It was SS17 perimeter for all the runs we did this week.
Run 1 (Tuesday, 24th)
Distance: 2.65 km
Total time: 18 minutes (this is just an estimate, as somebody forgot to press start on his stopwatch...)
Average speed: 8.83 kmph
Run 2 (Thursday, 26th)
Distance: 2.65 km
Total time: 19:23 minutes
Average speed: 8.2 kmph
Apologies for going back on our words about joining you guys for Treakathon. It sounded like fun until I heard it was going to be muddy and slippery and possibly dangerous :(
We went for a run in the evening instead :)
Run 3 (Saturday, 28th)
Distance: 2.65 km
Total time: 19:32 minutes
Average speed: 8.14 kmph
For the second and third run, I actually wanted to extend to 4 km, but due to the falling dusk, it didn't seem very safe to continue my run. (Shaun did manage 4 km in the second run though).
Hmm if my estimation for the first run is correct, then it seems that my speed has slowed down a bit from first to the last run. A bit of a bummer there. Even so, I'm extremely pleased with myself because I have finally managed to overcome the mental block and ran through the course, no stopping whatsoever :D
Monday, March 30, 2009
Nellie: Week 6 (Run 1 & Run 2)
The first run on Tuesday following our 5km marathon.
Week 6 (Run 1)
Distance: 2 km
Total time: (wasn't keeping time)
Average speed: Unknown
We ran the perimeter of SS17 but couldn't complete the entire course. Kinda expected this as we were probably still recovering from the massive workout two days before (5 km AND THEN futsal to top it off).
Decided to give our muscles a short break after that, so our next run was on Friday instead of our usual Thursday. However, instead of just a regular run we did fartleks and attempted a really short run after that (short because we were already so beat after the fartleks).
Week 6 (Run 2)
Fartlek distance: 310 m * 7 laps = 2.17 km
Total time: About 16 minutes
Average speed: 8.14 kmph
Run distance: 0.82 km
Total time: 4 minutes
Average speed: 12.3 kmph
Week 6 (Run 1)
Distance: 2 km
Total time: (wasn't keeping time)
Average speed: Unknown
We ran the perimeter of SS17 but couldn't complete the entire course. Kinda expected this as we were probably still recovering from the massive workout two days before (5 km AND THEN futsal to top it off).
Decided to give our muscles a short break after that, so our next run was on Friday instead of our usual Thursday. However, instead of just a regular run we did fartleks and attempted a really short run after that (short because we were already so beat after the fartleks).
Week 6 (Run 2)
Fartlek distance: 310 m * 7 laps = 2.17 km
Total time: About 16 minutes
Average speed: 8.14 kmph
Run distance: 0.82 km
Total time: 4 minutes
Average speed: 12.3 kmph
Sunday, March 29, 2009
My first trekathon... :P
And what a bloody trekathon it was... :)
Despite the rain... I was quite pumped up about it as it had been ages since I had been trekking..
Anyway.. initially, they started off by saying that girls start 5 mins later.. After all the girls were at the back of the line, the organisers changed their minds and said, everyone start together... It was a bit of a bummer cause with the slower guys holding up the rest, some of us were caught... And some of the girls were standing in the side lines had to push our ways through the moving crowd.. Kept getting caught behind people who had been running but abruptly stopped and started waling..
Arrived at the bridge and god, was the line loooong... Had to wait in line (longer than a cinema line, mind you)... I think I waited in line for a bout 5-7 minutes... Then, started the trek up the first uphill phase... Wasn't sooo bad.. Was panting at the end though... Slipped at a muddy area, but was fine.. Started the downhill trek with a bunch of girls crawling at snail pace... Tried to overtake them but they were all over the place...
Arrived at the stream and the girls were scared of the water (heehehe), so managed to swerve past them and jogged and walked my way through the stream... Was the nicest part of the whole race... Half way through the stream, some of the guys in front of me though they were lost and weren't sure where to go... I thought I was lost as well, but I kept following the stream...
Then began the monumental task of the 2nd uphill trek... The initial parts weren't so bad... Half way through, I took a break and was talking to some guys from the Business dept about what a bitch of the trek this was... :P Started singing to myself to keep motivated to continue.. About 200m away from the finish line, I start feeling faint, was seeing spots and felt like throwing up... Decided to sit down and take a rest... One of our former classmates (Yan Ling) was nice enough to come back and check up on me... :) After the rest, felt much better and started the final trek.. Was tough, but I could hear people's voices so I kept at it... What a relief it was to see the road... Took my number and met the rest of the gang (who were feasting already..)
It sucked being caught behind all those people... Lesson learnt: Don't be too nice in a run and don't wait for others who are taking their time...
Time: 57 minutes
Distance: not sure.. but according to Josephine, about 2-3km
Overall female standings: 104 (would have been less if I hadn't stopped for the break)
Staff ranking: 6
Oh well... It was my first hill run and my first trek in years... Was an interesting experience...
Now I'm actually looking forward to the 7k run as it'll probably not be as painful as this one... :P
Despite the rain... I was quite pumped up about it as it had been ages since I had been trekking..
Anyway.. initially, they started off by saying that girls start 5 mins later.. After all the girls were at the back of the line, the organisers changed their minds and said, everyone start together... It was a bit of a bummer cause with the slower guys holding up the rest, some of us were caught... And some of the girls were standing in the side lines had to push our ways through the moving crowd.. Kept getting caught behind people who had been running but abruptly stopped and started waling..
Arrived at the bridge and god, was the line loooong... Had to wait in line (longer than a cinema line, mind you)... I think I waited in line for a bout 5-7 minutes... Then, started the trek up the first uphill phase... Wasn't sooo bad.. Was panting at the end though... Slipped at a muddy area, but was fine.. Started the downhill trek with a bunch of girls crawling at snail pace... Tried to overtake them but they were all over the place...
