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Gees..I'm hooked on BodyAttack

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:41:28 GMT

Wha lau eh. Yesterday do my 1st BodyAttack class ever....
Xiong ah.....
Now I know what Gary mean....This is damn xiong.......
But it is definitely good for my running training.....So hehehe
I'm hooked!

Surf & Sweat + FF @ One Raffles Quay

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:45:50 GMT

Last Sunday was at Sentosa to help out in Surf and Sweat. Damn shiok and fun. Was helping out at the Ultimate Frisbee game. Have a lot of fun. But dio sun burn like mad. As usual NPNT. Here's some picts.

Stage

Sports Club Rocks!

Rip Curl is the sponsor.

Paradise!!!

The wave.....

That's me!!! Chao tah liao!

Official!!!

Then last Saturday I also go to FF @ One Raffles Quay for the 1st time. Damn nice place. Still a work in progress still.....But on the whole, not bad. Went for Faye's class and quite shiok. View from cycling studio is nice and Faye chu power....Blur!!!

FF Platinum @ ORQ

Nice view leh!!!

Cardio anyone?!

Swee boh?

Free flow of Coke, 100Plus, Sprite, ILT, Diet Coke. Only at FF!!!

Use card to open locker 1 wor.....Advance leh.

1 month after the Stan Chart Marathon

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:41:23 GMT

Last month, I completed the full 42.195KM at the Singapore Marathon. Looking back at the race, there were many things that I will remember about it. 1st, the good.
1. The race pack collection.
The race pack this year is worth every cent the participants have paid for. Come with many goodies. A gym bag was given instead of the shoe bag given in past years. Inside the bag contains the event singlet, brochures, event guides, berocca, pasta, heat rub and many goodies. The collection procedure was also quite smooth.

2. Good weather on race day.
Thank god for the good weather on raceday. It is perfect for run. No haze, no bright and hot sun and to top it off, there was slight drizzle when I'm finishing my run. That's good to cool down my body.
3. Meeting people who I know at the race.
Met a lot of ppl!!!! Met ppl like Jeniffer from FF, my physiotherapist, my runner's club kakis, Xue Ping who was helping at drink station and many more.
4. My run partner and inspiration-Albert!
I really thank god for a great friend like Albert. We knew each other since our days in Sony. He's great as a colleague, senior and also runner. We train for the race and did it together. Although this is my 1st marathon while this is already his 8th marathon, we encourage each other and challenge each other to do better. We run together side by side for almost the whole race and we finish very closely. (Just 2 min apart.) Thanks dude!
5. Finishing the race and get the medal + Finisher shirt

My AHM 2005 medal + 2006 SCSM medal. Satisfaction!!!!

Now the bad and Ugly!
1. Poor briefing of volunteers.
When volunteers at stating point area do not know where is the baggage deposit area, what does that tell u?
2. Poor turnout of supporters.
Very little amount of supporters along the course. Magnum force and Sapphires were not spotted. Only see some drummers who are not quite awake yet and a cheer team from TP. Other than that, the rest are just some supporters of certain runners. (Very few) So what if the runner amount has hit record high. Supporter figures still cannot make it.
3. Episode at baggage collection after race.
The volunteers mix the baggage of runners tag no 7000-8000+. This cause a lot of confusion when runners are collecting their bags as their bags are initially seperated. This cause a runner to flare up. (UGLY!)
4. Spelling error on the finisher medal.
This is the special 5th birthday for Singapore Marathon and to commemorate this special milestone, they put the words: "Commerating the 5th Anniversary" on the finisher medals. Eh very serious typo wor. My england very powder 1 lah. So didn't realise this till someone at sgrunners pointed this out. I think the kenyans also wun realise this....muahahaha.

5. Race Singlet given is not fitting compared to last year. The adidas singlet I got last year is fitting. This year 1 ah...The side can put 1 x chicken. Pok pok pok keh!!!!!

