Tapering week..

Tapering week has always been difficult for me . Sacrificing the joy of running for the final dash which is the end of this week.

after the months of training and it will all end in that 4hr of run this sunday. Oh well.. This week after back from bangkok , head out straight for a short 4km run around the yishun pond on monday and not to mention adirun tonight at suntec. The newly renovated shop is open at last . I was joined by fahmy , cfred , alvo and michiko.

It will be michiko last run with us cause she will be moving to phuket. The run was a short and easy 6.5km . At the end we took a last photo before parting our way.

Adirun - marina esplanade - kallang stadium - tanjong rhu 9.8km

Tappering time !


Distance : 9.84km
Timing : 55min 32 sec
Pace : 5.38min/km
shoe 218.00km

Run - Sembawang - yishun 13km

After the rain, the air is always so fresh . Miss out opportunity to run during the weekend . Besides a 30lap swim at YCK with staz on friday. The feel for this run was very comfortable no pain or tiredness , just like an energizer bunny.

Tapering has already began and 13km was good enough for me ... for now.

Distance : 12.81km
Timing : 68min 30 sec
Pace : 5.20min/km
shoe 228.20km

Adirun - clarke quay- fort canning 8.5km

After a 2 weeks break . I went back to adirun , already before hand i know that most of them due to work , study commitment arent able to go down. Still decided to have a short run. Surprise to see that the adidas shop is closed for renovation (will be opened on 19th) but thankfully fahmy was around we dump our back at the recreation locker on the 4th floor before goin for our run.

The route this week was to fort canning- clark quay - kimseng and back to the tan kim seng fountain. about 8.52km in total.

Distance : 8.52km
Timing : 44min 17 sec
Pace : 5.11min/km
shoe 215.39km

LSD run - yio chu kang - seletar airport 17km

Fantastic weather for a LSD today. Unfortunately can't say the same for my stamina today. I will have to go on a strict no alcohol diet from now till marathon D day.

Took afew stoppage almost at every bus stop along the train track arghh!! But things got better as i hit the seletar airport. I can see quite a few runners there some gave me the thumbs up as i ran pass them. Overall its still a very pleasant run ..

Distance : 17.06km
Timing : 1hr 36min
Pace : 5.38min/km

Run - Yishun Dam 8.09km

Singapore is a small country and bumping into friends at the most secluded places is not uncommon.

was doing a short 8km run around my area yesterday . You turn point around the yishun dam I bump into an old colleague of mine with his family. We had a short catchup chat before making my way back.

This weekend I am thinking of doing perhaps a 20km run..not so sure yet.

Distance : 8.05km
Timing :41mins 27sec
Pace : 5.08min/km

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Tuesday had a swim session (20laps)with cfred and sassyrunner at the jln besar. Quite a nice swim as the only folks around are old folks.. But occasionally some FT from mainland would just jump into the pool ..really dangerous and annoying.

Had the people parks yong tau fu near by. Not at peoples park but at jln besar I believe they moved over from there. Nice stuff.. die die Must try

LSD run - Eastcoast 28km

LSD has always been said to be long and agonizing run . And the same can be said to this one especially when you are doing this alone.

Came down to east coast at 4pm to do my lsd planned a 30km route from BFD from end to end till the perimeter road next to changi runway. Along the route I bump into familiar faces like tekko ( running back home !) and other friends. East coast on a sunday afternoon is bustling with activities not like on a morning. I can see groups having bbq .. Windsurfer and the drawing the most crowd is the new sport kiteboarding.

At perimeter road, I tried the new park connector but unfortunately there's no toilet there to top up my bottle NP board do think about that.

Ok enough of talking time to get a good rest ..


Distance : 28km
Timing : 2hr 30min
Pace : 5.35min/km
shoe 189.81km

Fartlek - yishun pond 3.65km

Did about 5 fartlek around the pond today. Quite possible my fastest around this route.
A day before i did 15 laps on the pool at suntec. Lets see if the weather holds out for an LSD this week .. finger cross

Distance : 3.65km
Timing : 17mins 25sec
Pace : 4.46min/km