Run 350 - 10km

First run event in 2011.

Tim from LSBC came with a neighbour and picked me up from Hougang MRT. We walked from Telok Ayer St to Marina Promenade Promontory,

Overall the run was good. Started at 7:30am. Flagged off on time with the ladies 10mins behind. Water point every 2km alternating betw Mountain miniral water and 100 Plus. Distance markers could be seen every 1km. THe routes had some up and down slopes but quite manageable. Not too crowded since 7,400 sign up incl women and Fun Run. Just a nice morning run in the city. End point collected medal after take photos. Took photos with Tim & friend at the stage and queue for 100Plus. Had 3 cups.

Together with Tim & neighbour, did a consistent pace of around 8min/km. Finished slightly longer because of a few stops for photos since Tim brought his Canon IXUS digital cam.

Finished in 1hr 22min 24secs for 10km (or 10.27km per Endomondo: Endomondo link). An average 8min 1 sec per km pace including stops. Quite good run in all.

Photos from Tim's camera on the way :)

5th training run of 2011

Left office at 7:45pm. Hoping it didn't rain in Sengkang unlike Raffles Place/ Tanjong Pagar this afternoon.

God was kind. So, 8:16pm, started my planned 5km run. but I didn't take the normal route.

For some reason, my HTC Desire with Endomondo restarted itself almost 3km in the run. No idea why. So my run is split into 2 recordings. Anyway, both add up to 6.3km and I think that's about right.

Endomondo Part A: Endomondo A
Endomondo Part B: Endomondo B

Clocked 6.3km in 47mins with my NB 1226. That's average pace of 7mins 28mins per km which is quite good. But I went too fast int he first 1.5k and was huffing and puffing. Heart went thumping like mad. Walked quite a bit. Anyway, at least I did some run after 1.5 weeks interrupted by rain and thunder and lightning. This Sunday 10km Run 350. Will take it easy.

Might as well record here what God impressed upon me during the run:
Even if I can't run for Him, I can jog. If cannot jog, can walk, if can't walk for Him, can still crawl. But to do nothing, is like a couch potato wasting away life staring at the TV or Monitor or Hp screen....

4th training run of 2011

Only 4th run in 2011 and it's April.........

I started running at 4:40pm. I wanted to wait till 5pm. But the sun disappeared and it turned cloudy. I was telling myself I must run since last week was washed out by rain. Who knew after 300m, it started raining!! I ran in the rain for a few minutes. Was saying to God that I need Him to push away the rain clouds becos I needed to run otherwise, if I don't clock the mileage, then come HM, I might not survive to worry about my struggle over the church's SDJ. Well, rightly or wrongly, God did hear my plea and the rain more or less disappeared. However, it was really warm. The rain released the heat from the pavements...... :S

I ran too fast when it was raining and was sort of punctured by 3rd km. Can't be helped.

In the end, I forced my self to walk and jogged beyond what I thought was wise or rational. I needed to ramp up my mileage. Don't know when I can run again with the wet weather. Work has been very busy and stressful and it was mostly late nights this week past. Next week won't be any better.

Eventually, did around 15km in 1hr 52mins, which is avetrage of 7min 15sec per km pace. That doesn't seem logical.
worse was the Endomondo GPS logger that logged 15.48km, with the 6th km completed in 5mins!! That would be impossible. Anyway, one look at the map clearly showed that 6th km was half of other 1km marks. Although I'm gonna journal as 15km today, I think it's probably even less than 15km!!

Endomondo map here: Endomondo Run - 3 April 2011

1 weekend run washed out

Sat evening - got function. Eat a lot.
Sun evening - Raining. Run washed out.
Mon morning - Still rain.

No chance to run. :(

3rd training run of 2011

I started earlier today (4:46pm) after a 1 hour sleep (not nap). But I note that from March I've been feeling exhausted a lot. Not sure if I should be concerned but unexplained exhaustion is a symptom of many things from stress to cancer.

It was raining earlier the day and the footpaths were wet here and there. I felt exhausted early on after 2km mark. Probably due to the faster than normal pace in 1st km and also the bright sunshine which probably eventually gave me a little bit of sunstroke. My left hamstring sort of cramped a bit at 10km mark on the Endomondo map. This is after 2 water stops. Not sure it's due to electrolytes deficiency.

Now I wonder what was my pace.

It was 12km based on Endomondo GPS. Endomondo recorded it as 1hr 23min (since the software stops recording if I don't move for 10secs). That would have meant an average running pace of under 7min per km. Maybe I can explain the exhaustion and cramp is due from the pace.

Based on my actual time on watch, it was 1hr 31min and 55 seconds. That would be an average pace of 7min 38 secs / km, which I am happy with since the past 2 runs of 2011 were >8min/km. And today, Endomondo recorded the distance at 12km. So my 10km Run350 should be ok. The May HM is another issue altogether.

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/7629261

2nd training run of 2011

Oops, a little undisciplined in keeping record :p

Saturday morning, 9.76km in 1 hr 21min, or 8min 19secs/km pace. Still slow but slightly faster than 2 weeks ago 1st run. Can view on Endomondo:-

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/7255922

1st training run of 2011

I clocked 8.57 km slow paced jog-a-walk 3mths, 2 weeks and 2 days after fracturing & dislocating small right toe. Lots to catch up on and fitness level has dropped greatly since it took 1hr 14mins (Avg 8min 36secs/km pace). But glad to recover my personal time with Him and clock some klicks. Sengkang has changed a bit in 3 1/2 mths.

From the Endomondo map below, where the 6km mark is a new Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints otherwise known as the Mormon Church. A new Fernvale 99 year condo bordering Anchorvale and the river developed by CDL, H2O show flat was open. A block of HDB flats diagonally opposite Compass Heights have been repainted in tones of green.


But some things don't change. An old lady still digs the grass near junction of Sengkang East Avenue and Sengkang East Road.


Endomondo Workout

How toe?

Just checked back the blog.

My toe was fractured on Thursday, 11/11/2010.
Then I walked my SCMS HM on 5/12/2010.
Today is 26/02/2011.

Theoretically, I've exceeded 3 months. Wonder if I can do some jogging.........
See how I feel tomorrow.

PAssion Run 2011

 Well, as I said before, one has to be a little crazy to sign up for running events. And I just signed up for another one, 1 week before SD HM  >.<

12km Men's Open on a Saturday afternoon around ECP.

Following Sat, at Changi for HM.

Sundown 2011

Oh no, the 21km route looks absolutely boring :(

Sundown 2011 Website