Seriously, I ought to be putting in more hours to finish my work on Tuesday night instead of closing the lid of my laptop @ 18:14. The legally right reason is that I need to run.. But seriously, I too wanted to.. Hmm it didn't to exactly how I would like it to turn out.. Cuz the speed we were doing were kinda too comfy for me.. And Oooo I didn't get to do the route with the team Fb peeps but ya, he kinda wanted to do the Gardens route.. Just left the both of us.. :o

The run was not too bad, considering my tummy was giving me the runs for the afternoon and even right before I left office and oo i'd PT the day before.. The route was scenic though despite the humid weather..

We had dinner ( ok he ate, I had milo) and uhmm it was a 3 hour long dinner @ the coffee shop..my butt was hurting for sitting on the hard plastic chair for so long... Haha.. As usual, he was doing the talking most of the time., and I really admire his passion towards his job..

Oh well, there will be a second 'run' after my Japan trip. ;) well, it's always good to have another friend rite?


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Me, an inspiration?

Last afternoon, received a call, out of the blue from this old friend of mine slightly just after lunch... Hmmm kinda weird that my silly tweet that synced to fb actually garnered attention .. Uhm and it actually inspired him to start prep for gold for his upcoming IPPT.. (uhm I am actually not that fast.. 2:08 for 21km..) so kinda surprised that he asked me to join him at iRun the following day to pace him.. Too bad I've cg the following day and can't join him ;I
Took a raincheck again..

But that 30+ minutes conversation sure chirped my day.. ;)





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The safra bay run.. 9 Sep 2012

Regrettably, I did not complete it sub-2. I could always lament that I was still nursing the watermelon-sound-alike tummy (thanks to the bout of stomach flu that strike me one week before the race).
Or that I nearly tripped over the kerb near 7km mark at tanjong rhu. Or my stomach cramp struck at 8-9km..Or that my calves was too tight at 17km that I slowed considerably to find the salon pas station..
Or I didn't get to sleep until 11pm (& woke up at 2-ish cuz my friend was picking me up at 320).
Or i went for PT on friday night.
Or i had not rested on Sat cuz Dad got into accident on Friday night that i spent whole of sat am at CGH A&E and rushed down to expo thereafter cuz i was on duty for service..
Or simply, I have never ran consistently at pace faster than 6min/km for > 12 km.. Throughout the training..
I guessed I was not that disciplined ( which my PT, E, will translate as KS and I am continuing growing my fats). Like what E would say - your greatest enemy is yourself.. Which is true to a certain extent ...
Still I am happy to go through the process and finish the course amid the chain of explanation listed above and shaved a couple of minutes off the previous
timing at the 2011 Singapore Bay Run..
Before the run..

My tee!

Trusty Adidas adios

After the race...

Friend I gotta know from the two team fatbird op I participated ;)

My timing!

Yippie! Mission accomplished!

Amazingly, the ranking in the open category will be better with the same timing but I guess most locals (SG & PR) signed up for the closed category.. Nonetheless it's still within the 100..
Well, without God, this won't be possible.. Cuz with all the cited reasons above, I might have give up half way due to sheer tiredness .. Well I guess there lies a similar spiritual parallel too. ;)