๐ Day 1000 Run ๐
A 15,950K Journey over 1000 days ๐ฅ
๐ [๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ]
๐ Today is D-Day! ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ , no rest days, no off days, no sick leaves, no excuses; Just pounding the tarmac every single day, clocking on my minimal 10,000 steps or 10km daily. What better way to end this streak than a mid-week half-marathon along the routes that I have been running throughout the thousand days, from Marina Bay, around Gardens by the Bay, across the Marina Bay, through Bay East, around 100-Plus Track at National Stadium, Singapore Sports Hub. Total distance clocked is ๐ญ๐ฑ,๐ต๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ, which is approximately that ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐จ.๐ฆ.๐.
The journey began when set a personal challenge to reach 100 days, then upgrade to 200, 300, 500 and then why not attempt 1000 days! #๐ฟ1๐๐๐ช๐ฃ
The route was never easy. Over the 1000 days, I suffered plantar fascilitis on both feet, each lasting months, an ankle sprain once, misstep and fell 3 times, and suffered 3 bouts of viral fever. But each time the body tells me to stop, the mind tells me not to. Stopping meant I would had to reset the streak, and I wasn't going to let that happen. I pushed through those dark days and pursued my 1000 Days Goal streak. It is also through these obstacles, I no longer chase after pace; slowed down and kept my focus on clocking the distance of 10K daily #๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ10๐ , which eventually became 13K, as I started looping the Bay.
Along the way came the Garmin Distance Clocking Challenge, which span over May 2020 to May 2021; I started clocking half-marathons over the weekends to push up my mileage. The perserveance paid off with eventually earned ๐ฅ No.1 spot for both distance clocked and special award for most activities. That started my sideline goal to do at least 100K each week. Since then, half-marathons on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays just became a norm.
I made a point not to participate in races and marathons, so that I do not need to take rest days to recover. I kept to that eventually, but I still managed to do my first full marathon and checked that off my bucket list ✅ . Most importantly, I schedule my runs to fit my family schedule. Family comes first. After all, I run to keep fit for myself and to be always be there to take care of the family. Let me be their role model.
With busy work ๐ผ and family ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ commitments, it is never easy to find a sweet spot to blend in my workout regime. I swore never to sacrifice work and family to accommodate me. So I decided to take my runs pre-dawn. Up by 4 a.m. each day ๐, gave myself the window to finish my runs before 6 a.m., so that I can be home to get my kids ready for school ๐ธ. That too became a norm, when I saw the benefits of starting each day with a good strenuous workout.
So even when on holidays ✈️, staycation, work trips, the regime doesn't change!
Today, I accomplished my goal, ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ป๐ฆฟ๐ฅ
Here are some throwbacks to the scenery throughout my 1000 days journey.
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น, ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ! ๐ฆพ
๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ
๐ธTotal distance ran: ๐ญ๐ฑ,๐ต๐ฑ๐ฌ.๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐บ
๐ธAverage pace: 5:43 min/km
๐ธTotal time: 1,517 h 35 mins
๐ธTotal calories burnt: 992,341
๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ half-marathons completed
๐ธ๐ฏ full marathons completed
๐ธ29 pairs of running shoes
๐ธRan in Singapore, Bali, Batam, Jakarta, Johor, Kuala Lumpur
๐ธRan through the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
I will ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐! ๐ฆพ
๐ฅ๐๐ป, ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น! ๐๐ป๐ฅ
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐๐ป
๐ฅ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐๐
Towards ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ♻️
๐๐ ๐๐๐ช, ๐ ๐ค๐๐ช ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ช ๐ ๐จ๐ โ๐๐๐! ๐
๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ช๐ค! #๐ป๐๐โ๐ฆ๐๐
"๐๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ช๐๐ผ,
๐ข๐ฝ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ!"
Ran with my Hoka Mach 4
Tracked on Garmin Forerunner 945
Outfit in Decathlon Kiprun
D1KRun Smashed!
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