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Test Run

2009-03-26T19:25:00.001+08:00

03/26/2009 Route
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only 12.5km if you wanna try, min 2 lap should be enough to cover a day of training. =)

Training ground

2009-03-22T22:08:00.001+08:00

my #1 training ground =)

quite accurate huh?

training route 001
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night run..

2009-03-07T03:23:00.002+08:00

started my first night run after very very long time. well, it's 84 days left towards my first 84km. suddenly get nervous about that run after seeing my newton run results. 43"21... didn't hit my initial target of 42min target. still wondering how would i gonna complete 84km w/o stopping.

went trng super late today, reaching about 8.20pm.. left at ard 8.50pm. my shortest night at SP stadium. 10 sets of 200m run. went str8 home to wait for weihao to go for my super long run. we ran 39mins after my dinner, stopped at yew tee.. then.. juan sent us to weihao house, EAT again...and i ran home myself. 34mins ran back home.

oh god why am i always screwing up my trainings...nvm.. tml run again.

never give up is the key to success. 加油!!!

2009

2009-01-01T12:14:00.002+08:00

the new season had just began, everyone started with zero again. =_=
wondering if i will be fighting for relegation or should i aim for a trophy this time round.

last year was a piece of rubbish, but it was thrown in to the bin called history. it was given a gift called present =)

goals for 2009,
-GPA more than 3.5
-sundown 84k completion
- under 3"30' for SSCM
- spend wisely/save more
- gamble with less risk (regardless money or decision making)
- have enough rest/sleep early
* get at least a medal for IVP

happy new year day~

good bye 2008

KPE run

2008-09-14T23:14:00.002+08:00

Managed to sign up for this opening ceremony run of Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway.

Bad run.Blame myself for not reading the details properly, I've gotta run with my bag, along with me (*normally i dun bring bag)!!! No baggie deposit there, and reaching the tunnel late.. Shuttle service screw me upside down man.. queuing up 1hrs to get into the bus @ Kovan (including 15mins at the toilet) darns.

Late, late, im very late, reaching the venue, i heard the gun start.. managed to squeeze thru the fun run ppl somehow and get to the run. thanks for the stuffy tunnel, not even 1km of run im sweating like crazy.. between 800m to 1000m marking, everyone is running in almost total darkness, no light at all, quite cool huh?

@ the water point, thinking there will be cold water/ 100plus.. i saw newater~!! cool SAA.. cannot complain la.. free run.. newater also free.. so lets enjoy the run as much as we can. go back home to relax next time ba. or have a leisure walk with frens.

End of "hell week"

2008-09-04T00:16:00.003+08:00

8 days, completed my first half marathon!!! first IPPT gold (after ORD). and the first nike+ race. So shiok!! time for recovery.

Timing aren't that nice.

2 hrs 00 mins 29 sec --- half marathon
9 mins 24 sec --- 2.4km
50 mins 59 sec --- 10km

will strive for the better.

Spencer

end of 2006

2007-01-06T02:38:00.000+08:00

life is so sucky nowadays. all i can do is to start planning for my future.. this yr. tho there is no look back. just to sum-up 2006.

jan- super low morale **so heart broken

feb- i've got my three stripes **so happy

march- got posted to tengah air base **so lost

april- gotta stay in at filthy bunk ojt period **lonely, im so lonely

may- passed my ojt ** offically a pawai ranger

june- life in pawai is horrible, back problem** got off threat, why???

july- only 3 spec left *** suffer in pawai and to store lotsa off, no choice

aug- new spec came but they are still ojt ** lan lan, lan lan heavy pawai duties

sept- s/o saying he going to extend ord **mindset is something i must brainwash from him

oct- turn 21, done many things i nv done before ** grown up??

nov- jj ord loh ** life is alrdy decided. ming zhong zhu ding la

dec- johor 10km, 42.195km, first tirp to KL ** finally i ended 2006, at least i go somewhere but wheres my pics???

well, for 2007 things that i will never do is surely to extend my pawai duties. be a better man ba..am i that bad?

