed strong to be somewhat challenged. I was the first to reach among the pack. There were 5 of us girls, my hubs, and 3 of Akma's male acquaintances. I was the first among them all. I was not comparing myself against them of course, but it was very good to know that my pregnant self still have more fitness in me...yet.
It was a good run. Good that I have the Srikandi girls running too. And made even better with the unexpected Prego PR. It was nothing to shout about to everyone else, but it certainly a big deal to me. Hope I will come out of the pregnancy, stronger than I had my last, and would bounce back to my pre-pregnancy fitness in no time.
Men's Health Women's Health 2015
Date: 21 March 2015
Venue: Dataran Putrajaya
Pregnancy Progress: 16 weeks
Distance: 4.78 km
Duration: 0:28:30 hours
Pace:5:58/km
It was a good run. Good that I have the Srikandi girls running too. And made even better with the unexpected Prego PR. It was nothing to shout about to everyone else, but it certainly a big deal to me. Hope I will come out of the pregnancy, stronger than I had my last, and would bounce back to my pre-pregnancy fitness in no time.
Men's Health Women's Health 2015
Date: 21 March 2015
Venue: Dataran Putrajaya
Pregnancy Progress: 16 weeks
Distance: 4.78 km
Duration: 0:28:30 hours
Pace:5:58/km
Weekly Runs
Since races are mostly for fun now, weekly mileage monitoring is a more serious matter now. Truth is, pace is down the drain. Longer races is down the drain. So what else can I hold onto. What other progress and fitness verifying outcome that I can rely on now? It's just the weekly mileage now. I plan to try to maintain +/- 30 km mileage for as long as I can. Looking at past pregnancy, I will still be good until 28 weeks. And stopped running right after (but I was still exercising). Let's hope to have at least 15-20 km running mileage post 28 weeks and keep on running until delivery.
Since races are mostly for fun now, weekly mileage monitoring is a more serious matter now. Truth is, pace is down the drain. Longer races is down the drain. So what else can I hold onto. What other progress and fitness verifying outcome that I can rely on now? It's just the weekly mileage now. I plan to try to maintain +/- 30 km mileage for as long as I can. Looking at past pregnancy, I will still be good until 28 weeks. And stopped running right after (but I was still exercising). Let's hope to have at least 15-20 km running mileage post 28 weeks and keep on running until delivery.
Workouts
I've been trying to put closer attention to my stretches and my strength. New addition now, I am midway through my 30 day squat challenge. And I really feel the difference. I would like to attribute my MHWH's stronger than expected finish to the light strengthening exercises that I've been doing. I have also been doing some mild intervals and fartlek around once a week lately. But it didn't seem to hurt my legs as much. So I attribute it to the squats that I'm doing. I still have a lot of fat around my thigh, legacy fat since after my schooling days. So I plan to continue this on, hopefully it can finally remove the fat for good. I was never a fan of squats. I think it tires your legs without any obvious result. But I think I'm seeing it now and hope it I can carry on with it later.
Starting with just yoga inspired stretches, I've moved into downward dog (adho mukha svanasana), downward dog with leg lift, the hip flexor stretch, the pegion variations. Now I have added the warrior poses; warrior I & II which has really strengthen the thighs while stretching it and I like so much. The triangle variations and half moons. Half moons is so good for balance, which I think what I'm lacking in order to transition into unsupported headstand and handstand. As for the hipflexor stretch, it was mostly to cure my hamstring tightness but it somehow has a lot of other benefits; Hip openers benefits. So, strength (legs, glutes, core and arms) as usual and yoga into the routine now. How I squeeze in the time? while waiting for my kids to get ready to school, before showering if I wake up before 6 am, whenever I have the time to squeeze. Also, since I'm a new fan of Aishah Sinclair, since she's so much a fitness addict, her commitment to yoga make it even more exciting to take up. I've practiced yoga on my own before, but I later abandoned it as I think it is not as challenging to me, cardio wise at least. I need heart pumping cardio, to keep you going and adrenaline rushing. But having it complements other things, it makes the whole thing perfect. Here are my other yogi idols (yoga is not their main thing, it's just one of the workout that they do. That's why I adore them, and strive to be one). Look at those arms.
Post pregnancy, I strive to do the above, the hollow back and the handstand post maternity.
Headstand
Since I got pregnant, I have stopped doing it. I think I wouldn't be able to do it. But I think it's @ninieyoga's instagram that made me think that maybe I am capable of doing that. So I did, and I start tracking for how long will I be able to do it. It has been 28 days now, at 26 weeks pregnant, and I'm still able to do it without problem. I've evolved into taking my bump off the wall now and occasionally touching the toes to the wall from time to time. This is an even bigger progress than when I wasn't pregnant. I may even try a handstand, but I think that will be too much, as I haven't been able to do it non-pregnant. So let's just stick to the minimally supported headstand.
So that's it. The objective is definitely to maintain a healthy pregnancy weight gain, maintaining fitness so that it will be easy to bounce back, and to see how much stress and pressure can my body handle. I still wear heels until now. I stopped wearing heels at 6 months last time. Again, the same rule apply, to see how much can my body handle it. I had a near horrible incident last week, where I got chased by the dog. Lucky there was another guy around, and he had helped to put the dog away. I was to the point of crying out for 'Help!' many times. I think it was just Allah's gentle reminder that I should be more careful and be more cautious with what I'm doing. I hope I will not take it for granted and use the will and strength that he has given me with good discretion. InsyaAllah.
Headstand
Since I got pregnant, I have stopped doing it. I think I wouldn't be able to do it. But I think it's @ninieyoga's instagram that made me think that maybe I am capable of doing that. So I did, and I start tracking for how long will I be able to do it. It has been 28 days now, at 26 weeks pregnant, and I'm still able to do it without problem. I've evolved into taking my bump off the wall now and occasionally touching the toes to the wall from time to time. This is an even bigger progress than when I wasn't pregnant. I may even try a handstand, but I think that will be too much, as I haven't been able to do it non-pregnant. So let's just stick to the minimally supported headstand.
So that's it. The objective is definitely to maintain a healthy pregnancy weight gain, maintaining fitness so that it will be easy to bounce back, and to see how much stress and pressure can my body handle. I still wear heels until now. I stopped wearing heels at 6 months last time. Again, the same rule apply, to see how much can my body handle it. I had a near horrible incident last week, where I got chased by the dog. Lucky there was another guy around, and he had helped to put the dog away. I was to the point of crying out for 'Help!' many times. I think it was just Allah's gentle reminder that I should be more careful and be more cautious with what I'm doing. I hope I will not take it for granted and use the will and strength that he has given me with good discretion. InsyaAllah.
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