Monthly Archives: January 2012

Week 4 review

Planned: Nil                    Actual: 15 km Chinese New Year’s week, a time for celebration. I totally take it easy, without any pressure of building up mileage or speed. Just did 2 runs, a 5 min/km pace at Punggol PCN and Safra … Continue reading

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Week 3 review

Planned: 67 km                    Actual: 12 km My cough got serious during the week, robbed my sleep. I was feeling very tired on the day time. I totally put a brake on my training. With the Chinese New Year at the … Continue reading

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12 km: Buangkok Loop

I skipped the Safra’s training again, sms Trainer Joe that i couldn’t run due to a flu. The flu kept coming back after every run. It started from last Friday and i recovered on Saturday. After i went for a … Continue reading

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Week 2 review

Weekly: 67 km         Time: 5 hr 39 min 13 sec 10% increment from last week. The pace remained fast with 3 sessions under 4.30 min/km. By Friday, i had already reached last week’s mileage. It was accompanied by some shins … Continue reading

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12 km: Grass running

My shins were feeling a bit of tightness and sore. So i decided to skip the Mount Faber hill this week, not to aggravate the condition. But i was not going to step back on my mileage but look for … Continue reading

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13 km: Portsdown – Queenstown

Huge turnout tonight for the training. Seemed like Portsdown Rd always attract runners even it was still dizziling before the run. Trainer Zhilei gave a short brief and we started off promptly. In the back of my mind, i kept … Continue reading

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Week 1 review

Started to get serious on training. My plan is to get my base works done before i focus on my speed. In this way, i can prevent any unnecessary injuries. Week1 mileage: 58.7 km   Time: 4 hr 50 min My … Continue reading

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11.6 km: Canterbury – Mount Faber hill

Finally, i am back to club training. My gout disease seemed to stable down, allowing me to do some runnings. I usually run well in the first quarter of the year and then my performance deteriorate throughout the year. This was … Continue reading

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Japan Hakone Ekiden 2012

Japan’s oldest and most important road relay, the scale of race is 218 km spread over 10 runners and over 10 stages. The first day, 2nd Jan, will have the relay of 5 runners running towards Hakone. The second day, … Continue reading

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