Have not run at MacRitchie Reservoir (more popularly known as "MR") since May 14 2006 - more than a year ago. Wanted to go last Sunday but it was rained out.
MR has a lot of memory - mostly bad for me but it is still one of my favourite running place in view of the varied routes and challenging terrain. It was the last run in May last year that conclusively killed the knee. It was also the place where I got bummed on the back by a bunch of branches dropping from the sky.
This time dragged 3 ladies with me - M, Bambi and Mich. For the latter 2, they are running there for the first time. We did the short MR 25 Time Trial 5km route. The last time I did it was on March 15 2006. Told the girls to try to finish the distance under 35mins. Myself - I set no targets knowing that I can't possibly do under 25mins. The run was pretty uneventful except for a point where I nearly slipped on a wet root and had to use my right leg to jam in hard for support to avoid falling down. Luckily, nothing else happened and the knee seemed okay. In the end, completed the distance in a slow 29:05mins. The ladies did pretty okay coming in around 32mins. Not bad for a first time though Bambi wearing her brand new PI was making some noise about dirtying her new shoes on the muddy trails.
Went for dinner at The Ship Restaurant at Shaw Center after that. Continue here
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Shape Run 2007
The men still don't get it.
This time round my contingent of ladies are doing the 10km. As usual, went down to support them by taking photographs since we men can't run. Parked myself on top of a huge flower pot just outside the former Clifford Pier and managed to take some nice shots and videos. Simmply too overwhelmed by so many ladies couldn't managed to snap most of the sgrunners although managed to took photos of all the ladies, a colleague and little sis.
See the full set of photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/ckohst/ShapeRun2007
The front three runners were so fast they lead almost by a gap of 300 meters right from the start till the end. M did well to finish in a PB of 55.58. Karen also did well to finish under 60 minutes. In fact all 5 ladies got their PB.
The video of the 10km start. See the big gap between the top 3 and the rest
The video of the 5km start. Again the front runners are far ahead but at least there are more of them.
This time round my contingent of ladies are doing the 10km. As usual, went down to support them by taking photographs since we men can't run. Parked myself on top of a huge flower pot just outside the former Clifford Pier and managed to take some nice shots and videos. Simmply too overwhelmed by so many ladies couldn't managed to snap most of the sgrunners although managed to took photos of all the ladies, a colleague and little sis.
See the full set of photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/ckohst/ShapeRun2007
The front three runners were so fast they lead almost by a gap of 300 meters right from the start till the end. M did well to finish in a PB of 55.58. Karen also did well to finish under 60 minutes. In fact all 5 ladies got their PB.
The video of the 10km start. See the big gap between the top 3 and the rest
The video of the 5km start. Again the front runners are far ahead but at least there are more of them.
Aviva Half Ironman 2007 Videos
The biking outside the Esplanade:
The running outside the Esplanade along Marina Promenade:
The running outside the Esplanade along Marina Promenade:
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Inter Constituency Road Race 2007
And here the video of the Changi-Simei CSC Men's veteran and ladies completing the race.
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