Run on 31 July - almost sengkang east/west LRT route

Time taken : 1 hr 15 mins 16 secs
Distance : 11.53 km
Avg Speed : 9.2 km/h, 6min 31sec per km.

Run on 29 July - Office to, I run 5km, back to office

Time taken : 1 hr 16 mins 11 secs
Distance : 11.91 km
Avg Speed : 9.4 km/h, 6min 23sec per km.

Run on 27 July - 10.3km Mizuno Wave Run 2008

Venue : Temasek Polytechnic, Bedok Reservoir and back.

Official result : 1 hr 01 min 42.35 secs
Position : 767/1604

First time in a race where i finished in the top half. - Yeah!

Time taken : 1 hr 01 mins 48 secs
Distance : 10.32 km
Avg Speed : 10.0 km/h, 5min 59sec per km.

Heart Rate : Max 187, Avg 166

Did manual lap at 1km interval.

Lap # : lap time, accumulated time, avg HR, avg speed

Lap 01 : 6:30, 6:30, 139, 9.3
Lap 02 : 5:58, 12:29, 156, 9.9
Lap 03 : 6:21, 18:51, 157, 9.4
Lap 04 : 5:58, 24:50, 164, 10.1
Lap 05 : 5:56, 30:47, 167, 10.1
Lap 06 : 5:51, 36:38, 171, 10.3
Lap 07 : 5:55, 42:33, 173, 10.1
Lap 08 : 5:55, 48:29, 174, 9.8
Lap 09 : 5:46, 54:15, 178, 10.6
Lap 10 : 7:33, 1:01:48, 180, 10.5

Sengkang Sports Complex

Some pictures of the new Sengkang Sports Complex.
Swimming pool will be open on 1 August.

Mizuno Wave Run 2008 - to be updated

Today is Mizuno Wave Run 2008.
After last year poorly organised Wave Run, decide to give VGO a final chance and sign-up this year again.

It has been raining these past few days. Luckily it did not rain on Saturday. Otherwise the running path will be very muddy.

Woke up at 5am. Get prepared and drove to the nearby hdb carpark (blk 898a) opposite the starting point, Temasek Polytechnic.

Reach there are around 6:15am. Message 3 of my colleague saying that I've reach the meeting place, East Gate.

While on the way there, there was slight drizzling. Luckily, the sky did not open up and for the whole run, it was cool and cloudy.

There was proper baggage counter this time, instead of 2 lorries where they dump all the baggage in last year.

It was a great improvement compare to last year. The difference between the distance markers and my polar rs200sd watch is less than 30m for the first 9km. The last km is actually 1.3km according to some sgrunners folks.

As for the run, some pathway was quite narrow and quite a number of runners ran on the road instead. Did a quite consistent 6 mins per km. Before the race, i've told my colleague that i would be giving those that cross the finish line before me a free breakfast.

For the first few km, i thought i was already quite fast. I could not believe my eyes when i saw one of my colleague (Mr Khoo) at the 8.2km mark. If the race is 8km, i would have lost to him. After overtaking him, i speeded up and was glancing every runners that ran past me. In the end, I'm still ahead of him.

After the event, we went to the nearby A Star coffee shop for breakfast before heading home.

Almost did a sub 1 hr for this 10km run. Was quite pleased with my result as this is my PB for 10km.

Will be back for next year Wave Run.

Run on 24 July - I run 5km

Time taken : 28 mins 19 secs
Distance : 5.01 km
Avg Speed : 10.6 km/h, 5min 39sec per km.

Run on 23 July - singapore river, x clemenceau bridge, x coleman bridge

Time taken : 1 hr 06 mins 19 secs
Distance : 10.07 km
Avg Speed : 9.1 km/h, 6min 35sec per km.

Battery changed. count = 5, rs200sd footpod.

Last battery changed is 15th June. Lasted about 1 month, 8 days.

Run on 22 July - I Run, 7km

Time taken : 38 mins 27 secs
Distance : 6.59 km
Avg Speed : 10.3 km/h, 5min 50sec per km.

SCSM 2008!

Registration starts today!

http://www.singaporemarathon.com/en/

Early Bird registration begins for the seventh edition of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon - Singapore's premier running event and one of Asia's top marathon.

Organisers urge all interested to take the first step and register early for the running event of the year.

Running milestone - 100 hours.

Reach a running milestone after morning run to Seletar Airport.

Total since 28 Dec 07.
Duration : 101 h
Calories : 75673
Exe. Count : 108
Distance : 856km

Run on 20 July - Seletar airport terminal

Time taken : 1 hr 53 mins 12 secs
Distance : 16.15 km
Avg Speed : 8.6 km/h, 7min 00sec per km.

First time ran to Seletar Airport Terminal.

Family outing to IKEA.

Family outing to IKEA.

Run on 18 July - singapore river, u turn esplanade

Time taken : 1 hr 05 mins 51 secs
Distance : 10.03 km
Avg Speed : 9.1 km/h, 6min 33sec per km.

Mizuno Wave Run race pack contents

Mizuno Wave Run race pack contents

Went to youth park @scape to collect the above.

