Despite the fasting month, I haven't stopped running. The reduced working hours from 5.00pm to 4.00pm has allowed me to run and still be able to make it home before 7.00 pm on most days.
All my runs are done on a treadmill as it is just too hot to run outside between 4.00 to 5.00pm. For the first fasting week, I limited my runs to 3.5 km. During the second week, I increased it to 4.0 km. Now, by the start of third week, I am able to comfortably run for 5.0 km at 9.5 km/hr. Last Friday, I push up the pace to 10.0 km/hr to see how it felt. It was harder but I would say still within my current fitness limit.
My plan is to continue running at least 3 times once a week for the last 12 days of Ramadhan. I intend to limit the distance to 5.0 km and pacing at 10.0 km/hr. I am not planning to run any races for the rest of the year.
My right knee injury has eased up a bit but I will see how it goes before deciding whether to run 20 or 30km in the Great Eastern Run on 27 January 2008.
My weight? As of this evening when I stepped on the scale before breaking fast, it read 57.8 kg. Add 1.0 kg for the dehydration effects and lack of food, my weight has dropped by just 1.0 kg from 60 to 59 kg. There is still another 4 kg to go.
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