So this roughly sum up my memories of the Singapore marathon. To see my results and also photos. Here are the links!
Result: http://www.runpix.name/sin06/42/finord.php?LastName=8345&lan=&aset=1
Photos: http://www11.global-pix.com/cgi-bin/masterpage?function=framebody§ion=photos&job=Sports%2F2006+Sports%2FSingapore+Marathon&lang=eng&match=8345

Gym yesterday

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:59:40 GMT

Did the 2 hour ironman ride at Paragon yesterday. (Close call. Almost did not make it in time for the class as it is a full house crowd.) It was a lot easier compared to my 1st attempt 2 years ago. Perhaps my leg is stronger/more conditioned now? I dunno.... (For those who know me or read my blog regularly will know what I went through just 8 months ago and u will most prob say I siao.....XD) Anyway, met ppl like Mylene and Ah pig there also. Haha. Almost the whole OUB centre cycling gang all there to support Tommy. Power siah.

Anyway, after that went for lunch at people's park with Ji Xiang and Albert. Shiok ah. Carrot cake with soya bean mix xian cao drink. Ultimate...... After that went for Faye and Andrew's combat class at George Street. (The so called Ken and Barbie class....actually should be Ken vs Chun Li!! Hehe) The combat class was fun. I was a bit shag out thanks to the 2 hours ride in the morning. But anyway, the fun took the fatigue away. Faye and Andrew's hairstyle are damn nice! Faye 1 is super kawaii and Andrew's is damn character siah. The class was so fun thanks to Faye as she do her Chun Li dance!!!LOLZ!!! Andrew laugh till stomach ache.......muahahaha. Anyway, will be going for bodystep later. That 1 is my new found love. Love all the Les Mills Programs!!!!

Runner High!

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:23:11 GMT

Finished the marathon yesterday with a timing of 4:40. (Estimated) Damn shiok. Started the race well, went pretty fast pace. (10KM/hr) Met ppl like Jeniffer from FF and Benjamin from Runner's Club along the way. Did say hi to them. But also run past some ppl and did not say hi to them. Like my ex physiotherapist in army and my ex-superior in army which I dun really like.....Haha. Anyway, towards the last stretch it was quite tough. Especially after the 30KM mark. A lot of runners say that after the 30km, it will be tough. Well, I call it the great divide. From there, it's either u make it or break it. Yes it is tougher. Ur mind must be strong. I was wearing ankle guard since start but once I reach national stadium, I feel that I need to take it out. So I just relak 1 corner and remove it. Then after that, I take things easy and slow down while my friend albert who I call my inspiration (Well, he's 20 years old my senior and this is his 8th marathon...what do u say?) start to feel great and he went faster and faster. So I just tell him to go ahead without me and go on for I want him to break his personal best. So he went ahead. Towards the finishing stretch, I started to slow it a little more before picking up my pace towards the finish line. The weather that time was also great. (Slight drizzle. Help to cool down my body.) When I saw the finishing line not far from me, I use all my energy and sprint my way to the finish line. The crowd at the finish line was great. (But other than that, it sux!) They cheer me on and I feel good. KS and elaine was there also. But I did not see them when I was reaching the finish line so never give them a high-5. (Hehe)

Anyway, I was at the race last year as a supporter. This year, I'm there as a runner. I feel that this year, the standard has drop. DRASTICALLY! Mark my words. None of the volunteers know their stuff like where is the baggage deposit area etc. The number of supporters were pathetic. The cheer teams are pathetic and not as good compared to last year. This year I only see very little cheer team compared to last year and the standard has drop by a lot. There was no more magnum force, sapphires this year and this year there was only some small kids who I think they dunno what they are cheering and some drum players who play drums like they haben wake up yet. Goodness. Like what the straits times article says the number of supporters is no way near the big marathons in the world.

Hope next year will be a better race.

Singapore Marathon Tomolo!!!!

