To all my friends & blog readers.
Have a Happy New Year..........................!!!!!!!
Monday, December 31, 2007
MR25 Ultramarathon 2007
Ultra Marathon 2007 a annual event organised by MR25. Which runner is required to complete 5 loops of MR to qualify as a finisher. Each loops is about 10.5km, making it 52.5km if you complete the 5 rounds. All runners are encourage to complete more rounds in order to join in for the competition.
Knowing the terrain of MR is very tough, target was to complete the 5 rounds & call it a day.
First & second loops was quite ok. Was doing a slow & steady pace.
Took first gel before starting the 3rd loop, can feel the stress on the knee & legs, guess the tough terrain is too much to bear. Can feel a cramp creeping on the two legs. Along the way, got a bad strain on my left inner knee muscle.
At the 4th loop, was practically walking & slow jogging all the way. At the last stretch of the loop, wanting to give up, it's really a mental battle within to push your body to the limit. After a last water point, took my second power gel as was feeling that my energy was draining off fast.
5th loop, the final loop. Despite the strain & heat from the afternoon sun. I kept pushing myself to complete. A battle mind over body.
Was happy to cross the line in 7hr 21min 35sec. A achievement that I will remember.
1 loop: 1h 14m 17s
2 loop: 1h 11m 43s
3 loop: 1h 22m 44s
4 loop: 1h 58m 49s
5 loop: 1h 34m 13s
Knowing the terrain of MR is very tough, target was to complete the 5 rounds & call it a day.
First & second loops was quite ok. Was doing a slow & steady pace.
Took first gel before starting the 3rd loop, can feel the stress on the knee & legs, guess the tough terrain is too much to bear. Can feel a cramp creeping on the two legs. Along the way, got a bad strain on my left inner knee muscle.
At the 4th loop, was practically walking & slow jogging all the way. At the last stretch of the loop, wanting to give up, it's really a mental battle within to push your body to the limit. After a last water point, took my second power gel as was feeling that my energy was draining off fast.
5th loop, the final loop. Despite the strain & heat from the afternoon sun. I kept pushing myself to complete. A battle mind over body.
Was happy to cross the line in 7hr 21min 35sec. A achievement that I will remember.
1 loop: 1h 14m 17s
2 loop: 1h 11m 43s
3 loop: 1h 22m 44s
4 loop: 1h 58m 49s
5 loop: 1h 34m 13s
End of 4th loop
my bib number
the finisher tee
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
In The Bleak Midwinter - performed by Corrinne May
Wishing you a wonderful, blessed Christmas season.
Here's a music video card for you,
featuring the Christmas song "In The Bleak Mid-winter".
http://www.corrinnemay.com/safe/flash/InTheBleak.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9C5kHL884
Los Angeles, CA
Reflections for Christmas Day - Gifts for Jesus
25th December 2007
The nights have been getting colder
and colder over here in California
and the days and moments of light have been getting shorter.
And yet, I find a lovely reflectiveness
in this season, this Winter season,
I've always found it a blessing that stars shine
their brightest in the darkest nights.
And so it is, with our lives, oftentimes,
the darkest moments, the moments of despair,
the moments of feeling lost and confused,
can often be moments of grace, moments of intense
illumination where we re-discover ourselves, our goals,
our inspirations and the purpose for which we truly live.
It must have been a very dark night when
the brightest star shone for the 3 Magi, who
went in search of the infant King Jesus.
They must have been filled with thoughts of doubt
and despair, and yet hope must have warmed
their hearts as they travelled
all those nights in the barren desert,
eyes, turned heavenwards towards the star that
pointed the way to the infant Jesus.
They brought gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh,
but most importantly, they brought the gift
of themselves, and offered it to the infant Jesus.
Jesus says in John 17:24
"Father, they are your gift to me."
We are God the Father's gifts to Jesus.
Wow....I find that amazing. Especially when I think of the moments
when I've been weak, fragile, proud, hurt, selfish...
not the best type of gift at all.
Yet, we are Jesus's christmas presents.
The gift of ourselves, of our time, of our talents, of our being.
What type of gifts do we want to be?
What type of gifts are we to our families, to our friends?
What can we present to the infant Jesus when we reach the end
of this journey under the stars?
Have a blessed, reflective Christmas
filled with wonder and Joy :)
Love,
Corrinne.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
It's a time of year that we sit down to reflect upon, what we have done & thank all the blessings that we rec'd through the year.
Even though, X'mas has been commercialized too much, the meaning of X'mas still is very real to me. The birth of Christ the Lord. With Megan arrival to the family, this family is finally complete.....
Merry X'mas Everyone
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
CBD Run @ 18 Dec 2007
Manage to join the last CBD run for 2007. Revisited MF once again, choinging up the slope after months of flat ground training. Only did 1 loop, cos festive seasons mah..keke.
Guess with GE30km coming, more slope training to come......
Guess with GE30km coming, more slope training to come......
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Megan's 1 month
Megan 1 month old liao, seems that yesterday that she just came into this world. All those endless sleeplness nights. Constant crying & changing a diapers. LOL........ They says its worthwhile..... does it????? maybe in the future, can't see it now.....
