National Vertical Marathon 2007

Had a fun day.

Reached Raffles Place MRT around @ 6.30am.

Gosh, the queue is already starting to snake round the MRT exit.

After registration, meet up with Shutehelup, LonelyRunner and Teelee.

I started off at probably 8:30am and it was all over in around 20 minutes time.

Time taken off my Polar watch is 19m 47s.

Not too sure if there will be any official timing being posted on the NVM2007 website.

The first 11 storeys I probably ran up the stairs like everyone else. BIG MISTAKE.

After that, I could only manage to walk up 2 steps at a time, then 1 step at a time.

My body practically took over at the 30th storey after my mind starts to shut down.

Was glad when I finally reached the 60th storey.

Teelee was amazing, finishing the run in ard 9+ minutes, coming in 5th overall in the Men's Open.

After breakfast with Shutehelup and Teelee, I proceed to Funan to get the Nike+ SwitchEasy Runaway AnyShoe adapter.

Shutehelup and Teelee went back to the Start Point to meet up with the gang. Think they had a fun time.

Too bad, would have liked to stay if not for the CNY gathering in the afternoon.

NUS Biathlon, here I come.

10 days of non-running

This is definitely bad.

I tried to go for a run this morning, but ended up coughing like h***.

Aborted my run after 2 minutes, but surprisingly I perspire quite a lot although it is only 2 minutes. Maybe I really need to run to get rid of the toxins.

Will try again tonight

1 week of non running

Looks like i am slacking a lot.
Mainly due to the fact that I had fever last Thursday and the phelgm symptons has yet to go away , even as I am writing this.
A lot of catching up in the Nike+ challenge. Not too sure if I can catch up with Ivan though. He has put 30km between us these few days.
Will see if I can go running later.

Running..... a fever

Been sick for 3 days now. Recovering but pretty slowly.

Cannot afford to run with a very sore throat. Been trailing in my Nike+ challenge, but I guess it cannot be helped.

Hope to get well soon for the Chinese New Year

6th Run of February 2007 , 1st CBD Run

Went for my first CBD Run.

Pretty fun.

We started from Tanjong Pagar.

Up the road to Marina Bay, SunDial Park, up the stairs to Benjamin Sheares Bridge, down the bridge to Republic Avenue, continue to Esplanade and finally the straight stretch of road back to Tanjong Pagar.

After the run, Sotong has prepared a games for the boys and girls.
The ladies get all the answers right, and the guys none.
Of course, considering the questions the guy get.
What are the shoe size of the priest??? Since when got Q n A quiz have such questions. Haha.

Did the 8.65km run in 1.01 hour.

Was disappointed that my pace did not pick up one bit.

Will have to do much better before I join them again.

4th and 5th Run of February 2007

Wow, did not know that during my 5 day's absence from Blogger, I have clocked another 3 more runs.

Nothing special about the 4th and 5th Run.

Just ran round Yishun.

These 2 runs, I did not manage to stop the run at my block.

I think I am just giving myself some leeway for the CBD Run on 13th February 2007, my sixth run.

Did my runs at a consistent pace, thus quite happy with myself.

Oppo Knee Guards

Got myself a new knee guard for my left knee.
Having 2 different set of leg muscles call for different sizes of knees guards too.
Got a Oppo XL for my knee guard.
It works great.
Have been using it for 2 runs now. Wonder how I can survive without knee guards , they are really a life saver.

14th Run / 3rd Run of February 2007 / First 10k Run

Did my First 10km Run.
Clocked 1 hour 10 minutes.
Hmm, not too bad for a first time 10km.
That works out to 7min per km.
But looking at the Nike+ chart, I pratically faded away in the last 2km.
Only my better pace for the 1st 8km help to keep my final pace to a respectable level.
As usual, running in the evening is tougher and not as enjoyable as running in the day, especially with all the exhaust fumes I am breathing in.
The first 8km was fine, in fact great.
After breaking pace around 3-4km, my legs seems to be on auto mode till I seems to run out of fluids at the 8km mark.
I was pratically limping for the last 2km.
I dun think I can do anymore 10km for the next few days.
Probably will try to clock another one after CNY.
But hopefully it won't wreck my knee for the NUS Biathlon.
But the wonderful feeling is that I am able to do 8km comfortably at a steady pace.
Thus *cross fingers*, NUS Biathlon Sprint Distance should be within reach

13th Run / 2nd Run of February 2007

Woke up @ 6am today. Having not run during the weekend, I intend to run this morning no matter what.
Will call this run a Quickie Run.
It is a 5km Route. Round Yishun Park and straight down the park connector. To make up for the distance, I continue past my house to Khatib Back Gate and make a U-turn.
Clocked as my best 5km yet.

Think will try to attempt a 10km soon. There is a best 10km timing for Nike+ and it is currently empty. Intend to fill up the void soon

12th Run / 1st Run of February 2007

Did my 1st run of February 2007.

A 5km run round Bedok Reservoir. Boy, is it going to wreck my knee or what. The whole inner path is made up of pebbles. Really take a lot of strain on the knees.

I run with the same pace as Low for the first 1.5km. After that he just outrun me all the way. I did one round and stop. I do not wanna wreck my knee as I intend to do more runs in the future. I will probably run the outer road leg now.

Interesting thing is that they have a Pasir Ris Park Connector as well as a East Coast Park Connector from there.

Good thing from the run is that I am still doing a sub 7 min / km. Hope I can try to improve on that. Really wish I am able to do a sub-hour 10km Run soon.