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:37:55 GMT

Hey. It's raceday tomolo! Will do the gruelling race tomolo. Hope to finish it with style. This time fighting this race with only a ipod shuffle. (512MB) Load it up with all my favourite songs liao. So hope it will serve me well lah. Hope to see my friends there. Some of them helping as volunteer, some coming down to support me. Whatever! Hope to see u all lah! Remember to tap me if u see me lor....Otherwise my mp3 player blast damn loud 1......cannot hear anything...muahahaha!!! My number damn nice 1....8345...Go buy 4D hor! Muahahaha

Ankle update

Tue, 09 May 2006 15:46:49 GMT

Today went to see surgeon at hospital again....

Removed the cast!!! Yippie...Feel good to be able to step on real ground with my leg without a cast.

Now my leg is quite all right....Still cannot put much weight on it yet though. Still need my crutches to walk around. Will go back for physio around end of the month. Will see how then.

My Ankle Condition...

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:33:34 GMT

To my friends who have been concerned with my ankle condition and those who have send me well wishes, thank you very much! I really appreciate what you all have done for me.

I just went to the hospital again to see my surgeon and remove the stitches on my ankle. My ankle condition is slightly better now. Not so much pain compared to the time when my anestatic wear off after the surgery. But still need to rely on the crutches to walk. Doc say need to rest more still...So he extended my MC till end of May! Hehe!!! Shiok leh! (Advance birthday present?!)

After seeing my doctor, I went to have the stitches removed. There was a total of six stitches...three for each opening on the ankle.... One opening on the left and one opening on the right side of my left ankle. (OUCH!) The process of removing the stitches was quite ok. A bit of pain sometimes when the nurse is pulling out the stitch. Geezzzz.... When the stitches are removed, I can clearly see that the skin are closed up until like a line.... After that, they put back the cast. The guy who put back the cast for me accidently press on my wound area while he was doing his job. I just felt a bit of pain. But it was all right...Tahan-able!!!

Will see doctor in 2 weeks time!

Home Sweet Home

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:48:14 GMT

After the surgery is done yesterday, I'm home today!!!! Yippie!
Basically, here's the timeline!
100406 0800hrs: Hospitalised! Send to Ward 39 Bed 21 (3921...Buy 4D hor)

My ward is a classless ward. Why? It's because my choice of Class B2 is full. So they put me in this ward which IMO is better than Class B2. It is a 5 bed room with aircon. Shiok leh. Class B2 dun have air con and is with 6 beds. So I got a better room for the price of Class B2 ward. Great!

The view outside my ward! Nice right?
0810hrs -0900hrs: Settle down, check blood pressure etc etc etc. Was told that surgery will be around 1130hrs.
0910hrs: Stunner! Surgery time! So get changed and was pushed into the operating theatre.
0930hrs: In OT already. Saw my surgeon and his gang. Feel ok still. Not so nervous. The people start to administer IV on me and the anestatic doctor start to perform GA for me. Soon, CONCAST!!!
1130hrs: Woke up. Op done. Still a bit dizzy after the GA. Feel that my leg is quite heavy. Saw that it was in a big bandage. Like 1 of the nurse say...Like elephant leg....DIAO!

This is how my leg look like. Power?!
After I was transferred back to my ward, I called my mother and tell her that I was fine and I was chatting/messaging with my friends and closed ones using my handphone. My sister, brother in law and my poly's ex mentor visited me. Nice to see them. Feel happy that they can come and visit me.
I was feeling quite ok at the ward. My neighbour was also a young lad. He just admitted to hospital yesterday and now should still be in the operating theatre. (Wish him well! He's on quite a big surgery.) We did chat with each other to kill time and I also assure him that the anestatic will be power enuff to make him sleep and not feel a thing. Haha!
So this morning, my surgeon and some house officers came to see me and they see how was I feeling etc and I was quite ok. So the nurse changed my dressing and I waited for my medicine, discharge summary, crutches etc before my mum came over and fetch me home. So now I'm home and resting...20 days MC..Hope I will recover fast lah!

