Going Taiwan AGAIN!

Okok~ 3rd time, what can be better? Without going through 2 weeks of training before enjoying the 4 days of R&R.. THIS TIME is a religious tour as most know that my parents are devoted buddhists, hardly we can get together and go oversea. Furthermore, the last family vacation trip we had is when im still in pri sec! Virtually all the 'chops' in my passport were expeditions during sec sch, oversea races during Poly and oversea training during NS..

Flight will be taking at 8am tomorrow.. Back on Sat night, 8pm. Praying hard that i dont get any delay flight as my Sundown Marathon starts at 12mn!!

Shag Vacation
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Training 2008: Week 4

200508 0800hrs - Run
Workout: Mileage
Description:
Ran to Loyang-Downtown East-Pasir Ris Park-MJC-Springfield Sec-Temasek Poly-Simei
Timing: 3hrs (2hrs up to Temasek Poly, 45mins back to Simei)
Distance: 20km
Feeling: Quite a good pacing set by MK. Wasnt very hard as we still can chat throughout the journey. Felt tightness at hamstring at Giant & Ikea mall. Ended at Temasek Poly. However i still have to run home, this explain why the back journey to Simei took 45mins.

210508 1730hrs - Swim
Workout: Time Trial
Description:
Warm up 200m
TT 800m
Timing: 17:00 (2:05, 1:49, 2:09, 2:10, 2:10, 2:10, 2:13, 2:10), Avg: 2:07
Distance: 1km
Feeling: Ok first 800m TT after so long~ Possible to get faster, need more training. Too used to swimming slowly.

210508 1730hrs - Run
Workout: Time Trial
Description:
Warm up 3min, Dynamic stretch
Time Trial 5km
Timing: 23:17 (0:49, 1:52, 1:52, 1:55, 1:50, 1:50, 1:50, 1:48, 1:49, 1:52, 1:54, 1:55, 1:55) Avg: 1:52
Distance: 5km
Feeling: Was aiming for 1:50 per lap for 21mins but first 4 laps' pacing seems abit haywire, trying to find the correct pace. Next 10 laps are good as im able to pace Ivan, but after hitting 4km, i cant catch my breath to chase anymore. Haha made a calculation mistake, to run 21min is 1:40, 22min is 1:45, 23min THEN is 1:50... 1:40 is the pace for my 2.4 to just nice get below 10mins.. haha!

SUMMARY OF WEEK 4

Swim: 1 km
Run: 30 km

Bike: Nil

1 weeks: Sundown Marathon
2 weeks: Saucony Passion Run
13 weeks: Army Half Marathon
15 weeks: Aviva 70.3
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Training 2008: Week 3

120508 1800hrs - Swim
Workout: Mileage
Description:
Warm-up: 200m, Drills: 10 x 25m, Kick Drills: Kick w/ flipper(100m), Vertical kicking w/ flipper swim(2min) x Swim (100m) x 3 sets
Main set: 3 x 500m with 1 min rest interval
16 x 25m sprint
Timing: 36:11min (10:53, 11:26, 11:52 + 2min rest interval)
Distance: 2.7km
Feeling: coach say the form damn terok! Can be banished to the small start training from kicking.. haha! Quite tired that day.. Lost motivation when heard the sprint set is 20x25m!!

140508 1730hrs - Run
Workout: Mileage
Description:
Simple dynamic warm-ups,
Main set: Run 50min, ran 5min /km for first 30mins, then run hard for 3min for 3 sets with 2min of 'rest/easy' interval. Just run finish till 50mins up.
Static: 15mins
Timing: 50mins
Distance: 9.6km
Feeling: The 3min set really made me push for at least for the first 2 sets. After the 3min sets, my pacing for per lap dropped from 2min to 2:30min. Hard stitch at the waist so cant really run with good form for the last part.

150508 1730hrs - Run
Workout: Mileage
Description:
Even simpler dynamic warm-ups,
Ran to Expo - Coastal - ECP (CP E) - Bedok Reservoir - Simei
Timing: 3hrs!
Distance: 23km
Feeling: Had aches from the yesterday run. woke up late and run, so body not prepared. Run till ECP not so bad, had problem with crossing the road and running towards coastal, no path to run on. Nearing the end of ECP CP E is really tiring, stop to walk on my first hr.

Struggling to run to Bedok Reservoir. Thanks to all the traffic lights, i can give excuse to walk towards them when red. Had three major stops at Bedok Reservoir, 1 is when i enter and took a water break at the toilet. 2nd is the toilet after the hill. Just cant wait to be home.. 3rd is at the newly built toilet near the paddle centre

Getting hotter and sunnier at 10+, pull myself together to finish the last 3-4km leg. Initially wanted to stop at SCH, to get some drinks from the provision shop and start walking back from there. But it is undergoing renovation. argh~ suck it up ran the way till junction at Blk 201 and walk in as cool down from there.

