Tiong Bahru challenge 2009
forgot to stop my watch at the end of the 30storey climb...but i did come back in 22.44 for the 5km run =)
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
standard chartered marathon 2009
initial plan was to maintain the 4.5hrs cus i kept thinking of my very memorable sundown 2009...4.5hrs with no major aches and pains...
but then i actually caught up with the 3hr45min pacer group and i thought...hmm...maybe i can actually do better this year...and i even fantasized about my sub4 dream timing...
well...the dream started fading when the distance between me and the pacers widened...and slowly the 4hr pacer group overtook...followed by the 4hr15min group...i was then resigned to my 4.5hr timing again...
as i got out of the dreaded ecp...the aches on my legs were getting unbearable...had to stop twice...once for each calve to stretch...my big toes were hurting (no idea why)...and the same thoughts which i get during every marathon started filling my head: why do i put myself thru this??? maybe i should hang up my marathon shoes??? maybe i should just take half marathon for sundown next year???-well the last thought only applies for this year
and for the very first time, i could not sprint at the last stretch along city hall leading up to the finishing line...my calves were threatening to cramp on me...and my right calve eventually did at the medal/finisher t collection point...i was like writhing in pain and almost wanted to just sit down and writhe all i could, but the ground was really muddy...so i writhed standing up...until the pain subsided...ha...
so...came back with 2 big toes with its nails all blue-ish....aching legs...and a timing of 4hr18min on my watch...have been bathing in deep heat ever since....ha
Monday, November 09, 2009
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
salomon xtrail run 2009
clocked 49.12 on my watch for this...2min slower than last year...but hey! i didnt do any running since last week and had flu this week...so...hehe...
highlight of the run---race officials telling runners to "please jump into the water!" at a turn where there was a small wooden bridge and a pool of muddy water beside it....
Sunday, September 13, 2009
mizuno wave run 2009
quite a tough route with plenty of slopes...according to weiliang's garmin, it was very close to 17km...clocked 1hr22min for this...well pleased with timing =)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
runnus '09
considering it was pieced together by students, you could say it wasn't the most professionally organized race...
but i heard it's an annual event...i'm wondering how the previous years fared...i'm pretty sure there'll be plenty of complaints for this year's...
i'm just glad i didnt get caught in the rain which started pouring after i came back...but then the rain stalled me at src for like 30min....afterwhich i had to wait 45min for the bus to arrive...which made me well-annoyed...
i understand it was raining...and maybe it was during off peak timing...but 45min?! wtf?!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
ahm 2009
clocked 1hr45min for this on my watch...
encounters for the day...
the "training to be soldiers" song that was aired before flag off brought back memories...
an uncle and a young man who were running barefoot, overtook me...
2 groups of marshallers bothered to cheer "go guardsman go!"...
Saturday, August 15, 2009
the art of getting rejected...
getting rejected by girls isnt something guys like to experience..i'm sure girls won't like it either if it happened to them also...
to date...my "kenna rejected" counter has gotten 8hits...out of which only 1 was as close as i ever got to a "relationship"...
and it's that 1 hit from which i learnt a painful lesson of what happens when you give up too early...looking back, i would say she was the only one out of the 8 who looked past the quiet adrian...the only one who didnt mind spending quiet moments together...
the rest of the 7hits couldnt look past the quiet and boring adrian...we can't blame them really...after all they were looking for chatty and interesting partners who could entertain them...to them adrian had none of the qualities they were looking for i guess...ha
most of these 7hits were actually hit and run cases...a few adopted the "straight-forward you're not my type" rejection approach...a few adopted the "it's not you it's me" rejection approach...a few adopted the "i'm not free...maybe another time" approach...1 adopted the "take the spare tire for a ride followed by a i don't think i'm suitable for you" approach...
some pple reading this entry might think sad ol' adrian is just complaining because he's clueless on how to get a partner...yes...i do have alot of crap to get off my chest...and to be honest...i'd really wish i wasn't such a loser when it comes to girls...
dun care le...wait for someone who can accept me for what i am...wait until cow come home, go out and come home again also liddat...it's time to change to suit the surroundings
Friday, July 31, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
HELL YEAH!!!
as much as i dread the persistent "almost want to puke feeling" during the 2.4 sprint...it felt darn good when the pti handed me the printed result and said, "well done".
Sunday, June 21, 2009
retro sunday...
Sheriff-When i'm with you...from 1983
Aerosmith-Dream on...from 1973...best aerosmith song imho...
Sunday, June 14, 2009
mizuno mount faber run 2009
clocked 49.55 on my watch...
the slopes are still as torturous as ever...good thing is they took out 2 portions of the 2007 route and according to Weiliang's garmin, the 2009 route is just slightly above 10km...so...hmmm....
Monday, June 01, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
saucony passion run 2009 race results
came in 6th for the non-competitive category...would have only came in 92nd with that timing in the competitive category though
adidas sundown marathon 2009
clocked 4hr32min on my watch for this one...even though there was no improvement timing wise, it was my best marathon outing, pain-wise, since my first marathon back in scm 2006.
early on in the run i tried to maintain within 6min per km and hydrated myself whenever i could...i even power-gelled at 10+km...
as compared to previous marathons where i started hydrating only after 10km and power-gelled much much later...
result was there was no recurrence of those immense pain in the legs which had to force me to completely stop running! i've never ran non-stop for so long in a marathon! walking was kept at a minimal and i grabbed for deep heat only once!
considering i didnt clock any mileage prior to this marathon, i'd say i'm mightily pleased with the result...
Sunday, May 24, 2009
saucony passion run 2009
clocked 50.10 on my watch...thought i did pretty ok taking into consideration the sweltering heat at ecp
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