Surgery Time

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:31:32 GMT

Yes...The time has come..

Today is D-Day.

Will be admitting in CGH later at 8am.

Dunno what time will go inside OT.

Hope I will recover fast lah.

I leave everything to the one above.

Pray for me k?

Surgery

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:18:04 GMT

Hey all,

Just went to see my specialist at hospital today.....Going to do surgery to fix my ankle soon.....

D-Day: 10 April 2006.

Quite fast..

Hope this can make my ankle a lot better!

Will MIA for sometime lah...

Haiz....

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:52:35 GMT

Today went to see MO.....

Saw my MRI scan report in full today...Both Ankles' ligament torn. Left 1 more jia lat. Chronically torn. Sianz...

Will see surgeon in 2 months time to decide whether to do surgery or not....Yes/No?

But in the mean time, I will wait for medical board lah..

Bad News

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:09:57 GMT

Haiz,

Just came back from CGH...

My MRI scan shows that my left ankle has a torn ligament and a hole in the bone....That's bad!

Looks like I will have to miss running for a long time....

My new toy

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 09:44:53 GMT

Here it is: Timex 5C361 Heart Rate Monitor

Bought it at Jurong Point for $170. Nice watch. Took it for a run just now. It gives me indication of my Heart Rate, calories burn and an alarm that warns me if I go above or below my target heart rate. Great!

My ankle.....

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:11:07 GMT

Aiyo...

Just when I thought that I can resume my training when my status is over, I'm damn wrong. I hit to the gym in my camp to do my routine 10km run on the threadmill for 1 hour only to know after the run that there is another run coming up. HOLY SHIT. Damn! By the time I finish the second run, my ankle is damn painful. But still bear with it. Anyway, since I'm on leave today, I went to see a doctor at the nearby polyclinic. I was given Light duty till next monday. (Which is the day I will go to CGH for my appointment.) Good.....I can siam RT for SOC again if there is any...hiak hiak hiak!!!!

The Race!

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 05:47:29 GMT

Finished my Half Marathon this morning YES!!!!

Clear it in 2 Hour and 1 Min. Miss my target of a Sub 2 Hour Finish by a little bit. Nevermind though. A good timing also. Got the finsher medal as I obtain a sub 2 Hour 45 Min finish. Looks nice!!

BTW, I have also signed up for the Standard Chartered Full Marathon that wil be held on 4th December. This will be the biggest challenge to me as I will be looking at finishing it in 5 Hours. Hopefully I can do it. See more info at www.singaporemarathon.com

After the run, I treated myself to a great meal at coffee bean for the archievement. 1 slice of Tiramisu and a cuppa of ultimate ice blend!

P/S: It's good to run a race like this without my specs......Contact lens are great stuff!!!!!

Crazy Week!!!

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:51:53 GMT

Hohoho!!!! It has been a crazy week.....

This week is physically straining to me.....

Tuesday: SOC!

Wednesday: 16KM run at East Coast in 1 Hour 16 Min. Fast right?!

Thursday: Physio and SOC AGAIN!

Friday: 5KM RUN AGAIN!

Tomolo: 21KM AHM.

16KM + 5KM + 21KM = 42KM in a week?! Yes I'm not kidding. Full Marathon distance in a week. So looks like I can go ahead and register for the full marathon at the end of the year yah?!

For Sunday, I will need to finish the 21KM in 2 Hour 45 Min to get a finisher medal. That is my goal. Die die must get the medal and bite it using my teeth...hehehe

Anyway, yesterday I quite suay.......RSM suddenly check hair.....so I'm not spared......got to cut.....my company got someone bring hair shaver.....dunno he barber trained or what....nvm.....He just cut high slope for me......feeling like having a bad hair day...Sianz.....

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