After-run effect, aching on the arch of my feets. Don't know is it running form (landing of feet due to fatigue) or time for a new shoe!

180508 1700hrs - Run
Workout: Mileage
Description:
Run in ECP from CP E to CP B and back.
Timing: 1hr 10mins
Distance: 10km
Feeling: Ran with SJ today, almost 100% increase from the usual bedok reservoir. GUess she must have 'suffered' abit.

SUMMARY OF WEEK 3

Swim: 2.7km

Run: 42 km

Bike: Nil

Notes:
Ok for the swim, i was lazy, didn't swim another session.
Quite pleased with the run progress so far. Will have to run another session next week before i go Taiwan.
Need to quickly order my frame to start training for my bike!

2 weeks: Sundown Marathon
3 weeks: Saucony Passion Run
14 weeks: Army Half Marathon
16 weeks: Aviva 70.3
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Dim Sum Adventure

Yes! had a dim sum buffet with the 'team', only guys! -_-'' at Miramar Hotel. Quite a funny trip. Meet ten at Eunos Mrt today, got there and waited till 1130 for the restaurant to open. Listening to Stalker Kiat Rui's dirty funny jokes. Guess too much of boring work will make you like that. Truly living up to his Stalking Reputation, he can memories sentence which people writes in their blog. Thanks god, we only need to wait for 30mins.

Get seated Guys!

Been to this same hotel, restaurant and buffet before during my BMT time, came with my other mates in the same platoon, so know what food to expect for. First thing we whack is the chicken wings before placing the orders, as they are free flow being placed in a warmer. We ate from 1130 to 1330, a good 2 hours that even i have to raise my white flag.

Still within control..

Lu Kai came after we had almost finished our 2th echelon of dim sums. Went 1 big round in the city just because he got the wrong directions from our locals. The dim sum are all filled with prawns, almost everything we ate got prawns inside, kinda worth the money we are paying for.

Ok~ abit too much!

2nd round of FRIED Chicken Wings came just when we are about to go into our desserts. 6 plates in total for a table of 7!?

After Meal Activities
After eating, we decided to go City Hall. Lu Kai then suggested we WALK there, as the 'right' opposite the Hotel is River Quay. A village boy like me who seldom wonder around the City, agreed since its 'just right opposite' the hotel and a 'short walk' we will reach City Hall, treat it as a brisk walk to aid digesting.

Distances wasn't the problem, but we seemed to neglected the timing we are walking in. At 2pm, walking along the river with the sun just right smacked above us, with little shades throughout the journey, got my clothing half drenched with my sweat and droplets forming at the tip of my hair. After good 20mins under the scorching sun, we reached Funan Mall and then to Raffle City where i guess everyone cant wait to enjoy the air-con environment. We did a little window shopping, but i gotten tired after a few shops.

Went home with Jonathan, Kiat Rui and Wilson, With Kiat Rui around, peace just don't coincide. Fortunately with Kiat Rui's rattling, the journey seems to be shorter.

Bloated
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Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Ok~ Celebrated my Ah Gong's 73th birthday! Still remember every year he will catered food and invite all the immediate relatives to his place. The catered food still used to be filled with meat and seafood. This year, he decided to choose a vegetarian caterer. His commitment to my religion has increase over the pass few months. Guess my parent are both very happy about it, same for me to see his health gets better, although my stomach & mouth didn't really enjoy much.

Another guest who came this year is my aunt's pet dog, named Wang Wang, named by my uncle.. She's 7 months old, super active! and like to lick people as thou we are ice creams. A series of pictures to show how my face got rape by her tougue!

Have gave up the idea of having a pet. Since young, i have been pestering my mother to buy me a tortoise as i prefer cold blooded animals. Don't know why it seems like when cold-blooded animal pass away/died, i wouldn't feel much pain. Imagine witnessing your dear pet which has spent the past 7-9 years with you pass away..

Oh ya back to the why i didn't get a pet, my mom keep saying that we cant even take care of ourselves still want to get a pet! Quite true, till now I'm often lazy to wash the plates & cups after use, sweep the floor, fold my blanket, etc.. Imagine still want to change the water, buy food and stuff for your pet. It could be just a moment of impulsive and cause an animal to be suffering..

The celebration ended around 9plus with a 3/4 filled Durian Cake! Argh~ I like~ Been quite a long time since i last ate a Durian. almost cant cycle home, as i drank a few cups of Red Wine which i gave my ah gong as present.

Happy Family
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