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

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

adirun - tanjong rhu - esplanade - 11km

Distance : 11km
Timing : 1hr 03mins 22sec
Pace : 5.45min/km

Adirun - Esplanade - kimseng bridge

The day has been rather gloomy with slight drizzle, was contemplating about going down to adirun. But turns out by 5pm the rain had stopped. So I decided to pop by for the run..which I badly need.

Met the rest as usual.. Cfred fahmy, michiko and martin. We had a short debate on which road to run. Finally agreed on doing a riverside run except running on a reverse way.

it started out slow but by the end we ended up sprinting just before clark quay. Great needed that extra punch in speed. Everyone did very well and managed to keep up pace , i am sure most have no problem with the upcoming marathon.

Distance : 8.09km
Timing : 1hr 42mins 37sec
Pace : 5.15min/km
shoe 123.55km

adirun - Kallang 8.95km

Distance : 8.95km
Timing : 49mins 55sec
Pace : 5.35min/km

adirun - fort canning - clark quay 7.6km

This week run have a slightly bigger turn up alvo, fahmy, martin, mich, aerosolcan and 2 other friends join for the run. The run was around fort canning and to clark quay and back, unfortunately one of the lady got lost in fort canning and some of us have to search for her. In the end we assume she returned back to the store. We continued our journey , on the way we saw pretty lanterns along the clark quay banks because of the mid autumn fest.

Side note:
Had a 22 laps at suntec pool on sunday, think there was like 2 other good swimmers there so was rather motivating..

Distance : 7.38km
Timing : 39mins 46sec
Pace : 5.23min/km

A very out of shape run for me today. Not sure what's the reason for the decline in stamina but during today speedwork with fahmy, alvo and cfred . I feel legs was liken that of weights being strap to my ankle. Tiring to lift up. My breathing was double the amount and so is my heart pounding super hard.

Maybe its my low biorhythm week. Hopefully it will be better next week.

In other news i just got my new ipod nano 3g.
Better interface and wider screen ...love it..! most of all great to run with.

Distance : 7.56km
Timing : 39mins 20sec
Pace : 5.12min/km
Shoe mileage : 61.17km

adirun - kallang park - former stadium 8.55km

Today we took a different route for adirun, a rip off from the aviva ironman route. Cfred lead the way for us (staz, fahmy, michiko, michelle, shawn) . But some way towards the stadium shawn got cramps on the knee and had to slow down. Cfred and staz was in the peak and they surge ahead stopping only to direct us.

At the end of the run, we could not find shawn after 30 mins of waiting so we sent out to look for him thankfully he was returning as we were heading out. Seems like the police stop him along the bridge. Asking him why he is jogging alone at this hour , and toke down his details.. THAT IS SO RIDICULOUS ! can't anyone run alone at 9pm? is it considered late?

I hope he took down the name and vehicle number of this police. Must be he did not meet the quota in his notebook!

In other news , just got my shoe.. and surprisingly its not the adizero tempo but this..
Adidas Supernova! 6 (abt 116 after discount) . Its time to do some long distance running..Some of the features includes:

Pronation Control Technology

Designed for neutral pronation & supination

• Midsole: Single-density compression molded EVA, torsion system and ForMotion
• Shape: Semi-curved
• Construction Last: Strobel-lasted Adiprene 45 in the heel traditional strobel-lasted in the forefoot

Cushioning Technology

• Midsole: Compression-molded EVA
• Heel: 3-D adiPRENE, ForMotion
• Forefoot: Full forefoot adiPRENE+

Upper Materials

• Seamless fit technology, quick-dry open air mesh, 360-degree reflectivity
• Geofit ankel support
  

Outsole Technology

• Heel: Adiwear carbon rubber
• Forefoot: Blown rubber with QuickStrike

Ok probably i will give this babe a test drive on sat! see u all at BG run.

Distance : 8.55km
Timing : 44mins 44sec
Pace : 5.13min/km

Adirun - tanjong rhu 8.75km

Meet Adirunners at suntec city last evening, the group was strong about 9 of us. stacy, fahmy, cfred, martin, su yin, michelle, alvo and one other lady.

Instead of a fast run me, alvo and cfred decide to take it easy and let the rest of the group run ahead. At the end of the run we just gamely tell them that they are really improving !

Looked at the adidas tempo shoe looks really nice, but i am not sure how the shoe would feel while running .. should i get it?

Distance : 8.75km
Timing : 51mins 37sec
Pace : 5.53min/km

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

Run - orchard road - rivervalley 10km

Run - suntec - national stadium - tanjung rhu 10km

To stadium - from suntec
Distance : 2.54km
Timing : 14mins 14sec
Pace : 5.47min/km

from stadium to suntec
Distance : 6.99km
Timing : 39mins 35sec
Pace : 5.49min/km

Run - marina south 10km

its been sometime since i blog , well cause
1. been slacking
2. been lazy
3. been busy

So the real reason is all of the above.
With my new revamp portal up i am finally able to breath again. Incase you don't already know yet it's www.salsasingapore.sg . Not to mention a few projects to do. Plus i am planning a trip to london this july.

But still manage to squeeze in for swim on last friday and sat . Plus i also took sometime and signed up for a run.. the passion run happening this july 8th - my first for this year.

Anyway back to my run
Today went down to adirun for a run with the guys. Seems like the crowd is slightly larger then lastweek with cfred , fahmy and michiko. We decided to do the marina south route.

On the way to the warmup area . We notice it has been seal up for construction of the new millennium bridge. So no choice have to go next to the sheares bridge for short warmup. point to note "lotsa moquito must avoid there in future".

