Updates - weekend runs

Sat
Was invited by my friend to st gregory spa over at plaza parkroyal. Did a short 30mins run on the treadmill thats about 5 km, then did some weights. But hey theres no weights bar on the equipment.. but it ultilise a pneumatic pump system. Now thats something new. Just press the button to increase or decrease resistance/weight. Cool!
After which we head to the pool for a couple of laps.. the water was icy cold due to the earlier rain .. and there was no time to pause or slow down! And finally before i bath , had a short session inside the steam room.. ahh thats life!

Sun
Went down to eastcoast to take photos of the Osim triathlon.. familiar faces from sgrunners taking part. And they all did well despite the shortening of the race and , eliminating the swim segment due to choppy weather. Congrats to everyone there!

Mon
Nothing beats running out into the park for a jog ..Finally after a long hiatus i got to do my normal run at sembawang road.

Distance : 8.96km
Timing : 47mins 54sec
Pace : 5.20min/km

Time to let go...

of my Sony MDR earphone.. one side of the earphone no longer works.. Oh well , so using my reward voucher from starhub , i got another earphone from Sennheiser . The OMX 70 Sport - "If you can get past the neon green coloring, Sennheiser's Sport Line has a design for every fitness fanatic." $81



Have to make do with the neon green coloring for now..At least when i run at night on coming car get see a neon line floating in the air.. and avoid me haha

Run - suntec - fort canning - clark quay 7.5km

Short run today with adirun group, Staz managed to get a friend down for the run. and the group look slightly larger 3 gals and 2 guys.

The route was from suntec to fort canning and back via clark quay. Not a very long distance as we skipped one round at fort canning. But none the less was rather tiring as we are going at quite a fast pace.

After the run we did about 4 laps at the pool. Water was freezing must be due to the rain earlier in the day. We celebrated mich engagement with a toast at balaclava before heading home.

Distance : 7.5km
Timing : 42mins 27sec
Pace : 5.34min/km

Mizuno 10km wave run 2007

What can i say about the first run i had since i returned.. horrible.. not me but the organisers for the mizuno wave run.

Lotsa of minus point to the run. Let me try to get it straight in a chronological manner.
- Bag deposit was only announce where it is (2 van smack inside the stadium) 20 mins before the event starts. Causing massive blockage infront of the start line not to mention the queue time.
- Bags were stuff into the van, which in turn make it hard to take out the bags later. First in last out, just imagine that
- Massive blockage at the start of the run , due to choke point near the entrance into the reservoir (over 5 mins )
- No clear indication for where 5km or 10km runners suppose to split at the junction. In the end i saw like alot of 5km fun run runners doing the 10km route.
- The ground was muddy and full of pot holes making it difficult to run on ( i can understand if its the NB real run but this anit)
- No Clear indication where the end point is resulting in mass chaos , 2 other run were held near by if i am not wrong one of them is Aljunied CC walk a jog. And the finish sign was meant for that.
- The start and end point should be in the same location and not shift away.
- Not enough marshallers involved in the race. That could be the reason why alot of runners got lost.

To the organisers "Wake up your ideas!" . Probably my last mizuno wave run.

Distance : 11km
Timing : 60mins 49sec
Pace : 5.30min/km

Jetlagged

Back from my london/paris vacation. And I am severely
- jetlaged
- under trained..no time to run over there.

as tomorrow is the mizuno wave run at bedok reservoir ..I am plannin to take it easy.

Sacony Passion Run - 10km east coast

Did not find the time to update passionrun before I departed for my trip.

Anyway got down to east coast , hitching a ride from jamesoh early in the morning . Got to the run site at the plain field next to the east coast food center . Had to park at the next carpark as the nearest one already full. We hurried down to the start line along the way we met DR doin his warm up run .. Actually no he went to his car to get some stuff.. Turn out he prefer run then walk.. Oh well.

We met quite a few sg runners as the night before they gang celebrated the anniversary at a chalet nearby. The race started about 745 . I started pacing along with cheow at the first quarter of the run. But he gained momentum and pull away from the crowd. Had to be contemplated running on my own . Occasionally sayin hi to some friends along the way. On the return route , I realised it was getting hotter and my chest was crushing on me. Took 1 or 2 walks.. Running on concrete floor may have some effect on me too.

In the end I came in at 55mins . What a let down. Oh well got my goodie bag and 100plus drink. Me and james then head down to bedok estate for breakfast . He intro some famous food .. Like teochew bah chor mee.. And zhu chang fen..

Meet up with mich and freddy yesterday for a round of 20 odd laps at the suntec pool. With the weather so hot these days its a relieve to be dip in the pool. Tappering now for the coming race tomorrow. Not to mention a meeting with client before coming back home to pack up my bags.. And rush down to the airport to catch my flight.

Okay time to sleep.

Run - orchard road - rivervalley 10km

Swim - 24 laps

Been sick for a couple of days , mileage for running has drop. Weekend swim was also postponed. Until today. Had a couple of laps on the pool today in the afternoon , feeling breathless with each laps. Oh time to plan my run for this sunday and my trip to london / paris