Today start my LSD after SCSM, manage to run @ 5am, did a 21km LSD. shiok...... try out my new Saucony Triumph 4, feels light & solid.... need more LSD to assesse the shoes.... Next event ULTRA... should i???? Lets see how.... whether the little megan will give me pattern er not......LOL
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Fowarding for a Friend
Hello everyone!
My friends and I are organizing a gift-bag distribution drive to some of the low-income households living at the constituencies of Kreta Ayer and Kim-Seng this holiday season.
We decided to focus our resources and energies on these two areas as we were told that a large portion of the lowest income groups in Singapore reside there. For example, there are 300 recipients of the Public Assistance (PA) allowance of $290 per month residing in those two constituencies. Officially, a person only qualifies for the PA cash grant if they have no kin nor any other means to support themselves due to age, illness or disability. However, as you can probably imagine, surviving on such a small sum of money, particularly for such people, is extremely difficult, especially with the rapidly increasing cost of living.
We sincerely hope to spread some of the festive cheer to these lonely and often forgotten members of our community. This is why we have decided to allocate one day to visiting some of these people at their homes and giving them a gift bag in the spirit of the festive season.
We have been liaising with the key grassroots members and volunteers at both constituencies. They have been incredibly receptive to and supportive of our initiative. They have provided us with a list of the most needy households so as to ensure that our limited resources go to the most needy.
To fund this drive, we aim to raise a minimum amount of $1,500 to buy the items for the gift bags. We would sincerely be grateful for any assistance you can provide to help us reach this target. If we raise more than we need, that’ll be fantastic, because we can then distribute the leftover funds as cash ang pows. In-kind donations would be greatly welcome as well. The items that will be included in the gift bag are mainly basic food items and necessities like biscuits, Milo, canned food, soap, towels and medicated oil.
Also, if you would like to join us in this good cause, we will be more than happy to have more help in (a) buying the gift items (b) packing them and (c) conducting the visits on the actual day. We will be conducting our visit on the 29th December 2007 (Saturday), from 930am to 630 pm. e are hoping to work in teams of 4s or 5s to cover 150 households, allowing us to spend at least 15 minutes at each home interacting with the residents. We believe it’s more meaningful to spend at least some time at each home, rather than rushing through the gift bag distribution process. It would be fabulous to have as many volunteers as possible, as that simply means there’ll be more teams to go around, which will enable each group to spend more time at each home before moving on. If you are a driver with a vehicle at your disposal, you can also assist in the transport of volunteers and gift bags.
For Cash donations please contact Kok Wai at honkokwai@gmail.com or 91847712
For In-Kind donations please contact Amit at ajain80sg@yahoo.com or 96483544
For General Enquiries and anyone keen in volunteering, please contact Joyce at elppaneerg@hotmail.com or 91110949
My friends and I are organizing a gift-bag distribution drive to some of the low-income households living at the constituencies of Kreta Ayer and Kim-Seng this holiday season.
We decided to focus our resources and energies on these two areas as we were told that a large portion of the lowest income groups in Singapore reside there. For example, there are 300 recipients of the Public Assistance (PA) allowance of $290 per month residing in those two constituencies. Officially, a person only qualifies for the PA cash grant if they have no kin nor any other means to support themselves due to age, illness or disability. However, as you can probably imagine, surviving on such a small sum of money, particularly for such people, is extremely difficult, especially with the rapidly increasing cost of living.
We sincerely hope to spread some of the festive cheer to these lonely and often forgotten members of our community. This is why we have decided to allocate one day to visiting some of these people at their homes and giving them a gift bag in the spirit of the festive season.
We have been liaising with the key grassroots members and volunteers at both constituencies. They have been incredibly receptive to and supportive of our initiative. They have provided us with a list of the most needy households so as to ensure that our limited resources go to the most needy.
To fund this drive, we aim to raise a minimum amount of $1,500 to buy the items for the gift bags. We would sincerely be grateful for any assistance you can provide to help us reach this target. If we raise more than we need, that’ll be fantastic, because we can then distribute the leftover funds as cash ang pows. In-kind donations would be greatly welcome as well. The items that will be included in the gift bag are mainly basic food items and necessities like biscuits, Milo, canned food, soap, towels and medicated oil.
Also, if you would like to join us in this good cause, we will be more than happy to have more help in (a) buying the gift items (b) packing them and (c) conducting the visits on the actual day. We will be conducting our visit on the 29th December 2007 (Saturday), from 930am to 630 pm. e are hoping to work in teams of 4s or 5s to cover 150 households, allowing us to spend at least 15 minutes at each home interacting with the residents. We believe it’s more meaningful to spend at least some time at each home, rather than rushing through the gift bag distribution process. It would be fabulous to have as many volunteers as possible, as that simply means there’ll be more teams to go around, which will enable each group to spend more time at each home before moving on. If you are a driver with a vehicle at your disposal, you can also assist in the transport of volunteers and gift bags.