Arrived at the stream and the girls were scared of the water (heehehe), so managed to swerve past them and jogged and walked my way through the stream... Was the nicest part of the whole race... Half way through the stream, some of the guys in front of me though they were lost and weren't sure where to go... I thought I was lost as well, but I kept following the stream...
Then began the monumental task of the 2nd uphill trek... The initial parts weren't so bad... Half way through, I took a break and was talking to some guys from the Business dept about what a bitch of the trek this was... :P Started singing to myself to keep motivated to continue.. About 200m away from the finish line, I start feeling faint, was seeing spots and felt like throwing up... Decided to sit down and take a rest... One of our former classmates (Yan Ling) was nice enough to come back and check up on me... :) After the rest, felt much better and started the final trek.. Was tough, but I could hear people's voices so I kept at it... What a relief it was to see the road... Took my number and met the rest of the gang (who were feasting already..)
It sucked being caught behind all those people... Lesson learnt: Don't be too nice in a run and don't wait for others who are taking their time...
Time: 57 minutes
Distance: not sure.. but according to Josephine, about 2-3km
Overall female standings: 104 (would have been less if I hadn't stopped for the break)
Staff ranking: 6
Oh well... It was my first hill run and my first trek in years... Was an interesting experience...
Now I'm actually looking forward to the 7k run as it'll probably not be as painful as this one... :P
Asha: Week 10
Did one run this week, in prep for the trekathon...
Distance: 1.42km
Time: 14 minutes
Speed: 6.086 km/h or 3.804 mph
Distance: 1.42km
Time: 14 minutes
Speed: 6.086 km/h or 3.804 mph
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Help Treakathon 2009
Hehehe....run xp follows....(p.s. wonder where the rest of you guys were...TTDI was represented by Siew Li alone...whereas lake gardens was represented in full...with a possible new convert too~! =P).....
Things begin the day before....a lovely storm that danced along portended a wet muddy trail come the day after....=\
Cue day itself...got up early.*groans*...got to college...took a ride over to the hill proper....time....7:30....race begins? 9am...groans.....hang around chatting and waiting impatiently.....jogged for a couple hundred meters to warm up before the run itself....race time!...we walk about 300-400 meters away from the hill itself....hang around waiting again...the usual announcements....bit of a thing with the female timings (ash/siew/joa/ will probably elab)...on your mark get set go!....mad dash towards the hill.....feels slightly strange to be madly dashing in a pack of people towards a lone hill in the distance....reach turnstile where lines wait patiently....no time for lines!...dash and duck under fence bars....dash dash....damn the mud....almost slip as a silly bugger in front of me slows down....spin past him...reach the bridge...and the dreaded single file uphill bit....damned slow line....climb up slowly....hoorah double lane...dash past people....run run run...downhill bit...trapped behind limp wristed afraid to fall dudes....patiently wait for the op to bypass each one....uphill bit....whew...haven't been running hills in ages....river!....run in the middle of the river against the current....luckily enough it's only about ankle deep.....bypass quite a few buggers....ooo uphill again....i wonder how long before it levels up...jog up jog up....bugger this...does it ever level up?...trek up trek up....great...i think it nvr does....it's gonna be like this till the end isn't it?....wish i had known...would have conserved energy at the start if i did....climb over trunks...push pass annoying branches....finally out!....finish line!....dash down staff lane...what? wrong lane?...dash back...and dash down another...what wrong lane?....dash back and down the third...collect a number....what? you're staff....ahh then the first lane was the right one......bugger this lot....end of race!.....collect water...glug while waiting for the next runners to come in.....the next baton goes to Joa so i'll let her tell her story....
Overall distance : have no idea...too much uphill and curves and water to really get a good measure....
Overall time : Including the 300-400m bit....20 minutes and a bit....
Overall Ranking : 17th place (out of all the departments and genders)
Male Ranking : 17th place
Staff ranking : 1st...though the commander didnt run this time around so i was one of only 2 male runners on the trek.....
Department (Bpsych) Ranking : 3rd (including both male and female runners)
All in all...a great run xp....havent run hills in ages....was nice tackling one.....kudos to all runners!.... =D...
wonder why they had that bit before the hill proper....we cant actually compare times with treks from previous years (assuming the same route was used) since there's that addition there... =\
Things begin the day before....a lovely storm that danced along portended a wet muddy trail come the day after....=\
Cue day itself...got up early.*groans*...got to college...took a ride over to the hill proper....time....7:30....race begins? 9am...groans.....hang around chatting and waiting impatiently.....jogged for a couple hundred meters to warm up before the run itself....race time!...we walk about 300-400 meters away from the hill itself....hang around waiting again...the usual announcements....bit of a thing with the female timings (ash/siew/joa/ will probably elab)...on your mark get set go!....mad dash towards the hill.....feels slightly strange to be madly dashing in a pack of people towards a lone hill in the distance....reach turnstile where lines wait patiently....no time for lines!...dash and duck under fence bars....dash dash....damn the mud....almost slip as a silly bugger in front of me slows down....spin past him...reach the bridge...and the dreaded single file uphill bit....damned slow line....climb up slowly....hoorah double lane...dash past people....run run run...downhill bit...trapped behind limp wristed afraid to fall dudes....patiently wait for the op to bypass each one....uphill bit....whew...haven't been running hills in ages....river!....run in the middle of the river against the current....luckily enough it's only about ankle deep.....bypass quite a few buggers....ooo uphill again....i wonder how long before it levels up...jog up jog up....bugger this...does it ever level up?...trek up trek up....great...i think it nvr does....it's gonna be like this till the end isn't it?....wish i had known...would have conserved energy at the start if i did....climb over trunks...push pass annoying branches....finally out!....finish line!....dash down staff lane...what? wrong lane?...dash back...and dash down another...what wrong lane?....dash back and down the third...collect a number....what? you're staff....ahh then the first lane was the right one......bugger this lot....end of race!.....collect water...glug while waiting for the next runners to come in.....the next baton goes to Joa so i'll let her tell her story....
