MF 10km

Today will be the last run up to MF b4 the actual day.. Everyone was running at a fast pace today.. PS asked me wat happen to everyone today.. haha all were like chionging from start.. i followed behind Adam until we went up the MF slope... could feel the strain below my calves.. Wong, Adam, PS, Peter, Sok Hwa, Mr Chua were all chionging up the slopes while i struggle to run up.. just a few more steps to the end of the steepest part.. n i could feel sharp tightness above my ankle n was trying to hop up. Uncle Lim passed me n told me really tough.. yes it definitely is! it was until i reached out for the 2nd minor slope tt my legs was locked to the ground.. i had problem trying to move.. i held on the grillings and push hard, breathe hard n look down the hill.. nice scenery but can't really enjoy it with the pain.. i looked at my watch.. 29mins plus.. within that 2 mins of cramping state, i was in a dilemna.. walk back by the stairs or run on.. i slowly ran towards the hilltop n the downslope to Morse road really helps me alot to recover.. by the time i reached the church, I felt strong n plan to catchup with the rest.. I picked up my speed n slowly saw small images ahead of me along the lightly dimmed TB road.. confident to catchup, i went faster n was just behind Peter, PS, Wong and Thomas at the HF busstop.. due to the heavy busflow n passengers, Wong ran to the outer buslane.. 1st time I ever saw Wong running so dangerously.. the rest of us squeezed through the packed passengers at the inner side.. feeling i cld cont'd on, I increased my pace but was blocked by 2 inconsiderate runners at the next busstop.. they dun let me overtake them.. left without much choice.. I pushed them to go faster n closeup with Wong.. Wong tried to let them pass him a couple of times but these 2 guys just dun wan to move into a single lane n overtake.. so finally wong ran on to the grass patch n let them pass together.. but the red guy suddenly dropped pace as he saw wong ran onto the grass n i took the chance to cut in the gap.. he tot i was his fren.. turned n ask me to breathe hard.. i took a quick look at him n ran off.. Wong caught up with me at KB junction.. i cont'd on.. but as I went up TB rise, my calfs start to ache badly and my pace dropped.. Uncle Lim was walking just ahead of me.. 1 more km to club.. i just ran whatever i have left.. Wong overtake me at the mosque n Peter overtake me just b4 the last busstop to club.. tho it's not my best timing for the 10km, but i really enjoyed doing tempo speed along the way back ;)

Distance: 10km __ Timing: 1:01

Hit the wall...

Today is the last Sun run b4 SCM.. Dear planned a 16km route to Sentosa.. I was feeling very tired prior to the run.. I hit the wall when I was running into Sentosa.. my breathing was very heavy n my legs n arms doesn't seem to be able to move and started protesting against my mind... they just dun wanna move on.. even tho i tried to go very slowly, they just wanna stop.. met Colleen at the Gateway while I was heading back to club.. performance on 3rd.. alot of ???? on how i gonna run on the actual day... :(

Labrador

We are tapering down the distance for the D day next sun.. Today we will be doing the 2nd 10km run for the wk.. Club-Two loops in Labrador park n back to club..

Adam, David, Lok, Cm, Yean and I were stopped by the traffic at Alexandra junction while the earlier group managed to cross the traffic in time.. David and I paced one another in Labrador park.. at the 2nd loop, I tried to closen the distance with Adam and ran with him for a distance before he sped off along the way out to PSA.. had a hard time trying to keep up with him.. haha David was just slightly behind us..

We saw Michael, Waifung n Enghwa at the junction of Alexandra road, on their way to Labrador park .. I went easy on the route back to club as Adam sped up even faster.. got no more energy to keep up with him.. hahaha..

Distance covered: 10km _- Timing: 55:06:44

5km Stadium

It has been a long time since I last visited the tracks.. Dear asked me to do a easy 5km run.. 12.5 rounds.. haven ran>6 rounds continuously at the tracks b4.. felt quite good n managed to keep a consistent pace ..