For Cash donations please contact Kok Wai at honkokwai@gmail.com or 91847712
For In-Kind donations please contact Amit at ajain80sg@yahoo.com or 96483544
For General Enquiries and anyone keen in volunteering, please contact Joyce at elppaneerg@hotmail.com or 91110949
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Recovery Run
Legs still feeling sore after the marathon, pick myself up to do my own recovery run. Started slow & easy, dun wish to have any or further ache to my leg. Manage to complete a 6km run without any issue. Did some stretching, today legs feel much more better.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
My FR on SCSM 2007
Woke up @ 2am to assist Nelly in changing & feeding Megan.
Drank a strong brew of coffee follow by a snadwich, manage to clear my bowels before leaving home @ 4.05am.
Many thanks to tao for giving me a lift to the start point. Manage to meet Mui, nice meeting you.
Waited for burnz @ the front of esplanade glass door but he failed to turn up, so tao, mui & moi went ahead to the starting point.
I started off quite okay, trying not run fast & pacing myself. Weather was great, as we train regularly on this route, so its seems like another LSD training for me. Upon reaching marine cove, saw the kenya runners swooping past us, damn they are fast. Manage to see tiwazz @ the marina pier.
Feeling good, I pick up my speed after leaving marina south area, saw yankee & cosmic all the way. Also saw stazla working hard for the event.
Upon reaching 23km point, felt my right calf tightening, and knew that I made a mistake in fastening my pace earlier. So no choice, have to slow down & apply deep heat to my legs. The supporters @ ECP was great, cheering us on all the way.
Manage to reach the turning point of ECP & grab the free gel @ 28km point. The cramp was still manageable till I reach Kallang area where I had a beri bad cramp on both of my thigh that I had to stop to apply deep heat & do some stretching. Not wanting to push myself too much I decide to walk for a few minutes. After pasting Kallang, I decide to push myself, it was really a mind over body. Knowing well my legs was in pain, I kept telling myself the end point was near & die die I wanted to get the medal for Nelly.
With this in mind I pushing myself over my limit and focus on the run & not the pain. Saw edwin & IMD before the finishing line. The padang crowd was amazing, cheering us on. Crossing the finishing line was .......SHIOKNESS
Din expect that I can complete my first marathon, many thanks for LT for your training, it really helps. THANKS !!!!
I was expecting to do a sub 6 after getting such a bad cramp, was happy that i manage a sub 4.45 timing (chip time).
This marathon is for you, my dear Nelly, all the training, sleepness weekends & PAIN was worth it.
Drank a strong brew of coffee follow by a snadwich, manage to clear my bowels before leaving home @ 4.05am.
Many thanks to tao for giving me a lift to the start point. Manage to meet Mui, nice meeting you.
Waited for burnz @ the front of esplanade glass door but he failed to turn up, so tao, mui & moi went ahead to the starting point.
I started off quite okay, trying not run fast & pacing myself. Weather was great, as we train regularly on this route, so its seems like another LSD training for me. Upon reaching marine cove, saw the kenya runners swooping past us, damn they are fast. Manage to see tiwazz @ the marina pier.
Feeling good, I pick up my speed after leaving marina south area, saw yankee & cosmic all the way. Also saw stazla working hard for the event.
Upon reaching 23km point, felt my right calf tightening, and knew that I made a mistake in fastening my pace earlier. So no choice, have to slow down & apply deep heat to my legs. The supporters @ ECP was great, cheering us on all the way.
Manage to reach the turning point of ECP & grab the free gel @ 28km point. The cramp was still manageable till I reach Kallang area where I had a beri bad cramp on both of my thigh that I had to stop to apply deep heat & do some stretching. Not wanting to push myself too much I decide to walk for a few minutes. After pasting Kallang, I decide to push myself, it was really a mind over body. Knowing well my legs was in pain, I kept telling myself the end point was near & die die I wanted to get the medal for Nelly.
With this in mind I pushing myself over my limit and focus on the run & not the pain. Saw edwin & IMD before the finishing line. The padang crowd was amazing, cheering us on. Crossing the finishing line was .......SHIOKNESS
Din expect that I can complete my first marathon, many thanks for LT for your training, it really helps. THANKS !!!!
I was expecting to do a sub 6 after getting such a bad cramp, was happy that i manage a sub 4.45 timing (chip time).
This marathon is for you, my dear Nelly, all the training, sleepness weekends & PAIN was worth it.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Official Time
GUN TIME: 4h:44m:16s (gun)
CHIP TIME: 4h:37m:49s (net)
Manage a average pace of 6min 53min per km.
CHIP TIME: 4h:37m:49s (net)
Manage a average pace of 6min 53min per km.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
First 42.195 - Completed
Finally completed my first marathon. Gun Time: 4.49, Own time: 4.37. Quite happy to be able to do a sub 5 since it's my first time. Halfway through @ ECP, got a bad cramp on both legs, Thank God for the endless supply of Deep heat rub, that enable me to endure the pain all the way. Feeling of crossing the finishing line............SHIOK.........but painful.
My First Marathon medal. (Dedicated to my lovely wife Nelly)
The finisher Tee
My First Marathon medal. (Dedicated to my lovely wife Nelly)
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