Run on 17 July - I Run, 7km

Time taken : 37 mins 51 secs
Distance : 6.56 km
Avg Speed : 10.4 km/h, 5min 46sec per km.

Run on 16 July - to singapore flyer

Time taken : 1 hr 09 mins 05 secs
Distance : 10.85 km
Avg Speed : 9.4 km/h, 6min 22sec per km.

Run on 13 July - new bridge and further up to seletar camp

Time taken : 1 hr 17 mins 24 secs
Distance : 11.84 km
Avg Speed : 9.2 km/h, 6min 32sec per km.

Run on 10 July - I run 5km, uob plaza to office 3.4km

Time taken : 30 mins 17 secs
Distance : 5.29 km
Avg Speed : 10.5 km/h, 5min 43sec per km.

Time taken : 24 mins 29 secs
Distance : 3.43 km
Avg Speed : 8.4 km/h, 7min 08sec per km.

Decide to join I-Run at Marina Promenade (UOB plaza). Went with my leader, Stanley.

http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=1630


"Put on your running shoes and join us for i-Run, a new initiative by HPB and SSC to help you set and meet your short-, mid- and long term fitness goals through running.

Designed for working adults, i-Run provides regular sessions to improve participant's physical fitness as well as running clinics to impart relevant knowledge on running techniques and prevention of running injuries.

Encourage your colleagues and employees to work towards incorporating running and physical activity as an integral part of a healthy lifestyle.

Make a date to join us on every Tuesday and Thursday!
Venue: Singapore River Promenade
Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 7:30 PM"

Run on 9 July - std 2.5km + run to esplanade (9.5km)

Time taken : 1 hr 28 mins 31 secs
Distance : 12.19 km
Avg Speed : 8.3 km/h, 7min 15sec per km.

Same route as yesterday.

Death of paging in Singapore - to be updated.

SingTel paging network will shutdown on 9th July 2008, 2359 hrs.
The days of "siang ka pager!" is truely gone.

I've video down my pager last beep.

Running milestone - 100 exercise count

Reach a running milestone after tonight run.

Total since 28 Dec 07.
Duration : 92:34:49
Calories : 68762
Exe. Count : 100
Distance : 780km

Run on 8 July - std 2.5km + run to esplanade (9.5km)

Time taken : 1 hr 30 mins 59 secs
Distance : 11.92 km
Avg Speed : 7.9 km/h, 7min 38sec per km.

Baby Boy.

My sister-in-law (eldest brother's wife) gave birth to a baby boy today.
Baby was about 34 weeks. Weighing at around 2.1kg. Will need to stay in KK hospital for about 8 days for monitoring.

Run on 6 July - 9.4km Citi Milk Run 2008

Venue : River Valley Close, Robertson Quay, Clark Quay and Boat Quay.

Official result : 58 min 50.03 secs
Position : 296/438

Time taken : 58 mins 23 secs
Distance : 8.76 km
Avg Speed : 9.0 km/h, 6min 39sec per km.

Heart Rate : Max 182, Avg 170

Did autolap at 1km interval.

Lap # : lap time, accumulated time, avg HR, avg speed

Lap 01 : 6:33, 7:23, 147, 9.2
Lap 02 : 5:56, 12:29, 165, 10.1
Lap 03 : 6:22, 18:52, 168, 9.4
Lap 04 : 6:29, 25:22, 171, 9.3
Lap 05 : 6:40, 32:03, 173, 9.0
Lap 06 : 6:50, 38:53, 176, 8.8
Lap 07 : 7;04, 45:57, 176, 8.5
Lap 08 : 7:11, 53:09, 175, 8.4
Lap 09 : 5:14, 58:23, 177, 8.8

Citi Milk Run 2008

First time running this Milk Run.
My first afternoon run also. 9.4km, starting at 1515 hrs.

Took LRT/NEL to Outram MRT station. Took the provided shuttle run to Zouk big carpark.
Then took a slow walk to the starting point at River Valley Green.

Finished the run. Lucky to all (runners and volunteers) that is was a cloudy day.
My polar rs200sd register a distance of 8.75km. Seeing some of sgrunners guys posting a distance of about 8.7km, I guess the 9.4km is a little off.

I think i started off too fast, after the 2nd km mark, every km timing is increasing.

Was quite surprise to see the finishing banner when my watch was showing 8.5km.

No distance markers, i think with so many category of races and with looping, it would be very very confusing to runners. So i'm fine with no distance marker for this race.

The not so good thing is that we will not be able to know our timing as the website only show the top 3 timings.

Below are some pictures taken.









Below are picture from sportphotox.

Family outing to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

Some pictures of family outing.

Run on 4 July - pre Citi Milk Run recce run

Time taken : 50 mins 07 secs
Distance : 7.46 km
Avg Speed : 8.9 km/h, 6min 43sec per km.

Did a recce of the Sunday Milk Run route. Damn confusing. I guess just follow the crowd on Sunday.

Citi Milk Run race pack contents

Went to Tiong Bahru to collect the Citi Milk Run race pack.