Overall distance : have no idea...too much uphill and curves and water to really get a good measure....
Overall time : Including the 300-400m bit....20 minutes and a bit....
Overall Ranking : 17th place (out of all the departments and genders)
Male Ranking : 17th place
Staff ranking : 1st...though the commander didnt run this time around so i was one of only 2 male runners on the trek.....
Department (Bpsych) Ranking : 3rd (including both male and female runners)
All in all...a great run xp....havent run hills in ages....was nice tackling one.....kudos to all runners!.... =D...
wonder why they had that bit before the hill proper....we cant actually compare times with treks from previous years (assuming the same route was used) since there's that addition there... =\
Upcoming Runs and Deadlines
2 April - BHP deadline (tgh the 3000 limit may already have been hit. =\ )
10 April - Registration deadline for graveyard run (Rm 15)
12 April - BHP run (free) (11k)
18 April - Early bird registration for the Std. Chartered run (rm 40)
26 April - Graveyard Run (7k)
10 May - Larian bersama bomba anyone? (usually a 10k affair with placings for the top 50/75...not sure if i'll be ready to run for placing come may tgh...=\ )
1 June - Normal period registration for the std.chartered run (50)
15 June - late period for the std chartered run (60)
28th June - Std. Chartered run (10k?)
I'm assuming that we'll be going for the 10k run in the std?.. :P....that should be the aim for this year mid...if we're planning to run a full next year....heheheh~
10 April - Registration deadline for graveyard run (Rm 15)
12 April - BHP run (free) (11k)
18 April - Early bird registration for the Std. Chartered run (rm 40)
26 April - Graveyard Run (7k)
10 May - Larian bersama bomba anyone? (usually a 10k affair with placings for the top 50/75...not sure if i'll be ready to run for placing come may tgh...=\ )
1 June - Normal period registration for the std.chartered run (50)
15 June - late period for the std chartered run (60)
28th June - Std. Chartered run (10k?)
I'm assuming that we'll be going for the 10k run in the std?.. :P....that should be the aim for this year mid...if we're planning to run a full next year....heheheh~
John : Week 10
Whew~.....had two runs this week...one relatively light training one...and....the help 2009 trekathon!... =D...stats for the first follow...
Run 1
Total Distance : 1654m
Total Time : 8min 17sec
Average speed : 12kph/7.45mph
A relatively slow mile....just wanted to get into the distance mindset for the "treakathon"... :P...didnt run more or harder since i wanted to take the week easy for the weekend trek...
Run 1
Total Distance : 1654m
Total Time : 8min 17sec
Average speed : 12kph/7.45mph
A relatively slow mile....just wanted to get into the distance mindset for the "treakathon"... :P...didnt run more or harder since i wanted to take the week easy for the weekend trek...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Fuz: Updates
This week I managed to run twice in Taman Rakyat, Klang. I have yet to figure out the exact length of the route I am taking, so I really have no idea the progress I am making. I did finish one full lap (for the route we chose) in about 18 minutes.
I am planning to run again today and tomorrow if possible, depending on the time factor. Finished 1 1/2 lap on Wednesday and 1 lap yesterday as I felt a slight cramp on my left leg and in the midst of walking it off, it dawned upon me that it was getting to dark to run in the middle of a jungle :/
I want this: http://www.runningexpo.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=130
If you lots see it anywhere in Malaysia, notify me :D
Oh, and I think this marathon is great for us: http://www.kl-marathon.com/ .. Got 5km, 10km or 12km for John alone.
I am planning to run again today and tomorrow if possible, depending on the time factor. Finished 1 1/2 lap on Wednesday and 1 lap yesterday as I felt a slight cramp on my left leg and in the midst of walking it off, it dawned upon me that it was getting to dark to run in the middle of a jungle :/
I want this: http://www.runningexpo.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=130
If you lots see it anywhere in Malaysia, notify me :D
Oh, and I think this marathon is great for us: http://www.kl-marathon.com/ .. Got 5km, 10km or 12km for John alone.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Asha: Week 7, 8 & 9
So, I just realised I hadn't posted up the summary for the last few weeks.. So here they are...
Week 7
Total distance: 8.26 km
Time: 89mins
Average speed: 5.569 km/h or 3.48mph
This also includes the 5k Lake Gardens run with John and Joa... :) The stats for that
Total distance: 4.98km
Time: 52mins
Average speed: 5.75km/h or 3.59 mph
Week 8
Did only one run this week as it was our 5k run week... So, stats for that:
Total distance: 1km
Time: 10 mins
Average speed: 6.000km/h or 3.75mph
Stats for the 5k is already here... :)
Week 9
Did two runs this week as I felt quite tired when it was time for my first run... However, my long run today wasn't sooo bad.. :)
Total distance: 5.169 km
Total time: 54mins
Average speed: 5.7433 km/h or 3.59 mph
Should be an interesting and fun next few weeks as we have quite a few events coming up (trekathon, 7k run).. Hope to see you all that the trekathon!! :)
Week 7
Total distance: 8.26 km
Time: 89mins
Average speed: 5.569 km/h or 3.48mph
This also includes the 5k Lake Gardens run with John and Joa... :) The stats for that
Total distance: 4.98km
Time: 52mins
Average speed: 5.75km/h or 3.59 mph
Week 8
Did only one run this week as it was our 5k run week... So, stats for that:
Total distance: 1km
Time: 10 mins
Average speed: 6.000km/h or 3.75mph
Stats for the 5k is already here... :)
Week 9
Did two runs this week as I felt quite tired when it was time for my first run... However, my long run today wasn't sooo bad.. :)
Total distance: 5.169 km
Total time: 54mins
Average speed: 5.7433 km/h or 3.59 mph
Should be an interesting and fun next few weeks as we have quite a few events coming up (trekathon, 7k run).. Hope to see you all that the trekathon!! :)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
John : week 9
Whew~ A lovely well deserved recovery week....originally planned to jog twice...but one of the runs turned into a sparring session (long story~)....so i just had one short run over the weekend....didnt take it too heavy since next weekend's gonna be the help trekathon....hope so see some (if not all) of you guys there! :)
Total Distance : 3200m
Time :19 min
Speed : 10.1kph/6.3mph
Total Distance : 3200m
Time :19 min
Speed : 10.1kph/6.3mph
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Nellie: Larian Amal Seri Sinar 2009 / Week 5 (Run 3)
You know Nellie is busy at work, when her posts are getting more scarce and scarce.... :D
It really has been a long, hectic week. This will be a very short post.
