Recovery Run - esplanade park 7.1km

bridal pictures being taken...cats drinking water... bumboat ferrying tourist... screaming kids from reverse bungee.. lovers serenading at the esplanade steps... these are the stuff you can see along the RL run route...

Supposed to be a recovery run for me after my 30km run on sunday.. turns out we were pushing our speed limits... Arghh

First 3.5 km - 19 mins = 5.4 km /min
Second 3.5km - 18.5 mins = 5.2km /min

Total time 37.5 mins

Max HRM - 184

World Harmony Run - 32km

When it comes to major events such as this, i have a problem of not getting enough sleep. Oh well i reckon that is caused by the excitment of running such a long distance.














Took a bus down to macritchie reservoir for the collection of T-shirt and certificate of appreciation. The guys from SGrunners were early. First on the scene was jeremy. Later the rest came down like sotong (can miss this basketballer dude haha), le charlotte, divey, brokie, cookie, broken runner, acleong, bee, LKY etc. Beside from SGrunners.. Some others from SAFRA running club also join in the run. Great to have such a massive gathering to talk and exchange tips on running.




















This will be my first important run of the year. Why important coz we were treated like VIP with police and ambulance escort all the way. No traffic light can stop us. HAHAA we are unstoppable! Just like the spirit of world peace and harmony!














Flag off was at about 7.40am (delayed due to latecomers hehe) . The run was lead by a UN peacekeeper. Holding a flaming torch, really reminds me of olympic games. Support vehicle would be cheering us on (ambushing us every 2km) haha.




















Below details our route..

1st stop: Kong Meng San Temple (4^th km) Estimated Time of Arrival - 8.25am
2nd stop : Salvation Army HQ (4.5^th km) ETA - 8.50am
3rd stop : Burmese Buddhist Temple ETA – 9.10 am
4th stop : Sun Yat Sen Memorial ETA - 9.35 am
5^th stop : Tai Pei Yuen Temple ETA - 9.55 am
6th stop: Masjid Hajah Rahimabi Kebun Limau ETA –10.15am
7^th stop: Ceylon Sports Club ETA -10.45am
8^th stop: Masjid Angullia 11.05am (run pass, not stopping)
9th stop: Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple ETA - 11.10am
10^th Stop: Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple ETA- 11.30am
11^th stop : Civil Service Club ETA – 11.55pm
12^th Stop over : Central Sikh Temple ETA- 12.15pm
Final stop: Merlion Park ( approx. 37km) 1:00pm

Route information:

Along the route you will hear drivers honking at you, some waving , others even join in the run.
Some of these stops , i have never imagine myself steping into. Was really an eye opener into other religion and helps to bridge the gap between our different races. Some gory stuff encountered along the route thou, i saw firstly a dead rat... then a dead cat.. then a dead bird.. eeks..














At the east coast leg the SV, IMD and DO who just completed the singapore biathlon, joined in at that pt. Bala , Renoh and gang cheered us on. Saw some VJC students at the canoe center. Stop and had some photos taken there. We also joke at how brokie was used to be a teacher there.. (my bad). We proceeded on to marina esplanade and thats where my right leg starts to cramp and toe starts to have some sort of abrasion. Tips from brokie is to tighten the shoelace so that it the foot won't shift forward hitting the tip of the shoe.

































And at last we reached the merlion.. i have survive the longest run so far of my life :P.. a great achievement so far .. for me at least.

Run - esplanade park 7.1km

Sorry for the delay.. Was catching up work and haha Drama series. This run was on thursday, Happened to be in town meeting so decided to join the Runninglab run. Its been like 2 weeks since i joined them for the run. familiar faces were there like the VRP gals, tekko, SV, IMD. Unfortunately , eddie won't be leading this run instead. IMD took on the role.

We decided to run up to esplanade park towards kallang. Which would be about 10km. But i decided to do a shorter run as this weekend i will be goin for the World Harmony Run (36km) . Must maintain good condition for that run.

After the run we had a good meal at magic wok. And thanks tekko for the treat!

Distance : 7.1km
Time : 40mins
HRM - Max 186

Run - Sembawang 7.64km

Had a short period of rest coz i was down with cough. Decided to join james again this weekend for the run. Drove down to sembawang to meet him. Instead some regular sembawang runners were there. Wei Teck a sgrunner had some friends whom he runs with regularly. Was sort of surprise on the turnout. A total of 5 from his group.
James was late , but he came just in time before the move off time of 7.15am. This time we aren't running off to woodland but to sembawang park. Passing thru some of the colonial house/bangalows. One of the bangalows was where queen lizzie stayed during her trip here in 1970's and its still visible.

A small incident happen during this run, one of the occupant of a bungalow came running after us.. appearantly its a dog whos leash was tied to a metal pole .. some how managed to pull it out.. it ran out of the gate upon seeing us and it disappeared down the road... maybe its now a missing dog . The owner must be still asleep dispite our shouts about his/her dog.

On our route back from sembawang park, James suggested running up the hill to admirality house before heading for breakfast. So we decided for a sprint up the place. A really good work out if you ask me.

Distance - 7.64km
Timing - 50mins




















A well deserved breakfast at the end of the run..

Run- Sembawang MRT - Woodlands 11.25km

Went for the north run today with james.. Decided to run to sembawang MRT from chongpang to meet up with james. got started at 6.30am. Reached sembawang MRT at about 10 minutes time (2km) . Waited till 7.15am before moving on for the 2nd leg of the run. The run initally pass thru the sembawang hdb estate.. later thru a shortcut enters the old colonial bungalows which reminiscences of the old days.

Passby some of the industrial park .. You can tell what they produce from each of the factory, just by smelling the air around it. Bread , soya sauce etc.

Finally we reached woodland center where james intro a pratashop. So good i heard they finished selling the pratas by 9am. It seems that they have a special sardine curry. Yummy.

Injury?

Well not sure if its injury..just that my right knee felt funny..think i will give running a rest till saturday.

Run - sembawang rd - Simpang kiri - 8.8km

Suppose to meet up with a friend for a run, but last min it was cancelled.
So i did my own LSD run from sembawang rd to sembawang park and back thru simpang kiri.
A little different from my usual run for this is the first time i run up hill to sembawang shopping center. That area is like the next upcoming mini holland V.

Total distance 8.8km
Time : 45min 13 sec

Run - Marina south 8.2km

Running lab once again org a nike shoe trial on thursday for the runners.














But since its a first for me, i decided to try out one of their new skylon. Which is well matches my attire which has some yellow in it. IMD , Tekko, Sotong , Renoh , Ronnie and my friend Jon was there for the run. Some of them going to the KL run this sunday and should be tappering haha.
Oh well they are really addicted to running.















The route being covered is the marina south route. varing distance was between 8km to 10km
This time round i carried my camera and took some of pics of the run. Total distance for me was 8.2 km and timing was 46mins.




















Blurry me!















Marina South... nice light in the sky















Artistic shots
















The shoe which i was running on was quite cushioned much better then my nike katana but less then my waverider. So my verdict , great for 10km run any more then that i will stick to my waverider :P