Friday, October 31, 2008

Run on 31 Oct - to kim seng rd, flyer

Time taken : 1 hr 11 mins 09 secs
Distance : 10.90 km
Avg Speed : 9.2 km/h, 6min 31sec per km.





Thursday, October 30, 2008

Run on 29 Oct - to flyer and randomly back

Time taken : 1 hr 11 mins 35 secs
Distance : 7.98 km
Avg Speed : 6.7 km/h, 8min 58sec per km.

Did a slow run today with 3 other colleagues. Did a lot of walking.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Run on 28 Oct - CBD run, set E, Tanjong Pagar MRT up to Mount Faber

Time taken : 1 hr 41 mins 30 secs
Distance : 11.71 km
Avg Speed : 6.9 km/h, 8min 40sec per km.

Just 1 loop at MF tonight.



Sunday, October 26, 2008

Run on 26 Oct - LSD to mandai

Time taken : 4 hrs 20 mins 15 secs
Distance : 33.58 km
Avg Speed : 7.7 km/h, 7min 45sec per km.

Another tough LSD. Unable to jog till the end.
Only managed 28km. The rest of the time is 4 mins jog and 1 min walk.
U turn after hitting 16km on the polar watch. Some distance after bus stop 15.





Friday, October 24, 2008

Run on 24 Oct - sk east/west LRT track

Time taken : 56 mins 35 secs
Distance : 9.66 km
Avg Speed : 10.2 km/h, 5min 51sec per km.

Finally managed to do a run this week on Friday night.
Did a tempo run and managed to go under 6min/km for almost 10km.



Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Run on 22 Oct - office treadmill

Time taken : 19 mins 22 secs
Distance : 2.87 km
Avg Speed : 8.9 km/h, 6min 44sec per km.

Damn, it was drizzling yesterday (missed CBD run) and today evening.
So only did a short 19 minutes at the office gym treadmill.

Going to be a short mileage week.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Contents of New Balance Real Run goodies bag.



Run on 19 Oct - 15km New Balance Real Run 2008

Venue : Changi Area.

Time taken : 1 hr 55 mins 53 secs
Distance : 15.22 km
Avg Speed : 7.9 km/h, 7min 36sec per km.

Official result : 1 hr 55 min 32 secs
Position : 1635/2100
Net time : 1701/2100

Heart Rate : Max 192, Avg 166

Auto lap at 1km interval.

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

Lap 01 : 6:43, 6:43, 142, 8.9
Lap 02 : 6:38, 13:21, 158, 9.0
Lap 03 : 6:47, 20:09, 163, 8.8
Lap 04 : 7:05, 27:15, 168, 8.5
Lap 05 : 7:10, 34:25, 165, 8.4
Lap 06 : 7:31, 41:57, 168, 8.0
Lap 07 : 7:34, 49:31, 168, 7.9
Lap 08 : 9:03, 58:34, 167, 6.6
Lap 09 : 9:05, 1:07:40, 163, 6.6
Lap 10 : 7:58, 1:15:38, 164, 7.5
Lap 11 : 8:42, 1:24:20, 165, 6.9
Lap 12 : 8:06, 1:32:27, 165, 7.4
Lap 13 : 8:07, 1:40:34, 172, 7.4
Lap 14 : 7:31, 1:48:06, 171, 8.0
Lap 15 : 6:26, 1:54:32, 182, 9.3
Lap 16 : 1:20, 1:55:53, 191, 10.2

An estimation of the course.









New Balance Real Run 2008. part 2.

Some pictures taken during the real run.































New Balance Real Run 2008.

First of all, the "Real" in the Real Run stand for
Regular
Exercise
Active
Lifestyle.

Woke up at 5am for the Real Run and drove the Changi Exhibition Centre. Drove along TPE, exit into Loyang Ave and go all the way and turn left into Aviation Park Road.

Since they advise reaching before 6.30am. Reach there around 6.15am. No problem finding a parking lot.

My first real run. 15km distance. Finishing at a slow 1 hr 56 min.

Weather was HOT, but i like it. Worst if it rains, then everything including shoes, shorts, shirts will be muddy.

First 4km trail was energy sapping without shelter. First time running such long distance on sands and rocky surface. Biggest fear is to step on uneven ground and sprain the ankle. Luckily nothing like that happen.
After the energy sapping trail, slowed down to recover energy. Pop a packet of power gel at 7.5km mark.
Was glad that i brought my Nathan Fuel Belt as i can refill 100+ at the water point and can sipped along the way.
Nice that there is cool 100+ at water point. Took the advise of somebody here and ran near the water line at the beach stretch. Much easier to run than the sandy beaches.
After recovering and getting into rhythm, the ending stretch at avation park road is not so jialat and actually my last 2km is faster than my middle stretch.

Good organisation.
1) no queue at collection point
2) cool 100+ at water point
3) ice cold can of 100+ at ending point
4) air con resting area
5) since i came early and left late, no jam when arriving and leaving.

Will be joining next year.

pictures courtesy of sgrunners ripley.