To recap the event:
- Frantic start to the morning
- Paced self too slowly at beginning of the race
- There were at least 3 slopes
- Ran about half the course
- Walked up most of the slopes, ran down most of them
- Tried running up the slope to the finishing line, stopped, then ran the last few metres at Shaun's urging
Distance: 5.62 km (This is according to Google Map)
Total time: 46:19 minutes
Average speed: 7.28 kmph
Frankly, am a lil disappointed as I didn't do as well as I hoped I would. But I did manage to finish within the time frame I limited myself to, so I guess that was good. And I'm definitely happy that I actually completed the run :)
On to the next run!
It really has been a long, hectic week. This will be a very short post.
To recap the event:
- Frantic start to the morning
- Paced self too slowly at beginning of the race
- There were at least 3 slopes
- Ran about half the course
- Walked up most of the slopes, ran down most of them
- Tried running up the slope to the finishing line, stopped, then ran the last few metres at Shaun's urging
Distance: 5.62 km (This is according to Google Map)
Total time: 46:19 minutes
Average speed: 7.28 kmph
Frankly, am a lil disappointed as I didn't do as well as I hoped I would. But I did manage to finish within the time frame I limited myself to, so I guess that was good. And I'm definitely happy that I actually completed the run :)
On to the next run!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Jimmy: Run 1
Well, it went well although we had some hiccups along the way, didn't we? People went missing, John and Asha started late, Wayne and Steph arrived too late to change into the given shirt.
But overall, I'm happy given the effort I put in and the end I achieved. Breakfast was too heavy for my liking, I could feel it nearing the end, forcing me to slow down in order to avoid it coming out. So lesson learned there.
Best part? Catching up and beating Wayne, who had sprinted ahead with Steph while I paced myself since we did not get a chance to warm up. Worst part? Seeing John (who started late as we all know) skipped past me like nothing. However, was pleased that I was able to keep up with Shaun (I was less than a minute behind him) and knowing that if I had trained more (I only ran twice, once in Lake Gardens the first time around, the next three days before the competition).
I'm still trying to get a good place to run in Klang that do not require me to drive and I need to get over the mental block. I was physically fine and had no pain issues after the run and futsal, so I know it was my mind and stomach giving up :D
Well, coming in fourth is not a bad thing given my condition, at least I beat Nellie :D
Distance : 5k
Time : 40:00
Speed : I have no idea.
But overall, I'm happy given the effort I put in and the end I achieved. Breakfast was too heavy for my liking, I could feel it nearing the end, forcing me to slow down in order to avoid it coming out. So lesson learned there.
Best part? Catching up and beating Wayne, who had sprinted ahead with Steph while I paced myself since we did not get a chance to warm up. Worst part? Seeing John (who started late as we all know) skipped past me like nothing. However, was pleased that I was able to keep up with Shaun (I was less than a minute behind him) and knowing that if I had trained more (I only ran twice, once in Lake Gardens the first time around, the next three days before the competition).
I'm still trying to get a good place to run in Klang that do not require me to drive and I need to get over the mental block. I was physically fine and had no pain issues after the run and futsal, so I know it was my mind and stomach giving up :D
Well, coming in fourth is not a bad thing given my condition, at least I beat Nellie :D
Distance : 5k
Time : 40:00
Speed : I have no idea.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
My first ever 5k race..
hahaha.. I know the title sounds like an English essay from primary school, but I thought it would be appropriate...
