24/02 - HK Standard Chartered (10km)
11/05 - Nike She Runs (5km)
31/05 - Sundown (21.1km)
11/08 - Adidas KOTR (16.8km)
25/08 - ST Run In The Park (15km)
03/11 - Nike 10K
10/11 - GE 2013 (21.1km)
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Nike We Run 2013
On 3 November 2013, I set yet another personal best for a 10km run event. I crossed the finishing line at 58mins 5secs. For awhile now, I had a goal of completing a 10km run in under an hour, and I finally did it! I achieved a 59mins unofficial 10km during my own training before, but this is the first time for an official run event! I cannot explain how accomplished I felt as I was nearing the finishing line and saw that I was under an hour. =)
A few days before the race, the boy and I were in town so we popped by Orchard Central to look at the feature wall that Nike created the words "OUR RACE OUR RULES" using all the participants' names. Within 3 minutes, the boyfriend found my name which was smacked right in the middle of C in the word 'race'!
My customized event tee, thanks to the fiance!
Before the race.
With the help of J and the boy, we found a few pictures of ourselves from various photographers, and here are some pictures of me which I like.
I must say that the weather was pretty good that morning, not too hot.
Post-run with my favourite run event partner, D.
And of course, my beloved. =)
SWEET SUCCESS!
A few days before the race, the boy and I were in town so we popped by Orchard Central to look at the feature wall that Nike created the words "OUR RACE OUR RULES" using all the participants' names. Within 3 minutes, the boyfriend found my name which was smacked right in the middle of C in the word 'race'!
My customized event tee, thanks to the fiance!
Before the race.
With the help of J and the boy, we found a few pictures of ourselves from various photographers, and here are some pictures of me which I like.
I must say that the weather was pretty good that morning, not too hot.
Post-run with my favourite run event partner, D.
And of course, my beloved. =)
SWEET SUCCESS!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Productive Sunday
Sunday is usually the day where most people take it slow, preparing themselves for the upcoming battle with the "Monday Blues". The last Sunday of August was probably one of the most productive Sundays in my life. The boyfriend and I woke up bright dark and early on Sunday morning at 4am and dragged ourselves to Punggol to partake in the Straits Times Run In The Park event. We signed up for the 15km event, so our flag off timing was at 6.45am.
Caught somebody yawning!
Because the boyfriend paced me, I stopped for a break to walk only at around the 11th km mark, which would otherwise have been earlier if I was running myself. And with that, we crossed the finish line at exactly 1h 39mins, which makes this by far my fastest 15km official run event!
Came in at 28th place in my Division (F 20-29), which is not too bad by my own yardstick. It is an achievement to me at least. =)
We went back, washed up, and took a nice long nap to energize ourselves for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA musical at MBS!!! Thank you, Love, for surprising me with this about a month back!
Caught somebody yawning!
Because the boyfriend paced me, I stopped for a break to walk only at around the 11th km mark, which would otherwise have been earlier if I was running myself. And with that, we crossed the finish line at exactly 1h 39mins, which makes this by far my fastest 15km official run event!
Came in at 28th place in my Division (F 20-29), which is not too bad by my own yardstick. It is an achievement to me at least. =)
We went back, washed up, and took a nice long nap to energize ourselves for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA musical at MBS!!! Thank you, Love, for surprising me with this about a month back!
Sunday, August 11, 2013
KOTR 2013 Didn't Happen =(
The title of this post says it all. KOTR 2013 got cancelled due to the thunderstorm that refused to let up this morning. Got up at 4.20am all excited for the 16.8km event, but my mood dampened (with the weather) when it started to drizzle as we were on the road. The drizzle ended up in a heavy downpour when we got to town, and it didn't stop which caused the event organizers to cancel the event.
Thinking that I could expense a fair bit of calories at today's run event, I happily stuffed myself silly the past few days. Apparently, all was for naught.
Habitat Coffee
Dinner on 7 August found us at Habitat Coffee and I was super happy with that kind of dinner. Cake and desserts over pasta/noodles/meat dishes any time!
Bear Bites
On National Day, 9 August, the boy and I had very cute food for brunch! Paw-shaped yam flavoured man tou with chicken and black pepper sauce for the boy, and oat flavoured man tou with chicken and cheese sauce for me. Coupled with cheese fries, the cute meal was pretty good and satisfying.
Sogurt
Because I am a sucker for froyo, and because there was a National Day promotion going on at Sogurt (Star Vista & Bukit Timah outlets), the draw was too big not to be missed. $4.80 for as much as you can spam your cup which was extremely worth it!
