West Coast Run on 9 Apr`07 (Mon)

Went for DTM on Saturday -- REALLY PAINFUL 3hrs!! Neny helped to "untie" the knots and ease my arch pain on my right feet due to PF. Met renoh, fennel, swoop and tktan for dinner at Chinatown -- to hear the "war" stories from swoop's Langkawi Ironman and fennel's KL marathon. Recommended this nice home-run Korean restuarant at Mosque Street -- yeah, we got to try the spicy octopus which we missed at our last visit.

Muscles still sored from DTM. Did an easy run to West Coast Park. Ok, we are all set -- Nagano Marathon here we come!

Distance : 6.5km
Time : 37min
Avg pace : 5:42min/km

Good Friday Run on 6 Apr`07 (Fri)

It had been ages since we did leisure run. Decided to SgRunners for Good Friday Run aka Hot Spring Run -- highlight was to end at Sembawang Hotspring. We met the group at Yishun Stadium -- lotsa of new & familiar faces like littletigger, james, ripley, BR, lelio girl, cokiee etc. James took the lead and we followed at chit-chatting pace. Interesting places that we passed thru were the park behind Safra Yishun (had been rockclimbing there for ages but dunno the park exist!!), temple in the mist of an industrial estate, the long unsheltered stretch along the park connector to Bottletree Restuarant etc. Made a mistake not to bring along my camelbak -- felt dehydrated under the hot sun and had to gulp down loads of 100plus later (too late). Was really glad to reach the hotspring and soaked the feets n knees in the burning-hot water! SHIOK!

While the guys head straight for breakfast/lunch at Chong Pang, the girls took a cab back to Yishun Stadium to shower. So paiseh to make the guys wait sooo long, we finally had a yummy breakfast at a coffeeshop. Great fun chatting with BR, lelio girl, ripley. Many thanks to james for organising this fun run!

P.S. This marked the last long run before Nagano Marathon. Maybe due to dehydration, my nose started running and I had to rest for the entire weekend -- afraid that it will "bloom" into a flu!

Distance : 15km

Labrador Park Run on 5 Apr`07 (Thu)

We head towards Labrador Park again but start off to Clementi Rd instead of Pasir Panjang Road. Getting accustomed to this route and set on auto-cruise mode soon. Reached Labrador Park in 41min @ 7.8km -- cool 5:22min/km pace. Yeah, regaining some of my confidence. After a quick water break, we u-turned back to KRGH via the same way. tktan was turbo-charged and I was left smelling his dust. Finally completed the run in 1hr 14 min @ 13.3km -- reasonable 5:34min/km pace.

I stopped to abruptly at the traffic light and suddenly felt faint -- had to sat down at the roadside to regain my breath. That got tktan real worried -- thank goodness I felt ok after the short rest. We grabbed a quick dinner at KRGH -- had panfried bak chang from the Hainanese food promo.

Distance : 13.3km
Time : 1h 14min
Avg pace : 5:34min/km

West Coast Run on 3 Apr`07 (Tue)

Was feeling tired and went for a short run @ West Coast. After 30min, I felt a funny twitch @ my right ankle. Stopped to check -- hmm, nothing perculiar... Asked tktan to go ahead and do 1km loops while I take a water break. Take lap timing for him -- 5:25min for 1 lap. Joined him on his 3rd lap -- chased after him and we did 5:20min :) We stopped @ Clementi Rd and took a cool down walk back to KRGH. Wah, rarely do short runs and we made it in time to try the red wine chicken mee sua & fish mini hotpot @ Harbourfront -- hmm, so-so only.

P.S. Oh oh, my right leg is not feeling good. Think PF is affecting my foot landing and kinda worsen my ITB which trigger my knee pain :( Dun panic, relax relax...

Distance : 7.5km
Time : 42min
Avg pace : 5:36min/km

LD @ HSP on 1 Apr`07 (Sun)

Went home late on Friday nite and postponed LD to Sunday as I wanna sleep late on Saturday (it was a long tiring week @ work and need to re-charge). We started the run @ 5am and ran towards the canal @ Hougang Ave 7. Time check @ end of canal at 5.2km was 29 min -- 5:35min/km pace. We continued along Tampines Rd (part of Mizuno Wave Run route) and U-turn @ entrance to TPE -- boy, there were lots of buses and I had to slow down / stop to avoid them. Took a refuel break @ 12.2km -- time check was 1hr 7min (cool, still 5:30min/km pace). Felt a light drizzle but continued on to Punggol. As we head towards the Punggol Jetty, I was caught in a heavy downpour and had to hide under the LRT line. Lucky it was a passing shower and we reached Punggol Jetty(20.6km) @ 1hr 57min -- oops, slower 5:41min/km pace. As we ran towards Marina Country Club, the rain got heavier and we took a pit stop @ the clubhouse. After 30min, the rain was still pouring and we were forced to cut short the run -- tktan was elated and said thanks from the bottom of his heart :) We did our warm down stretch while waiting for the rain to stop. In the end, we took the 8.30am shuttle bus to Punggol MRT -- had breakfast before taking a bus home.

P.S. Haiz, suppose to be our last LD of 35km. But did not want to risk running in the rain and catch a flu. Well, will juz give our best shot @ Nagano -- though feeling under prepared...

Distance : 23km
Time : 2h 12min
Avg pace : 5:44min/km