Well, you guys got the earlier part of the story from John's... Ironically, as we were walking down the slope to the starting line, I heard the blow horn and said "imagine if that was the 5k run".. And guess what?.. It was... :/
Anyway, as John sprinted away in front, I started off running faster that I should have.. Covered around 1.5km in less than 10 mins, which is a big deal for me... Alas, probably paid the price for that blunder... Anyway, the area around the shop lots was pretty ok... Then, I hit the slopes.. I ran up all the slopes (albeit not very fast)... The downhill parts were a welcome relief... My goal was to finish in 48 mins, but with the delayed start and the unexpected slowness of running uphill, I was a tad disappointed with my time (my lake gardens run was better).. However, I'm happy that I finished my first ever race within 1 hour (yay!).. I must say that I learned a lot from this race... While I was taking breaks, I took notice of how the 10k runners were running... Now, I'm more determined to improve myself... Anyway, as the time was hitting 52-53 mins, I started running as fast as I could to the finish line (even with the freaking steep climb to the finish line, Joa was a witness to the end result of that on myself.. hehehe..)... Saw Joa waving at me frantically at the finish line... Was a tad disoriented after that... Got my first ever running medal!! :)
Distance: 5km
Time: 57 minutes
Average speed: 5.263 km/h (this sucks as my lake gardens run averaged at about 5.7.. :( )
On the plus side, I managed to pass some of the people who overtook me at the start (they started late too).. So, it's not all that bad (and breakfast was fun too!)... And had lots of fun training for it... Hopefully, there will come a day when you guys will have to buy me breakfast... Hahaha... ;) Regardless, kudos to all of us for finishing!! :D
Well, you guys got the earlier part of the story from John's... Ironically, as we were walking down the slope to the starting line, I heard the blow horn and said "imagine if that was the 5k run".. And guess what?.. It was... :/
Anyway, as John sprinted away in front, I started off running faster that I should have.. Covered around 1.5km in less than 10 mins, which is a big deal for me... Alas, probably paid the price for that blunder... Anyway, the area around the shop lots was pretty ok... Then, I hit the slopes.. I ran up all the slopes (albeit not very fast)... The downhill parts were a welcome relief... My goal was to finish in 48 mins, but with the delayed start and the unexpected slowness of running uphill, I was a tad disappointed with my time (my lake gardens run was better).. However, I'm happy that I finished my first ever race within 1 hour (yay!).. I must say that I learned a lot from this race... While I was taking breaks, I took notice of how the 10k runners were running... Now, I'm more determined to improve myself... Anyway, as the time was hitting 52-53 mins, I started running as fast as I could to the finish line (even with the freaking steep climb to the finish line, Joa was a witness to the end result of that on myself.. hehehe..)... Saw Joa waving at me frantically at the finish line... Was a tad disoriented after that... Got my first ever running medal!! :)
Distance: 5km
Time: 57 minutes
Average speed: 5.263 km/h (this sucks as my lake gardens run averaged at about 5.7.. :( )
On the plus side, I managed to pass some of the people who overtook me at the start (they started late too).. So, it's not all that bad (and breakfast was fun too!)... And had lots of fun training for it... Hopefully, there will come a day when you guys will have to buy me breakfast... Hahaha... ;) Regardless, kudos to all of us for finishing!! :D
the 5km run
so the run was today. it was a hectic start to the run. the organizers were screaming their lungs out.. trying to get all the participants for the 5km run to the starting line. wonderful thing was, half the run group was missing. haha. after much deliberations, the rest of us decided to just go on.. and right on time too.. the whistle went off just as we reached the back of the hoard of people waiting at the starting line. lol.
first part of the run was relatively flat and downhill. had fun weaving in and out the crowd.. trying to get ahead of them. there were loads of kids around too. hehe. the last part of the run was a bitch though.. the slopes and the carbon monoxide =.=........plus crazy motorists drving in the running area. ><. that was the hard part of the run. by the time i was approaching the finishing line.. i was cussing in my head at why were all the bloody slopes at the end of the run... ISH.
anyways, got ambushed by john as soon as i crossed the finishing line. the dude wanted to know my time so he could determine just how late he was to the starting line. haha. got me finishing medal.. and apparently i placed 18 for the the female 5km catergory. got to go sandpaper the 3km part on the medal though =.=. i would say not bad for a first try. ^^
total time: 37 minutes
distance: 5km
average speed: 8.108km/h
best part of the day????? the finishing line and dim sum....
ps: nellie.. you were right.. i liked the siu mai loads.. ahha
first part of the run was relatively flat and downhill. had fun weaving in and out the crowd.. trying to get ahead of them. there were loads of kids around too. hehe. the last part of the run was a bitch though.. the slopes and the carbon monoxide =.=........plus crazy motorists drving in the running area. ><. that was the hard part of the run. by the time i was approaching the finishing line.. i was cussing in my head at why were all the bloody slopes at the end of the run... ISH.
anyways, got ambushed by john as soon as i crossed the finishing line. the dude wanted to know my time so he could determine just how late he was to the starting line. haha. got me finishing medal.. and apparently i placed 18 for the the female 5km catergory. got to go sandpaper the 3km part on the medal though =.=. i would say not bad for a first try. ^^
total time: 37 minutes
distance: 5km
average speed: 8.108km/h
best part of the day????? the finishing line and dim sum....
ps: nellie.. you were right.. i liked the siu mai loads.. ahha
"Competitive" run 1 experience
Whew~ great run guys...i had tons of fun...race xp follows...
Woke up pretty latish....bout 6:15?.....decided to spend the night over at Ash's place since i was a little worried bout the LRT/Taxi related delays....still we had everything prepper and left the place bout 6:25?....quick drive to the place...saw steff and wayne on the way....parked over at carpark B....had a nice walk through the park....got to the finishing line...met nellie and shaun (oops on our bit for not heading down....a fact we'd soon regret further~)....accompanied ren and siew li to the storage counter......thought we had tons of time so we were taking our sweet time to walk down....only to learn once we got down that the 5k pack had left~! 3+ minutes ago!....cue running burst....
Run Run run....can't see the main pack anywhere...curse curse curse....run run run.....ahhh there they are...about 800 meters ahead....curse curse....run faster....met siew li and ren (both started a little late too i think....).....feeling happier....run run....saw steff sorta skipping along (curious indeed) before starting to run in earnest....run run.....saw shaun next i think....run run....then jimmy.....then wayne.....then joa....my mental tally didn't have may and nellie....glanced back at the bend and saw may...but not Nellie....wondered briefly if Nellie was sprinting far ahead....just in case...ran faster....run run....stupid 3k family runners...admire form of some of the late 10kers...run downhill happily.....fuck...the slope....run slower....realized earlier pace was a bit too quick....ah well....run run....hoorah! turning....run run...fuck...another slope....still it's at the end...run faster.....cross line....stop time....glance at ranking card....relatively content...though for some reason I simply can't recall my position now.....still it didn't mean much given the 3+ minute delay....Hover around finishing line to see who was next and to get their time so i can figure out how delayed we were......hoorah~ up comes joa...18th place for the females i think.....her time was 37....my watch had almost 34...so delay was about 3 minutes....
Run stats
Distance : 5k/5.62k?