Rd 1 - 2:15:50
Rd 2 - 2:07:57
Rd 3 - 2:05:32
Rd 4 - 2:05:94
Rd 5 - 2:04:46
Rd 6 - 2:04:81
Rd 7 - 2:04:60
Rd 8 - 2:03:49
Rd 9 - 2:02:80
Rd 10 - 2:05:76
Rd 11 - 2:05:29
Rd 12 - 2:03:96
Rd 12.5 - 1:02:48

Distance: 5km __ Total: 26:11

SHRR (Super Heavy Rain Run)

It was raining heavily as I was on my way to club.. n reduced to dizzle b4 we proceed with our wkly run.. The rain was pouring down hard n heavy as we just entered Canterbury.. I told Dear tt my vision was blur as I couldn't open my eyes fully due to the heavy downpour.. we ran further into Winslet rd.. n this is the 1st time i almost ran the wrong route.. was abt to run upslope(which will lead to a house gate) instead of the downslope.. my new cumulus was totally wet!! As I was running out of Canterbury, Peter came along n told me how great today's run was. hahah he simply love running in the rain! :D We ponder for a moment at Alexandra road.. wondering which route shld we take to return to club.. left to depot road or right to Henderson road.. soon Dear came along n instructed us to turn right.. haha the original route.. so we all kwai kwai follow his instructions.. the rain stopped soon after we finished our run...

Distance covered: 10km __ Timing: 1:01:53

Marina Coastal Drive

I was following behind Michael and Yong from Club to Marina .. The weather was hot and I felt dizzy as we headed in to Marina Bay.. I stopped and took a salt tablet.. but it didn't last tt long b4 i felt dizzy again after Marina park.. i stopped and walked a distance.. was feeling quite terrible as I ran into coastal drive.. saw Alan, Dear and Ricci heading out.. Cm passed me a bottle of H2O at the pier.. courtesy from Alex :)

I decided to skip the return loop and ran out str from Marina.. rested at the bus stop for a while b4 heading on to the Shell Station for a nice cool Pocari Sweat.. saw Mak n Lok there.. Dear n Ricci came shortly after n we ran thru a new route towards Amara Hotel.. Their pace is too fast for me to follow.. I asked them to go ahead and headed back to club from TB Rise..

Back in action! ;)

It has been ages since i last updated my blog.. sorry to my dear friends out there who are looking forward to read.. been tied down with my biggest event of my life! Time to restart my blog engine.. time really passed fast!!

BV-Queenstown

Cm announced to all to complete the run by 8.15pm as we have something on after the run.. haha my watch displayed 6.55pm.. n we are still at the club lobby.. wulala gonna run fast fast..

We went by the usual route- Depot Rd-Alexandra- Queensway.. my watched clked 17mins plus.. n I saw my dear at the junction.. the elites were stopped by the traffic.. once the greenman was ON, zoom off they went.. I was in the middle pack at the portsdown part.. followed Julie most of the time.. Out of portsdown, i went ahead n managed to close up the distance with Enghwa, Shirley, Melissa n Uncle Lim at BV.. Uncle Lim started to walk due to his knee problem.. Along commonwealth, Melissa stopped.. her hamstring was giving her problem n asked her to stretch before moving on.. I ran with Shirley n Enghwa till the junction.. was quite surprise when Anthony passed me.. later then i knew he went for a water break at BV mrt :D afterwhich they start to increase pace n I was threw behind.. haha.. felt cramps at my stomach n slowed down...

By the time i reached Queensway, I felt almost half dead.. energy running very low.. 3km to go.. was really wondering how am i gg to finish it.. Cm and PS caught up from behind... n I gulped down some of their water.. I went on real slow n easy as they gave chase to Enghwa who is slightly ahead.. At Gillman place, Patrick came up from behind n talked to me.. hahah i got no strength to reply him at all.. signalled to him to carry on.. 2km... 1.5km.. n finally at DSTA, i heard footsteps from behind.. it is Julie, i tried to follow her for the last stretch n so glad to finally reach the club.. pinned to the wall to have a good stretch n get out of my giddiness..

Actually we have a secret mission today.. it's our Babe, PS and Hunk, Wong bdae celebration :D .. so some of us have been preparing n wanna give them a surprise ;) Alvin bought a Hilton Cheesecake, lotsa fruits and drinks. Thanks!! :D

Distance covered: 14km __ Timing: 1:26:27

MF hill training with my legs protesting..