new year resolution 2007:

complete another 42.195km within 4hr

find a job other than pawai **intro leh

get a motorbike/ best is still a car

grow taller? if not wiser

good bye 2006, i wished i wouldnt grow so fast.. time flies

so long^^

2006-11-26T15:59:00.000+08:00

waited so long for the nxt entry. well i waited longer for my marathon package man!! just got it ytd at suntec city convention hall. its a cool package with the little chips which i dunno where to fix it at. just know its a very important chip that can track my journey of the run. anyway im not going to get first. my piority target it to complete the race, maybe within 4hrs? many ppl look down on me.. initially, i still think i could make it. 1 week away frm the race, i didnt run for 2 weeks le. having cramp on my legs and raining keeps me from toughening up, and hey, im having the marathon flu. just hope i dun die after the race.

the sports exhibition is quite cool. found some interesting event over there. first thing i saw is fencing...yak.. looks dangerous to me but i dun mind trying a few times.. poking on pple. then basketball. sianz la..in-line skate is the best. last week i tried at east coast, the feeling of falling down isnt good, but when i saw the world champion gliding across the cone, ive got the urge to master it NOW. triathlon could be held at indoor huh? its the first time, haha quite funny seeing them running in circles and cycling on the spot..btw where did they swim ?? on the spot too.. i missed that part. scuba diving in a mini-pool..there is a free trial over there. well i didnt try, but i kinda interested in the water hockey..? how to play?

yeah the last one before i go, sport challenge. joined one of the event. running on a treadmill with 3% incline. its the most embarrassing but the most fun part of the day. at first, i saw kw's fren, nono his fren's twin brother. dang, wrong person la..but i make him join the game to test the water about the game, then i join. after he complete the run, i tried, warm-up, but almost got cramp again. but i got over the cramp, and started running.. the speed was 10 but i slowly push to 16.. dang, everyone is crowding to my side...zzzz cannot tahan..my ending distance is 1.21km. haha at least attracted a crowd, but quite malu.. nv break their record 1.44km. XXX

never underestimate GIRL power!!!

2006-11-12T19:40:00.000+08:00

went for SINGAPORE/JOHOR 2nd link bridge run this morning. hmms... nv get to sleep much yesterday dang. plus bits of strains on my left calf. but, i still managed to run within my initial target of under 1hrs..hehe. 46 mins 52sec. woots.. lotsa girls overtake me saee...must really train up for my 42km run ... yawns..so tired going to pawai again..........

pawai`s crab

2006-11-12T19:38:00.001+08:00

22 shift.. i caught 2 crabs in pawai..hehe look at it..its so small

expecting the unexpected

2006-11-01T15:16:00.000+08:00

like always say: life is unpredictable. nothing last eternally. after the 21 yrs of living in this mortal world. there is also the cyber world..well i believe the world doesnt last anyway forever..

human have plans.. but its human who screw up plans too. many things that is scheduled way before hand could actually end up unaccomplished; while some events could be plan last minute but end up a success.

turning 21, its the turning from childhood to adulthood ba..well, i think still not growth up fully, tasks** email cannot change yet..

let this 1st nov be the turning point for this lilz kid ba.. the sudden change due to un-foreseen circumstances. i need to be recall back to pawai 12 days before hand. sad sad.. but no choice. always got offs into risks.. i cant understand why..prehaps is my mouth. nxt time *-----zip-----*

time to sign out..for my unXpected shift..NO.22!!

* hoilday run *

2006-10-29T19:03:00.000+08:00

so wonderful on off days.. the new rules will let me have more off days to clear during this few days. it shd be a time that can let me relax abit more during this stressful time.

**can "run" away frm everything

ytd was a testing run..w/o hp, ezlink, coins,watch nor water.. just trying to know how long can i really endure. the blue trail below is the distance i covered with the app. distance of 22.44km

haha.. looks so short distance right? just treat it as 2.4km instead or 22.44km. it's just the start of hell.

