Sunday, March 30, 2008

Kevin & Shanshan

Congrats on your cheena "BIG DAY"

May the both of you have many blessings ahead of your marriage life....

20km @ ECP 29 Mar 2008

Had my worst run , ITB flare up after my 20km lsd. Was limping the whole day....... kns...... i think i will need a long long break liao............haiz

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

CBD @ 25/03/08

Tonight, target was mount faber. Join the gang @ TGP. Even though the skies were dark, we kick off sharp @ 7pm. LT wanted us the do 3 loops. Me not wanting to worsen my ITB, decide to up the mount & run back via keppel rd.

The run was ok, mantain my 7min pace, knee a bit sore but ITB din flare up, duno was it due to the hard massage that i had last week or due to thr pattstrap.

Was join by tao, burnz & eatrun as they dun intend to do the loop. Burnz was still feeling tired after his quads training @ the gym. Did a nice run back to TGP mrt, did my stretching before calling it a day.

Weekend will be doing my LSD..... hope knees will be A.....OK......

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Saturday, March 22, 2008

New Rubber

Gear up my new Mizuno Wave Rider 11, goging to burn new rubber.....yea......, did a short route of 8km. Mindfully did my stretching. Kept a slow pace to see whether my ITB would fare up again. First 5km was fine. After hitting the 5km, started to feel the strain on the outer knee.

Reminded myself to control my pace & try not to over compensate my left leg. Able to end the run without any pain or strain. Did my warming down stretch, guess the strong massage did help a bit. Going to play with the red toy again............sweet sweet pain....

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Strong Massage

www.strongmassage.com

Made an appointment for a deep tissue massage this afternoon. Feel the need due to my ITB, first time trying out, hope that it will fastern my recovery. They normally charge SGD80/- per hr but due to the fact I have join Sundown Marathon, U get SGD10/- off per session until the last 2 days after the event. Quite a good bargain even though SGD70/- is quite steep.

Was attend by Chye Tuan (physiotherapist).....

What to expect from ..........PAIN SWEET SWEET PAIN.

Manage to loosen the muscle plus pick up some useful tips.

SGD70/- well worth................OUCH..... now prepare for some blue black 2morlow.... :(

Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

This one good lecture to listen to

CBD Run @18 Mar 2008

Wanted to see how much have my ITB recovered. Decided to join the gang for a run to test & try out the Pattstrap that I have purchase for my ITB.

Initial run was ok, until reaching the 4km point, started to feel my knee sore again. Didn't want to worsen the condition so didn't do the interval with the gang. Guess need to play more with my red toy. HIAZ............

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Sweet Sweet Pain 2

A demo of the pain that i'm toking abt...:(

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Funny truths about life in small small Singapore....

1. Nite - Sleep with air-con; Day Bathe with heater on.

2. Day - Cannot Wake up; Nite - Cannot Sleep

3. Cigarettes - Convenient to buy; not convenient to smoke

4. Chewing Gum - Can Chew, Cannot buy?? (Restricted to buying)

5. Smell Of rubbish beside letterboxes; Rubbish inside Letterbox

6. Private Cars - Cheaper & Cheaper to Buy, harder & harder to Maintain

7. Education - Teachers teaching Less but expect students to learn More

8. Technology - know how to use state-of-the art equipment, but dunno how to use a simple dustbin or a toilet.

9. There are quite a number of rich/poor in spore -
They have Car, Credit Card, CPF .... but no Cash and lots of loans


10. Language - Translation needed between Singaporean Chinese andMainland Chinese

11. Voting - Don't like to vote, but like to complain

12. Half Sporeans rushed to buy Hello kitty, but the other half busy killing stray cats

13. Public Bus - Half the Crowd squeeze in front section of the Bus, Second section is for Carrying Ghost

Saturday, March 8, 2008

ECP 25KM

Share cab w CCF to the meet up point @ F2.

Link up w XZ & Seow Too & started the LSD, took it easy as I was still nursing my ITB. Was running at a smell flower pace. Manage to reach the U-turn point @ CV.

Going back was a different issue. ITB started to flare up, had to walk most of the way back. SHIT. ....

Will be in slack mode for the next two week or even longer...... hiaz.........

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Pain Sweet Sweet Pain

Thanks to tao for lending me the foam roller this week @ cbd run.

Did the foam roller exercise on my ITB............woooooooooooooooooooooooo

Pain Sweet Sweet Pain.................................

But effective, can feel the band relax after holding on to the tender spot......

Going to do a few more times..... to see the effect................wooooooooooo

Another round of Pain Sweet Sweet Pain.

Monday, March 3, 2008

RIP: DELL M640

After 5 years, its time the let my lappie RIP. Service guy just called to inform me that, the servicing to cost me SG$400/-........ WAH jaw drop......

Guess no point in repairing lappie. Best to let it rest.....

Sunday, March 2, 2008

DNF: MR 20km

Took a lift from tao to MR.

Today MR was pack w lots of pple.
MR25 doing their 15km progressive runs series.
SAFRA Tampines doing their 21km.
Army runnners doing their MR runs.

Link w xz, fennel, ST, Burnz, laserrunner and buay. Started @ 7.30pm, due to someone lor, cannot find cab to MR. Haiz.

Started my pace slow so that my ITB will not act up again. As we were running behind the SAFRA guys, pace was relatively slow abt 6.30 pace/min.

After leaving the trail, venturing the Aircon road, manage to catch up w burnz who was infront. This IM to-be is looking strong. After making the U-turn @ seletar gate, SIAO LIAO. ITB surface on my left knee again. Damn......XZ lend me his knee guard to ease off the pain. Started to jog back. After three slopes, XZ, Burnz & me decided to walk back, had a nice time chatting abt Tokyo, HK marathon & future events.

So DNf for today, already order the pattstrap, hoping it will help to ease off my ITB. Next will be getting the foam roller to massage to ITB...........

Saturday, March 1, 2008

SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon 2008

Gear up for the biggest running event on 24 August 2008. Mark your calendar and get ready for a NEW route and a NEW experience!

Date: 24 August 2008
Start Point: Esplanade Drive
End Point: Padang
Categories:
- 21km Army Half Marathon
- 10km SAFRA Sheares Bridge Challenge Run
- 6km SAFRA Sheares Bridge Fun Run

Registration begins Monday, 24 March 2008.

For more information, log on to www.safra.sg/sbr or email : sbr@safra.org