Today is MF hill taining.. 7 sets of MF loop.. We started off from club-Kampong Bahru-Harbourfront-MF loop carpark... was feeling quite ok until I reached Morse road.. my legs dun feel like moving at all... n I had quite a hard time reaching the MF loop carpark.. was draggin myself up..

As most runners knew wat we are doing today, dear gave a quick briefing n started the session.. everyone sped up n I talked to dear.. asked if i can just take the timing today.. really dun feel like moving up.. he encouraged me to do a very very slow pace up.. just take it very easy.. like "cruise control" .. the 1st rd was quite dragful... 2nd rd was slightly better n I overtook Alvin.. 3rd rd, I caught up with Yean n Melissa at the top.. got stomachache as I gg to do my 4th loop... i felt very giddy as i went up halfway for my 5th loop n Uturn back to the start pt..

Lap 1: 11:17
Lap 2: 11:28
Lap 3: 10:55
Lap 4: 10:33

Finally did my 38km!!

I woke up super super early today.. gonna do my LSD.. my past LSD nv exceeded 30km b4.. n my mileage was 0km for the past wk!! panic!! we reached ECP B1 carpark at 5.05am.. supposed to meet Alvin, Peter, Waifung, David, Angeline and Alex for run at 5.45am.. my poor darling gonna slept in the car as I start off early with them at 6am.. he will be starting his run with the rest of the regulars at 7.10am..

I finally got to try out my new Cumulus today :D The sky was still pitched dark as we started.. Waifung and I ran ahead.. really enjoyed her company as we ran and chatted.. we saw the sun rise n enjoyed the nice cooling breeze... soon we reached D1 toilet n made our 1st U-turn :D Alex, Alvin n Peter were just slightly behind us.. then we saw David n Angeline were stretching at C4 .. they were late n asked us to run 1st... dear was up n taking his power gel when we reached the startpt.. 41 mins passed.. n out we went from fort road where we saw Alan running in..

Alex caught up with us n we ran on towards stadium direction... Took my 1st salt&sugar tablet at the Hindu temple at Kallang.. I ran with boon, David's friend along Marina Promenade.. reached esplanade n saw Waifung just slightly behind.. we continued on towards shenton way.. i stopped at lau Pa Sat Cheers for my 1st water topup n asked them to carry on 1st.. (glad i did that cos the Marina south Mama shop was closed).. as I ran into Marina South, Colleen n Chin Whatt passed me n went far ahead.. I caught up with Alvin just before the recreation center, n we paced and motivated one another towards the Pier.. great to have someone to joke along the way.. really kills the boredom to run the boring M stretch.. :D

soon we saw more of our runners who started later running pass us.. Ricci, Teck Hou, Alan.. saw Waifung, Alex n Boon as I headed towards the pier.. the round-about was quite small.. expect a big jam during the race day.. i passed my remaining isotonic to dear... took my 2nd tablet at Marina bay mrt.. once out of marina south, i felt confident to finish the full route.. i skipped the water pt at finger pier.. ran back to cheers to get another 2 H2O for $2.. top up my fuel belt n saw adam across the street.. offered my extra bottle of drink to him but he still got a fully loaded fuel belt..

At Republic bouvelvard, my calfs was getting quite tired n stiff.. knees also getting pain.. abt 6km to go.. told myself.. it's in ur mind.. gg to finish it! i saw derrick at Esso station at kallang.. he was eating bread.. i stretched along the green bars.. 1.5km to go.. i saw Adam just ahead of me.. running towards ECP.. we ran together at the last stretch n YES! i did it!

Distance: 38km __ Timing: 4:41:43

TB Hill Reps

Dear n I were back to club after our mini-HM to Bintan.. had a few good days of resting after the big event :D Haven't been running for >1 wk.. mileage:0km since last wed... planning to go easy today n get back to running :) was having a hard time doing the hill reps.. physically was not as fit.. managed to struggle thru 5 sets n called it a day ..

Lap 1: 5:35:87
Lap 2: 5:24:51
Lap 3: 5:21:69
Lap 4: 5:23:44
Lap 5: 5:20:25

Pre-Wedding Celebration at Club

I skipped my run today as there were still things to be done .. but went done to club for a pre-wedding celebration organised by CM, PS, Alvin n Alex! Thanks for everything!! :D

Courtesy from Cm and Safra

Thru the nine years with a special gift for each yr! wow!!