30 days Fit and Fab

First time in my life doing something that I hate before which is running. Because of him asking me to accompany him for 10km run, I reluctantly agreed. I didn't put any expectation in myself because I'm not runner type even during practice my pace and timing are consistent. However, by God's grace and strength, I overcome myself and hit the pace record that I never be able to achieve it before. It feels good when finally we can overcome ourself. The battle is not competing with others but it's in our mental. Lesson learned, for those who's not runner type like me. Prepare yourself with more core training especially lower muscles. The stronger your core and the leg muscles, the less fatigue and faster recovery and you have more power to finish the race. Running marathon is different from HiiT or sprinting. The goal is also different is more mental endurance and knowing your body better. Constant pacing is more important than running fast. Last but not

As I have sole aching, I decided to have foot massage to relax my leg and foot muscles. I felt so good and light afterwards.

This is my first race and I am so excited. I collected the race pack on the first day of collection. There were so many people from different races, ages and genders.

Today is a sunny and windy day. We tried new place which is near playground while watching the kids playing around. Starting with Agility Workout for warm up, we had a very good sweat, then followed with core strengthening.

Yesterday, I run for 6km for tapering week. The pace is better than before and hopefully it's maintained during race day

We had one week to prepare for 10km run. It may not be a long run for some but it's the first time we join this kind of competitive run so we need to prepare ourselves physically and mentally. As for the nutrition, I read some articles as well as suggestion by our runner friends, we could do carbo loading few days before the d-day. Instead of just carbo loading, I combine it with protein loading too. So here's my meal for 5 days prior to the race Day 1 (Lunch) : 2 scramble egg and cheese, steamed purple sweet potato, beans and carrots Day 1 (Dinner) : Miso soup and egg toasted bread Day 2 (lunch) : Aglio olio chicken pasta Day 3 (lunch) : Bak Kut Teh, youtiao and stir fried kailan Day 3 (dinner) : Chicken satay with peanut sauce and rice cake Day 4 (lunch and dinner) : Bak kut teh, youtiao and stir fried kailan Day 5 (lunch) : braised tofu and tempe, egg omelette, stir fry broccoli and mushroom and brown rice Day 5 (dinner) : gado

I've never like oats but since oats have more benefits, I don't mind to try it. This time round is overnight rolled oats. The basic ingredients : 3 tbsp of raw rolled oats 1 tbsp of chia seeds 1/3 cup of non-sugar soya milk 1 tbsp of greek yoghurt Then, everyday I use different fruits as topping before having it for breakfast Strawberry and blueberry with seeds  Apple, blueberry and peanut butter with seeds Mango, dragon fruit, grape and seeds Banana, dragon fruit, grapes and seeds

A week before 10km run, we practiced it in the morning to see how it feels. We run at West Coast Park for 5 - 6 km only because of time constraints.

Last Wednesday marks the first exercise during long school holiday. It's a challenging day because we need to bring our kids for exercise too as most of us have no helper. However, despite those challenges to keep an eye to the children, they managed to stay focus, calm and finish the session well. It's really the power of Supermom that's been unveiled when we have children.

Last Friday, we practiced another 10km run with hubby's colleagues. We improved a little bit on pace and timing but for me I will stick with this pace during the race day.

We had Saturday exercise with 3 powerful ladies. Really admire their commitments and time to stay healthy We worked out focusing on abs, arms and leg muscles.