Adirun - marina esplanade - kallang park 6.6km

One last adirun before the marathon. This run is slightly different coz we get to have our adirun t-shirt "impossible is nothing" moto printed on it. Supposed to do a slow and short run today as its a tapering week for most of us. It started well kinda slow but on the return leg the pace went up as for me at the last km or so i speed up till i hit my max heart rate of 190. The feeling was almost like you are gonna stop beating anytime.

It took a while at the end point for my heart rate to drop. That was not a good feeling trust me.

Also i collected my yankz shoelace system from stazla .. cool stuff!



















Fahmy making an announcement to all of us on the t-shirt collection etc.














Guys with the new t-shirt














We are all set to rumble
















Front view of the t-shirt
















And the back view with the moto

Distance : 6.4km
Timing : 34mins
Pace : 5.18min/km
Shoe : nimbus

Run - Sembawang -yishun 9.25km

With the marathon in just less then 5 days , Had no choice but to taper down even thou i have not been running since a week ago (due to reservist!)

The usual 9km run route was chosen and this time round i tried using the dueter hydration backpak. And well it felt uncomfortable at first , lucky managed to tighten the strap so that it does not shuffle too much on my back.

As for the run itself it felt like a marathon , legs aching , breathless.. stopping for breaks every now and then. Seems like my stamina has sort of left my body to another realm . Sigh.. lets hope the last run this weds be better.

Distance : 9.26km
Timing : 47mins 03sec
Pace : 5.18min/km
Shoe : nimbus

Standard Chartered Marathon Race Pack Collection

Once again its the SCSM (Standard Charter Singapore Marathon) Race pack collection day at suntec convention center. Got my ass out of my house on saturday evening to collect the pack.

This year the goodies included are
> race bib
> race tag
> runspiration guide
> event guide
> draw string bag
> deep heat rub sample
> berocca performance effervescent tablets
> flitz pasta noodle
> gym bag
> Adidas Tees

Also collected a Reason to run tag to be pinned on the back of my race belt on the day of the race from the adidas booth. (if spotted they will send a free photo of me taken on that day)


























Apart from that, there was a sports expo held just next to the collection center. Loads of discounts from deuter bags , fuel belts , pearl izumi , powerbars etc.



















Got myself a Deuter hydration pack.. plus a marathon starter kit from powerbar.




















Hmm wonder how they taste like..

IPPT purchases

So what did i do with the monies i got from IPPT?
Starters i treated friends to some beers at my regular hangout pub

Other then that , i reinvested into my hobbies.
Got myself a adidas running cap around - price $20







Got a adidas climacool gazelle a145 sunglasses - price $196
















Smile on my face Priceless

HWA go the extra mile / Fund Raising

Collected the HWA (handicap welfare association) Goodie bag at their HQ this afternoon. This is for the hardwork we've done for collection of pledges. So who say i don't do volunteer work :).

Well in the goodie bag theres :

• Newbalance - Race belt
• Newbalance - Running top
• Can of 100plus
• 20% polar watch voucher
• Anti dandruff shampoo
• Nature valley - oats & honey bar
• Lux shower foam
• Not to mention handwritten thank you card from roentgen, junie, charlotte and KJ (hmm wonder who wrote it?)

LSD run - Eastcoast 24km

Met up with babumouse and loanshark for a morning LSD run at eastcoast around 9am. Why 9am, Coz he said that this time can simulate the marathon heat. Ermm well not sure about that but i went ahead with the run anyway.

Did not timed this run as its all about clocking the distance. So we have ample breaks here and there. Unfortunately, for loanshark at one of the water breaks before the safra yacht club, he left his sunglasses at the water sink. By the time we noticed it , we already reached the food center location.

Well at that point babumouse has already surge forward with his new running style. So we decided to get some food and return back there by vehicle to look for the missing sunglass.
Unfortunately it wasn't there. Probably cannibalized by the cleaners .

Distance : 24km
Time : 3hr 30mins

IPPT results for 2006

Yes been sometime since i updated partly because i am in reservist. Way too tired to update so this round some good news. I got GOLD award for my IPPT yet again ! This time i better my previous 2.4km run time from 10mins 15sec to 9mins 59sec. I guess all the hardwork pays off $$$!

Run -Yishun - Sembawang 19km

Opps guess not.. bored on saturday so decided on trying to do a 30km run at around 3pm. But about 30 mins in to my run i was stuck in the rain for over 1hr 40mins, what a disaster for me. So i played some games on my ipod, listen to music while waiting for it to stop. I had to adjust my route and had to cut short the distance to about 19km.

Sigh another Mission failure..

Distance : 19km
Timing : 1hr 45mins
Pace : 5.31min/km
Shoe : nimbus

Run - Sembawang -yishun 13.6km

Could be my last run prior to the start of reservist. Oh well.. not sure i will be able to do much or any at all runs incamp till 24th.

Distance : 13.6km
Timing : 1hr 16mins
Pace : 5.35min/km
Shoe : nimbus

Adirun - esplanade -marina south 10.4km

My first run after a hiatus for well about a week due to some pesky virus. Before heading down to the run at suntec. Had a stop over at the nike shop in cityhall did a quick gait test at the runaholic dept. Had to run bear foot while the guys video film my running. Turns out i had a neutral with very slight pronation. Which i guess thats why i hardly get any injury :)

After which i head down to adidas suntec to meet up with the guys for the run. Fahmy the organiser was not around but his collegue is. So those who turned up are (DO, DR and wifey beverly, cfred , charmaine , superboi, simon and sister, michiko, catherine, kai, babumouse, stazla, alvo and meteor etc )

The route starts from marina south to CBD and then into marina south pier , then turn into the food center before returning back, should be about 14.5km but instead i turn back from marina south pier as i just recovered from my flu. Its funny how my old waverider feels abit lack of cushioning, hard when i land on it.. hmm guess i might have to stick to my nimbus for the marathon.















The nightlight view looks great tonight. Perhaps a lot of people are working OT tonite haha.










Marina South Pier

Distance : 10km
Timing : 58mins
Pace : 5.8min/km
Shoe : waverider 9

Sickness engulfed me

Yup.. i am out of running for these few days. Cough and phlegm is the main culprit, no speedwork no LSD , No fartlek... oh man.. marathon is coming what will happen to me?

On a lighter note, Adidas will be giving the adirunners a pair of running shoe and shirt (with the adidas running club logo printed on it) . Looks like i need a personal shoe cabinet now.

Run - RL thurs - boatquay - esplanade park 8km

Distance : 8km
Timing : 43mins
Pace : 5.22min/km
Shoe : nimbus