Starting point--my home
Mid-point --Yishun stadium
Ending point --my home

just felt relieved when i finally reach my so called finishing line at yishun stadium. i just realised that im freaking thirsty, but there isnt any water-cooler at the lousy, run-down stadium. all i could see was that those sporting afrique players making a fool of themselves in the stadium. no choice, gotta resort into drinking toilet water, which looks so "tasty"...ma de..blame me for being so thirsty.

oh gosh, there no alternative to go back home other than by foot. lan lan la..maybe this will make me fitter..nvm la just run. but not even ten minutes, i started to feel cramps on my right thigh. slowly my run became a jog and then began to walk. didnt even really reach madai road, i started to feel cramps on my left thigh too..

hey, the sky is turning dark..NoNo..its turning hazy.. cannot be leh.. the entire madai is so misty..cant even see properly the road in front of me. fuck it la, died died lor. like i care!!! well eventually i took more than 5 hrs to and back to home. forget the process.. its a rather memorable journey to the north..almost died... nxt time i will try the journey to the south or east..no problem de..i realised, wun die so easily de la..hehe!!

--pissed off--

2006-10-29T18:40:00.000+08:00

not another downshift maintenance day. kinda shag up myself after week-in, week-out of pawai duties. it had nv been a peaceful downshift..

it was that particular day that make me flared up really during my SI days. everything seems to move on smoothly.. until the time when i gave out several instructions, but none of them listen to me. Not even a single souls.. i start to lose my patience slowly but surely.. not another no i could tolerate anymore. jimmy was right in front of me..i think its just his day ba..zzzz.. i asked him very politely but he choose not to listen. he ignited my flash point and pushed me to yelled at him.

i start questioning myself.. did i make a wrong decision of trying to build rapport with my men??? or i did not draw clearing the line btw them properly??? or rather, i must go along with them when i give instructions??? must i alway follow them when i ask them to do any work??? every shift there is 3 pple excluding myself. so shd i really split my time into 3 parts whenever there is work huh?

or god..spare me frm pawai duty as a spec ... put me a signaller or a storeman next life huh?

another day at the chevrons

2006-10-21T23:53:00.000+08:00

wonder why..yesterday everything is not followed as scheduled..

firstly, i was to bring the hong kong drama back to camp.. maybe cos i left my home in a rush so i forgotten it even i place it right in front of my eyes. okay, its my fault.

follow nxt is..that lai c k. arranged for brkfast at 0715..this cockster came at 0730+++ 3rd time he pang seh me le. this time.. i managed to "eat" with him, it could be my last time eating with this guy as a SI member.
# short day at tengah.

nominated to go for heartsaver cse. out base sae..last min then know was at ngee soon camp. hello frenz, pls dont let me travel so much hor..hate it man.in the end, it didnt turn out that bad ba..going out base with ian, okay la..still think he is an interest guy. he actually followed me up to SBAB.. planned initially to go northpoint de.. in the end, went SBAB spec mass jalan jalan...not as great as my sergeants described to me..TAB ones is still better.

after heartsavers cse, i was decided to go back Club de Specialist.. quite far frm here leh. then told the "lai"s, how about going to the chevrons. no pt restricting our gatherings at the base huh. tho we paid $3 every month for that..

another nice day at the chevrons. only pity is that we were in no.4 quite O biang sae.. who cares when we had great fun over there. the most impt is to give junjie a memorable day. hopefully everyday will be just as fufilling.

sigh.. one day had pass again..

not another day

2006-10-20T00:44:00.000+08:00

its sucha boring day everyday.. whenever you've nothing to do. sometime i would rather spend more time cocking with my friends ard me. i realised sometime that relationship is quite a funny things. its not the amount of time spent together. it's about the quality of time.

junjie msg me that his ord extention has been rejected. when i saw his sms, i was like stoned for a moment.. i tot i might go up shift with him for another 6 months or so. prehaps S1 does not approve due to his reasons for staying any longer ba. maybe doesnt willing to give him the extra 6 months pay. kinda sad that he got to go just like that. he has got 7 more days leave plus 10++ of off days to clear. oh god.. dont waste it leh give it to me..even clearing them in the weekend, he wouldnt have time to finish, he doesnt wana clear his off and is going to report camp tml.. to finish his clearance and FFI.