Time : 30:00
Speed : 10kph/6.22mph or 11.25kph/7mph
And now for our next run!....will start a forum on the facebook group....have your say on things there yar~... :P....ps jk with the elite runners line just in case anyone took it seriously~ hahahaha~....*toasts to the group*~....good run guys...the first of many God willing... :) ...
P.S. thanks for breakfast guys (in earnest...not a taunt... :P)...was a lovely gesture and reward.... =)
Woke up pretty latish....bout 6:15?.....decided to spend the night over at Ash's place since i was a little worried bout the LRT/Taxi related delays....still we had everything prepper and left the place bout 6:25?....quick drive to the place...saw steff and wayne on the way....parked over at carpark B....had a nice walk through the park....got to the finishing line...met nellie and shaun (oops on our bit for not heading down....a fact we'd soon regret further~)....accompanied ren and siew li to the storage counter......thought we had tons of time so we were taking our sweet time to walk down....only to learn once we got down that the 5k pack had left~! 3+ minutes ago!....cue running burst....
Run Run run....can't see the main pack anywhere...curse curse curse....run run run.....ahhh there they are...about 800 meters ahead....curse curse....run faster....met siew li and ren (both started a little late too i think....).....feeling happier....run run....saw steff sorta skipping along (curious indeed) before starting to run in earnest....run run.....saw shaun next i think....run run....then jimmy.....then wayne.....then joa....my mental tally didn't have may and nellie....glanced back at the bend and saw may...but not Nellie....wondered briefly if Nellie was sprinting far ahead....just in case...ran faster....run run....stupid 3k family runners...admire form of some of the late 10kers...run downhill happily.....fuck...the slope....run slower....realized earlier pace was a bit too quick....ah well....run run....hoorah! turning....run run...fuck...another slope....still it's at the end...run faster.....cross line....stop time....glance at ranking card....relatively content...though for some reason I simply can't recall my position now.....still it didn't mean much given the 3+ minute delay....Hover around finishing line to see who was next and to get their time so i can figure out how delayed we were......hoorah~ up comes joa...18th place for the females i think.....her time was 37....my watch had almost 34...so delay was about 3 minutes....
Run stats
Distance : 5k/5.62k?
Time : 30:00
Speed : 10kph/6.22mph or 11.25kph/7mph
And now for our next run!....will start a forum on the facebook group....have your say on things there yar~... :P....ps jk with the elite runners line just in case anyone took it seriously~ hahahaha~....*toasts to the group*~....good run guys...the first of many God willing... :) ...
P.S. thanks for breakfast guys (in earnest...not a taunt... :P)...was a lovely gesture and reward.... =)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
John : Week 7
Since this Sunday's race day, i'll only be running once this week so i though i'd might as well post this week up... :)
Run 1
Total distance : 3275m
Total time: 17min 20 sec
Average speed : 11.34kph/7.05mph
Run 2 (race run)
Total distance : 5000m
Total time : 39 min
Average speed : 10kph/6.22mph
A decent run...at this pace I'll hit 5k in bout 26 and a half minutes....you can bet i'll be pushing harder come race day tgh... ;)
Run 1
Total distance : 3275m
Total time: 17min 20 sec
Average speed : 11.34kph/7.05mph
Run 2 (race run)
Total distance : 5000m
Total time : 39 min
Average speed : 10kph/6.22mph
A decent run...at this pace I'll hit 5k in bout 26 and a half minutes....you can bet i'll be pushing harder come race day tgh... ;)
John : Week 6
Took the last week of Feb off to recover from my dental surgeries... =\ ....got back to running as soon as i could the week after...week stats follow....
Total distance : 11122km
Total Time : 59min 15sec
Average Speed : 11.26kph/7.00mph
A fairly good week with perfect pacing...the run distances are inclusive of the time I met up with ash and joa last Saturday for a run (the lake gardens squad vs TTDI's guys... ;)...)....we all ran 5k round the lake...the specific stats for that run follows...
Total distance : 4980m
total time : 24min
average speed : 12.5kph/7.8mph
The weather was perfect for it last sat...it had just finished raining/was still drizzling a wee bit/ when we took off for our 3 laps round the lake race.....was thissss close to lapping joa.... ;)...hahahaha~...great run though guys....go gardens team! =P
Total distance : 11122km
Total Time : 59min 15sec
Average Speed : 11.26kph/7.00mph
A fairly good week with perfect pacing...the run distances are inclusive of the time I met up with ash and joa last Saturday for a run (the lake gardens squad vs TTDI's guys... ;)...)....we all ran 5k round the lake...the specific stats for that run follows...
Total distance : 4980m
total time : 24min
average speed : 12.5kph/7.8mph
The weather was perfect for it last sat...it had just finished raining/was still drizzling a wee bit/ when we took off for our 3 laps round the lake race.....was thissss close to lapping joa.... ;)...hahahaha~...great run though guys....go gardens team! =P
Nellie: Week 5 (Run 1 & Run 2)
Run 1 (9th March)
I was in Malacca for an overnight so I decided to grab the opportunity to run in a foreign place by myself. Up to now, I've always been running with Shaun so I thought it would be interesting to see how I would survive on my own :D Anyways, we were staying in A Farmosa Resort Villa; the place has row and rows of bungalows, so it really was just like running in a small housing area - nothing too foreign about that. Hahahaha.
Woke up at 6:35 in the morning for food and hot drink. Actually my mom woke me up even though I told her I was going to wake up only at 7. Ugh, too bloody early for me.
Distance: Unknown
Total time: 31:43 minutes
Average speed: Unknown
I didn't have the chance to drive around and check with the car odometer to see how much I ran. Google map doesn't have the street map of the place so I couldn't check there as well. But I figured I ran about 2.5km or so.
Run 2 (10th March)
On this evening we ventured to Subang Ria Recreational Park for a really short run. We wanted to run longer distance, but we got there too late and it was getting rather dark even during our first lap around the lake.