We started the run at about 7.07pm and towards the shenton way and then tanjong pagar before turning into the marina south. Did a u turn around the pier and guess who we bump into choon wei. Yup so we chatted along with him on the way out , thats the part when the speed went up to maybe 4 + min/km pace. At that point i almost can't keepup. Notice there is a new road from marina south just open recently so i nudge the rest to give it a shot. Seems like it leads out to NTUC building and cut about 1 over km distance .

In total the run was slow in the beginning, fastest in the middle and fast in the end..

Run - Tanjong rhu 8km

adirun - marina south - 10km

Taking blogging to a whole new direction .. Literally.. By blogging while on the train.

Finally drop by adirun.. A punishing run for me come to think of it. Todays turn up was rather big..sv, michiko, fahmy, freddie, stazla, alvo, simon and cousin. The route was a rather long and definitely boring for me.. The dreaded marina south route.

Started of in a rather fast pace.. Averaging about 5 min/km.. Neck breaking speed for me as I try to keep up with freddie, simon and cousin. Along the way we bump into good ole ronnie doing his ninja run as usual. The construction of the IR at marina south created quite a few new roads somehow made quite a lot of detours. Finally at the 5km mark decided to make a u-turn back and go on my own pace back. Simon and gang over took me at the shentonway area.
Tiring run on the whole and i feel age is catching up with me.. retire while i am still ok? hmm
Distance : 9.76km
Timing : 51mins 05sec
Pace : 5.13min/km

Adirun - esplanade - CBD - Marina south 7km

Tonights run was from esplanade park thru CBD then marina south and over sheares bridge. Quite a scenic route. The turn out was ok with about 5 of us Fahmy, freddy, alvo and babumouse well whats missing were the gals haha. Oh well so its a no hold bared night can go faster lor..

After the run headed to the pool for a couple of relaxing swim with alvo and babu. While meteor watches on.

Distance : 7km
Timing : 39mins 50sec
Pace : 5.41min/km

Run - esplanade - kallang park 6.52km

Its been sometime since i updated well not much of running last week. Maybe was feeling a little under the weather. Swam on sunday at suntec and monday at CCAB supposed to be lesson but alex was had an accident and his shoulder was injured. So couldn't make it ( hope he is ok). So just me and stazla there for the frontcrawl practice.

Wed - Adirun















Distance : 6.52km
Timing : 36mins 40sec
Pace : 5.37min/km

Adirun - clarke quay- fort canning 9.2km

Been busy lately starting out my new online store so running was kinda left aside, Not to mention swim lesson and practices, I have also signed up for Spanish classes sometime end feb.

Now running has taken a back seat, wouldn't want to miss a session of adirun would i? Stazla, Sv, eddie, fahmy, cosmic, alvo, freddie, michiko, angeline turned up for todays evening run. The route was the fort-canning route so more or less everyone is familar. Well the lead agroup consist of myself, eddie, cosmic, freddie, stazla . Fahmy and angeline on the well mid speed range. while SV and michiko was the last group. Some how at fort-canning we lost SV group which later he called to say they are back at the shop.

Along boatquay we spotted some nice coupe like Ferrari, Mercedes and Lamborghini. I think theres some special events there. Also we can see the river hongbao event booth being setup.


After the run , had a short swim at the pool before changing up and meeting the gang for dinner at subway. Stazla was wanted to go to balaclava for a bottle of beer unfortunately not all wanted save myself haha. Bumped into my friend there which i have not seen for a long time oh well another time then.

Wow when i visited nikeplus.com site they have added a route map and distance calculator too but somehow i find that its not as accurate as that on google earth.

















Distance : 9.2km
Timing : 51mins 10sec
Pace : 5.34min/km

Adirun - marina esplanade - kallang park 5.1km

Its one of those days when you suddenly felt unwell at the last min of the run. Had not been able to sleep the night before (accumulated only 4 hrs last night before) plus felt a little temperature increase. Nevertheless i still proceed with the adirun session. Lionel , eddie, michiko , fahmy , simon's friend and myself turned up for the run a small crowd.

This time round a shorter route was taken from esplanade park to kallang park and back. The weather was windy and cooling , partially due to the global warming ard the world. Eddie and Lionel pace ahead of the rest . For me couldn't keep up with them nose was sort of having discomfort . On a hind note . Lance armstrong made an anouncement on my nike plus telling me i ran the fastest pace record compare with my previous runs.

After the run we went for some drills on the pool at suntec. Water again was freezing and if thats not helping i had drank maybe a cupful of chlorine haha.. Frontcrawl is really tough to learn. Lionel gave some tip on the arms drill (hes taking the instructor course right now).

Oh well next practice is saturday! update again

Distance : 5.15km
Timing : 27mins 36sec
Pace : 5.21min/km

Adirun - clarke quay- fort canning 9.38km

Weds adirun saw alvo, meteor, stazla, lionel, simon, delphine , lisa , fahmy and joali attending the run. Due to some miscommunication, simona and delphine went down to esplanade start point instead of behind suntec. But fahmy decided to go proceed away with the run.

Tested my run using the new switch easy device for my nikeplus.. turns out it came almost out after 400m. Seems like i need to find someway to secure it more tightly. This time round the distance is right on the money comparing with google map.

After the run, Eddie join us for a short swim at the suntec pool, getting some tips on front crawl and some drills. Dinner was joined by SV who came after work. A real tired day .. and glad to jump into bed straight away

Distance : 9.38km
Timing : 53mins 39sec
Pace : 5.43min/km