Looks like he is totally attached to this island called pawai. next week might be his last ever shift le. too bad he cant reach his milestone 40. hopefully if mike lim allows him to have his downshift on his ord date. sad la..i only able to go upshift with him for 2 shifts during my OJT. no chance to go up with him offically as a spec.

well, the time we spent together wasn't that long. but i still can remember this guy who escorted me from PAC to this new family called the Southern Island, well, green color font suits this little island cos its filled with weeds huh? he is the only one that ever run with me in the flight outside the base/office hrs.. alan almost ran..but he was late (at least he swam ba). and how about the bake beans and he ye fan you made.. not to forget those hong kong drama you bought to pawai.

these are only 2 shifts with him..maybe time doesnt really matters, or rather due to the fact that he had passed my OJT, im in sucha state??? OJT is truly my best period of my life at pawai.. no worries of those crappy area cleaning inspection, wondering if job aren't doing well. all my men is going to get their off days getting burnt cos of me.. not even had the time to go to the so called paradise in pawai.

forgot about this man.. im going to get these 6 months fly pass easily le. cos 6months at SI had passed so fast. new pple will come and it's my time to go. (btw my SBAB frens will be having the new batch of spec coming soon). hehe..10 more weeks they will take over my duties entirely.

yawns... bed time

tired..im so tired.

2006-10-19T12:36:00.000+08:00

ytd was a history. nv did i expect to go running after feeling aches on both of my ankles. my mom still thinks my stamina and running is that godly during my bukit view times, haha. i told her that i can't run anymore. then, she started suaning me for joining the dec standard chartered full marathon. in order to get back some 'face', i went down for a slow jog..

i wandered around the entire bukit batok neighbourhood instead of the usual bukit timah. as i was going to break down after my targeted 30 mins run, what i saw was that more and more people are picking up running as a sports. instead of stopping, i picked up more speed.

i wonder what supernatural power had taken over me.. i did not turn back to the direction of my home. my legs took me to gombak stadium. the crowd was even more enthusiastic in running. with my shackled body, i started to walk around the stadium. ahum.. maybe i should run a few laps and head back home, i said to myself..

started having some workout and a warm-up lap.. i ran for merely 3 rounds i started to feel cramps on my legs. i halted for a rest. i went to try for my sit-up, which had been giving me lots of problem for the recent months.. i only can to 25.. this time it is not really the back which is giving me difficulty. my abs got cramps.. freakly embarassing i should say.

needless to say, by now i should be turning my head to my home.. indeed i had the intention alr.. but at this moment i saw a familar face flashing pass me. i ran after the figure to follow up.. managed to catch up with him for the one and only time. juwahir, yes its him.. my bukit view trackmate. he had nv give up his passion unlike me. suddenly feeling so guilty and i realised that i am the one who is responsible for my lost of form.

i trained together with him for 4 sets of 1k run. well, i couldn't catch up with the pace as expected now. for once, i begin to feel even more determined to train double hard. well just hope it is not just on the spur of the moment that make me feeling that way.

well, its time for me to run again..

my 20th shift.

2006-10-18T14:02:00.000+08:00

finally reach 20th shift after turning 21. finally after so many days of off days and leaves, i went back to my lilz island called pawai. i tried to bo chap many many stuffs which i was required to do. ha.. anyway its just 2yrs of my life. sometime its not just about how you do those stuffs you are supposed to do but also to able to describle out or rather wayang.
to sum up, the defination of work can be complicating if you want it to be..

other than work, of cos there is leisure time in the island.. many many things which many many pple, and even i cant expect me to do during my short stint of service.
how about playing majong till early in the morning; playing risks till no day and nite. or maybe to fish late in the night with only darkness accompanying you. and prehaps illuminate the place by "burning" it with lanterns?

the exhilarating experiences of watching the fighting monitor lizards, rats or giant geckos by the dogs over there. the encounter of strange animals/birds where there is no such breed found at our zoo/ bird park in singapore.

nevertheless, i still prefer my home. that island is like a open but yet confined space unless you are a very good swimmer and have a godly sense of direction that you can swim back to singapore and rest for a day then swim back when it's time to change shift. and just pray that the police coast guard wouldnt able to see you during their patrol.

time out my day dream.. lets have it another day..going back to work now.

oh!! my, new blog

2006-10-11T20:22:00.000+08:00

hi to you guys, this is my new blog.. tml is my 20th upshift.. going to try sth diff this shift.. currently im rushing back to camp to.. staying- in for this milestone. hopefully this blog will be my last "new blog". doesnt like my old blog once again...