I spent National Day doing nothing. Stayed at home and ate lotsa pizza at night. Was supposed to go for an easy run but oh well....

Anyway I somehow found the NDP quite boring as I was watching it on TV. The moment I saw primary school kids dressed as fishes and seaweeds and starfishes.... erm, I just went away...

Anyways I seem to spend majority of the in camp trainings not actually running. Today was another cycle on stationary bike for 20 mins and do light weights and go swim for 40min kind of training.

But weirdly, as slack as the above may sound, I am feeling tired everyday, and somehow each day is a struggle to recover.

My knees feel weird and there are sometimes tingling sensations in the ligaments and sudden bouts of tightness. I've been doing frequent stretches to mentally alleviate the situation. It so far does not appear during runs.

Sometimes people can get injured for seemingly unknown reasons. But often it is due to lack of progressive training, lack of recovery, improper technique, or other activities that we don't mentally consider as strenuous.

The first time I strained my ITB, it was a cumulation of 5 months of inactivity to study A levels, sudden decision to run 2.4, walking around a lot, and 1 + hours of skate-scootering my pathetic bike after the crank dropped off...

Sometimes after a really tough workout, complete laying off of excercise may not be the most ideal. Some light excercise + stretching may in fact better aid recovery as the damaged and lactic-filled muscles get better blood circulation and range of movement as the body heals itself over the next 1 or 2 days. Non-movement may result in stiff muscles and joints which continue to give an achy feeling and may be more prone to injury. Well, at least the above is my take on the issue...

Oh, and I found out that hand phone cameras are banned in Khatib Camp (prob due to the Artillery Unit), so those pictures earlier on could not possibly have been taken in camp.....

Anyways more on the safari bed. Look at how compact it is when kept!