Final Prep~

2 more days to adidas SunDown marathon~! Went for a final prep run - a slow 3km relaxing jog. It was also to try out my latest toy - an arm pouch for my handphone! Bought it partly out of neccessity, to carry my phone with me instead of leaving it with the baggage during the marathon... But I've also been wanting one for months (or years...?) anyway~! Made sure my running gear are all properly seasoned too... especially my new Brooks shoes... Wore my army unit red running shorts for this short jog, felt really strange... so sexy muahaha~! Feeling really comfy while running, should be good this marathon... I hope... *fingers crossed and double-crossed and triple-crossed... ouch ouch~!!*

Drunken Fishies~

Mas and Siwei... 2 die-hards of "Red" teams~!

After dinner desert cum supper... Thank You Mas~! Pretty good when mixed with 7-Up, brought out the mango fragrance very nicely... Managed to make Teacher aka Jin aka A380 No. 1 reveal all her exciting teenage life~!

Dinner... East Coast C-Nai HK bento set... Disappointing... Mango pudding is good despite the bad appearance... The HK toast came out looking like a slab of deep fried taukua, smeared with PB and drizzled with condensed milk = Not Good... At least the Ice Yuan Yang was rather good IMO~!

Grazie Guys~!

On this early Vesak Day morning, I would like to thank Mas, Loon-ge and other guys for showing concern on that day I bonked badly after my crazy try of a hot afternoon run~

Been reading up on proper training nutrition and hydration... 2 weeks to the SunDown, better late than never~! Now I water parade myself with 2 bottles full of water every night before bed, and one bottle in the morning, army style!

Really Power sia~

Me and Marcus at the Power 98 lucky draw prize redemption booth at Orchard Heeren... Bloody nuts we had 4 lucky draw tickets but won nuts~! And bloody Power 98 still haven't contacted us regarding the redemption of the CD hamper that we had won from the radio contest 6 weeks ago~! Power like coconuts man~ Efficiency worthy of a SAF-supported radio station hahas~

Never to try again~

On friday, tried running to BT trail from home again, this time in the frying heat of the 3pm afternoon sun, without prior preparation and proper hydration, all because of trying to squeeze in some running training before going out to meet some friends later in the evening... Started badly, bonking within 20 mins of running, getting a bad headache along the way but still pushed on, albeit walking half the time, and later gave up running, opting to walk the BT trail instead of running. Half walked half jogged my way home, and had to fall asleep immediately, after emptying my fridge of all cold water plus half of a 1.5 L bottle of H Two O that I got at the end of my ordeal... Got a bit of a fever that night, coupled with terrible headache... Man I have to be real about my training! Up to now I'm still running as and when I like without any proper water parades like in army or eating properly to match my increased energy requirements... 19 days to SunDown, at least I still know my legs and knees are still looking good to go the distance of at least 20km, much better than the last time I did 21km during army... Will be going for 30km this coming week... Self-induced torture hahas~!

Reading Lance Armstrong's autobiography again, second time already... He used to make the same mistake as me too, going to races without any preparation, and racing without prior planning and strategies... Comforting to know even the 7-time TDF champ made the same mistakes haha~!

Mother's Day dinner at IMM, fish head curry at Red Ginger... Good Good Good~!!

Exams are over~!!! *Part II*

The dead stillness of the vacation days are starting to get to me... Boredom is settling in like unstirred Milo... 23 days to Sun Down Marathon... Run Kelvin Run~!

Spent good part of a day's work trying to format my lappy, and then some crap problem cropped up with the Windows Updater... So lucky that my lappy came with Symantac Ghost preloaded, made things so much easier... Should be worth it because now my lappy is back to feeling like an Intel again rather than feeling weighed down by unseen iron plates within the inner cogs of the processor~

Steamy setting, with 5 other guys and one more guy clad in iron... no... advanced high strength titanium alloy... armour hahas~

Marathon Training Day No. 1~

Started my marathon training today, one day ahead of planned schedule, due to utter boredom at home~
Did my usual Sunday mountain bike route, from my place to Bukit Timah Hill, one round of the mountain bike trail, and back home - an estimated 15km including the rough 6.7km forest trail. It was tough enough doing this loop on a bike, now I'm doing it on pure leg-power~
Due to a lack of former preparation - lack of adequate carbo loading and hydration, I only lasted about 3/4 of the run... My way back home was pure torture with chills and goosebumps due to low blood sugar I think... Good thing is I now know that my legs and stamina are in great condition, although my back still couldn't take the rough BT downslopes at any speed above walking pace... Still it was pretty good fun~
At least now I know how to prepare properly before long runs the next time round~!

Nice sunset, beautiful clouds - I only noticed them because I was walking for most of the way home from BT ha~!

TGIF... Nah~

I have a new fishy headphone cord organizer to manage my wires after I'm done with my Fishy songs on the bus and train~!

Sitting and chatting outside the big yellow M, while drinking Big M-s, backache getting a good bit better, but headache getting a bit worser due to tanking the Big Boss for a good part of my friday, till I jabo-ed with my Big M and my green fish and Me~

Midnite Slow Jog

Bloody having a sore back now... Probably accumulated after all the sitting during the last 3 weeks of studying... Surfaced during the past week, while studying for Ms3030~

Stinks, because I had planned to start my marathon training immediately after exams and now this... Went for a slow jog just now, and survived it. Did about 5km pretty comfortably, but found that I couldn't open up my stride or do any fast running at all. Worrying.

Saw many drunk people, young and old, lying on the park and bus stop benches. Wasting away their lives. Bringing shame to their families and loved ones. Losers.