Distance: 1.14 km
Total time: 7:54 minutes
Average speed: 8.66 kmph
We did another lap around the lake but I only managed to half walk half run that lap. I figure my muscles haven't fully recovered from the previous day's run. And I ran into a swarm of bugs so that disrupted my run for a bit. Blehssssss. Never gonna run there after 7pm anymore.
The good news is my right ankle didn't give me much problem during the run on both days, possibly because I tried to minimise the impact on it.
I was in Malacca for an overnight so I decided to grab the opportunity to run in a foreign place by myself. Up to now, I've always been running with Shaun so I thought it would be interesting to see how I would survive on my own :D Anyways, we were staying in A Farmosa Resort Villa; the place has row and rows of bungalows, so it really was just like running in a small housing area - nothing too foreign about that. Hahahaha.
Woke up at 6:35 in the morning for food and hot drink. Actually my mom woke me up even though I told her I was going to wake up only at 7. Ugh, too bloody early for me.
Distance: Unknown
Total time: 31:43 minutes
Average speed: Unknown
I didn't have the chance to drive around and check with the car odometer to see how much I ran. Google map doesn't have the street map of the place so I couldn't check there as well. But I figured I ran about 2.5km or so.
Run 2 (10th March)
On this evening we ventured to Subang Ria Recreational Park for a really short run. We wanted to run longer distance, but we got there too late and it was getting rather dark even during our first lap around the lake.
Distance: 1.14 km
Total time: 7:54 minutes
Average speed: 8.66 kmph
We did another lap around the lake but I only managed to half walk half run that lap. I figure my muscles haven't fully recovered from the previous day's run. And I ran into a swarm of bugs so that disrupted my run for a bit. Blehssssss. Never gonna run there after 7pm anymore.
The good news is my right ankle didn't give me much problem during the run on both days, possibly because I tried to minimise the impact on it.
Nellie: Week 4 (Run 2 & Run 3)
Run 2 (5th March)
We initially wanted to run at the Subang Ria Recreational Park, but because it was getting gloomy and looking like it was going to rain, we decided to stay put and run the perimeter of SS17.
Distance: 2.65 km
Total time: 20:05 minutes
Average speed: 7.92 kmph
My breathing has become easier so I thought it was a pretty good run, except that a few times I had to stop because of the pain in my right ankle. My right leg hurts, while my left never ached at all. Could this be due to me (possibly) applying more pressure on my right foot when running, or due to the uneven ground? (When I run, I run at the left side of the road where the path slopes slightly downwards at the side).
Run 3 (7th March)
Woke up at about 8. Was supposed to wake up at 7 but because of the rain, decided to sleep in a lil longer. Hehhehe.
As usual, had some hot drink and food first before the run. We were supposed to run 2 laps of SS17 perimeter as we wanted to test our endurance for 5km (2 laps of the course would be slightly more than 5km). I went once around the perimeter of SS17, and cut through the housing area during the second lap, as my right ankle was giving me problem again. This is so frustrating :(
Distance: 3.95 km
Total time: 33:00 minutes
Average speed: 7.18 kmph
We initially wanted to run at the Subang Ria Recreational Park, but because it was getting gloomy and looking like it was going to rain, we decided to stay put and run the perimeter of SS17.
Distance: 2.65 km
Total time: 20:05 minutes
Average speed: 7.92 kmph
My breathing has become easier so I thought it was a pretty good run, except that a few times I had to stop because of the pain in my right ankle. My right leg hurts, while my left never ached at all. Could this be due to me (possibly) applying more pressure on my right foot when running, or due to the uneven ground? (When I run, I run at the left side of the road where the path slopes slightly downwards at the side).
Run 3 (7th March)
Woke up at about 8. Was supposed to wake up at 7 but because of the rain, decided to sleep in a lil longer. Hehhehe.
As usual, had some hot drink and food first before the run. We were supposed to run 2 laps of SS17 perimeter as we wanted to test our endurance for 5km (2 laps of the course would be slightly more than 5km). I went once around the perimeter of SS17, and cut through the housing area during the second lap, as my right ankle was giving me problem again. This is so frustrating :(
Distance: 3.95 km
Total time: 33:00 minutes
Average speed: 7.18 kmph
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Run Registration Completo~
How many of us have registered for the run? =)
So based on the site there'll be about 1300 runners on the day.....about 260 of them will be running the 5k....910 the 10k....130 the family run....
Heheh...a rather close field...probably some really fast runners among them.....have you set your target times yet?
Mine's twenty four minutes.....though i'd really like to dip below that if i can.... =P
What's your goal?
Btw, don't forget to collect your shirt and dibs next Friday/Saturday over at jalil~ =)
So based on the site there'll be about 1300 runners on the day.....about 260 of them will be running the 5k....910 the 10k....130 the family run....
Heheh...a rather close field...probably some really fast runners among them.....have you set your target times yet?
Mine's twenty four minutes.....though i'd really like to dip below that if i can.... =P
What's your goal?
Btw, don't forget to collect your shirt and dibs next Friday/Saturday over at jalil~ =)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Nellie: Week 4 (Run 1)
Tuesday evening, 3rd March. There were freaking ominous looking clouds in the skies, but still I braved home as early as I could to.... RUN! :D
Actually I almost couldn't make it as I had a rather bad gastric attack just before the run. But I went anyways. Funnily enough the pain disappeared during the run.
Ran the slope-y route within SS17 with Shaun. This time around, I had my iPod with me. Initially I found the music a lil disruptive as it threw my tempo off a bit, but I managed to get into rhythm with my breathing soon enough.
Distance: 1.21 km
Total time: 9:06 minutes
Average speed: 7.98 kmph
I managed to run through the course again, with no pause/stop whatsoever :D It felt better than the previous time. Every time I felt like stopping, I reminded myself of the really hot Indian girl (I saw during the TTDI group run) and how I want to have legs as slim and toned as hers :D I pushed myself ahead also by thinking of how amazed I was, reading about this 5 month pregnant lady who ran 10 km marathons :O
*motivated*
Anyways, tomorrow we're going running again, this time the perimeter of the SS17 housing area. I'm also going to work on my breathing; inhale and exhale in shorter durations. Hopefully I would be able to push myself to run through the course.
Our race in approximately 10 days' time :D
Actually I almost couldn't make it as I had a rather bad gastric attack just before the run. But I went anyways. Funnily enough the pain disappeared during the run.
Ran the slope-y route within SS17 with Shaun. This time around, I had my iPod with me. Initially I found the music a lil disruptive as it threw my tempo off a bit, but I managed to get into rhythm with my breathing soon enough.
Distance: 1.21 km
Total time: 9:06 minutes
Average speed: 7.98 kmph
I managed to run through the course again, with no pause/stop whatsoever :D It felt better than the previous time. Every time I felt like stopping, I reminded myself of the really hot Indian girl (I saw during the TTDI group run) and how I want to have legs as slim and toned as hers :D I pushed myself ahead also by thinking of how amazed I was, reading about this 5 month pregnant lady who ran 10 km marathons :O
*motivated*
Anyways, tomorrow we're going running again, this time the perimeter of the SS17 housing area. I'm also going to work on my breathing; inhale and exhale in shorter durations. Hopefully I would be able to push myself to run through the course.
Our race in approximately 10 days' time :D
Monday, March 2, 2009
Nellie: Week 3 (Run 3 & Run 4)
Run 3 (28th Feb)
6 p.m. in the evening. Same route within SS17; the slope-y one.
Distance: 1.21 km
Total time: Unknown (forgot to keep track of time again...)
Average speed: Unknown
This time I managed to run through the entire course, with minimal push from Shaun from the side :) We didn't do our usual strength training routine after the run, as we didn't want to push it too much before our group run the following morning.
Run 4 (29th Feb)
Group run!!!! Participants were me, Shaun, Siew Li, May, Jimmy and Wayne.
Although we were supposed to meet at 0830, by the time everyone had breakfast and got together at Wayne's place, we only managed to start running at 0915. And it was bloody hot by then. Hehehehe I think everyone agrees that for the next group run, we'll probably get together by 0700 or 0730 to begin the run ;)
There was two main running tracks in Lembah Kiara recreational park, an inner track and an outer track. The outer track is basically longer (2.2 km), a rather slope-y one and thus tougher, as it is stretched out along a hill. The inner track is somewhat flatter and half of the outer track's length (1.1 km).
We started with the outer track, most of us keeping to our own pace. Shaun and Jimmy sped ahead. Myself, I started out with a bit of walking, a short stretch just to enough to warm my muscles. After about few minutes of that I went after the boys. Throughout the course of the outer track, I ran and stopped I think about 3 times each, and as the outer track joins with the inner track I continued on to run most of it. Another short round of walking, then I tried running again the inner track for a short stretch. Stopped and walked, and finally a bit more running with May. All in all, we estimated that we ran and walked about 5 km in total. Under an hour I think. Not too bad, although personally I was disappointed as I wanted to run consistently for at least 2.5 km. Sigh :(
6 p.m. in the evening. Same route within SS17; the slope-y one.
Distance: 1.21 km
Total time: Unknown (forgot to keep track of time again...)
Average speed: Unknown
This time I managed to run through the entire course, with minimal push from Shaun from the side :) We didn't do our usual strength training routine after the run, as we didn't want to push it too much before our group run the following morning.
Run 4 (29th Feb)
Group run!!!! Participants were me, Shaun, Siew Li, May, Jimmy and Wayne.
Although we were supposed to meet at 0830, by the time everyone had breakfast and got together at Wayne's place, we only managed to start running at 0915. And it was bloody hot by then. Hehehehe I think everyone agrees that for the next group run, we'll probably get together by 0700 or 0730 to begin the run ;)
There was two main running tracks in Lembah Kiara recreational park, an inner track and an outer track. The outer track is basically longer (2.2 km), a rather slope-y one and thus tougher, as it is stretched out along a hill. The inner track is somewhat flatter and half of the outer track's length (1.1 km).
We started with the outer track, most of us keeping to our own pace. Shaun and Jimmy sped ahead. Myself, I started out with a bit of walking, a short stretch just to enough to warm my muscles. After about few minutes of that I went after the boys. Throughout the course of the outer track, I ran and stopped I think about 3 times each, and as the outer track joins with the inner track I continued on to run most of it. Another short round of walking, then I tried running again the inner track for a short stretch. Stopped and walked, and finally a bit more running with May. All in all, we estimated that we ran and walked about 5 km in total. Under an hour I think. Not too bad, although personally I was disappointed as I wanted to run consistently for at least 2.5 km. Sigh :(
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Asha: Week 6
This week was hectic... too bad I couldn't join you guys for the group run... Had some family thing going on and also I wanted to sleep in for at least one day...Hehehehe... Managed to run today evening... Didn't realise how much fun it is to run in the rain.... :D
Total distance: 7.67km
Time: 87 mins
Average speed: 5.289 km/h or 3.306mph
Not bad I guess... I think I owe it all to today's run where my 1st mile was 6.45km/h.. Decided to experiment by going faster... Going to continue doing that next week as well... Hopefully can maintain it in the 6s for the next week.. :)
Total distance: 7.67km
Time: 87 mins
Average speed: 5.289 km/h or 3.306mph
Not bad I guess... I think I owe it all to today's run where my 1st mile was 6.45km/h.. Decided to experiment by going faster... Going to continue doing that next week as well... Hopefully can maintain it in the 6s for the next week.. :)
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