Creamier
For our last "carbo loading" meal, or rather, because we knew we were going to expense a larger than normal amount of calories the next day, we went to Creamier and had a waffle set each. And due to my greed and sweet tooth, I chose to have TWO scoops of ice cream to go with my waffles. ALL TO MYSELF!
All the crazy eating for nothing! ='( So much guilt now, so I guess I'll have to eat clean for the next 2 weeks. =/
Thinking that I could expense a fair bit of calories at today's run event, I happily stuffed myself silly the past few days. Apparently, all was for naught.
Habitat Coffee
Dinner on 7 August found us at Habitat Coffee and I was super happy with that kind of dinner. Cake and desserts over pasta/noodles/meat dishes any time!
Bear Bites
On National Day, 9 August, the boy and I had very cute food for brunch! Paw-shaped yam flavoured man tou with chicken and black pepper sauce for the boy, and oat flavoured man tou with chicken and cheese sauce for me. Coupled with cheese fries, the cute meal was pretty good and satisfying.
Sogurt
Because I am a sucker for froyo, and because there was a National Day promotion going on at Sogurt (Star Vista & Bukit Timah outlets), the draw was too big not to be missed. $4.80 for as much as you can spam your cup which was extremely worth it!
Creamier
For our last "carbo loading" meal, or rather, because we knew we were going to expense a larger than normal amount of calories the next day, we went to Creamier and had a waffle set each. And due to my greed and sweet tooth, I chose to have TWO scoops of ice cream to go with my waffles. ALL TO MYSELF!
All the crazy eating for nothing! ='( So much guilt now, so I guess I'll have to eat clean for the next 2 weeks. =/
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Sundown 31.05.13
I know I am such a procrastinator and I am one whole month late in producing this entry about my last race which was Sundown, but better late than never! =p
At last year's Sundown, my friend who signed up with me could not make it in the end due to an overload of work commitments which required her attendance the morning following the race, hence I did my first ever half marathon on my own. This year however, my regular running buddy, D, joined me!
Always getting bib numbers with some sort of pattern!
Goofing around with my running buddy!
Taken by the boyfriend nearing the finish line, who waited 2 hours 33 minutes for me to end my race! Thank you for sending me there and waiting for me to end, and then sending me home! =)
Such a sweet satisfaction, although I did 2 minutes slower than how I fared the previous year, but it is still an achievement as 21km is not an easy feat.
Sleep can wait, indeed.
At last year's Sundown, my friend who signed up with me could not make it in the end due to an overload of work commitments which required her attendance the morning following the race, hence I did my first ever half marathon on my own. This year however, my regular running buddy, D, joined me!
Always getting bib numbers with some sort of pattern!
Goofing around with my running buddy!
Taken by the boyfriend nearing the finish line, who waited 2 hours 33 minutes for me to end my race! Thank you for sending me there and waiting for me to end, and then sending me home! =)
Such a sweet satisfaction, although I did 2 minutes slower than how I fared the previous year, but it is still an achievement as 21km is not an easy feat.
Sleep can wait, indeed.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Hong Kong Standard Chartered Event
Last week at this time, the boyfriend and I just arrived in Hong Kong, ready for our respective Standard Chartered runs.
On the way at Singapore Changi Airport!
On the plane.
Babymeh went along too!
Finally in HK!
We took the airport express and complimentary shuttle bus to Marco Polo HK Hotel, where Dilys, Jacky, Jason, Joanne and Jayren have already checked in.
Hello girlfriend, we finally meet in HK!
Because the Js went to HK a few days ahead of us, they were kind to help us collect all our race packs.
After settling down, we met the others and Jacky brought us around to try awesome street food!
The Ji Dan Zai was FREAKING AWESOMEEEE!
After walking around a fair bit, we settled dinner at a random Cha Chan Teng.
Seriously cannot find a place where food is not nice in Hong Kong. Everything we ate was good, very good in fact! Headed back to rest right after dinner, for the girls' 10km event, and the guys' full marathon the following morning.
The morning finally arrived, for my first ever overseas race, and also in a weather I've not experienced running before.
HK Standard Chartered, LET'S GO!
The guys prior to the start of their race.
Because the starting point of the 10km and full marathon were at different locations, Dilys and I had to head out earlier than the guys to take the MTR to our destination. The guys were lucky because their starting point was a mere 5 minutes walk from our hotel.
The moment Dilys and I reached our hotel lobby, we could feel the chilling air. It was 17 degrees celcius that morning. Once we stepped out into the open, the both of us silently braved the cold and headed to the MTR station. At the traffic light, we waited for the red man to turn green even though there were no cars at all. Somehow, without speaking, the both of us looked at each other at the exact same moment, and ignoring the traffic light, we unanimously ran across the street all the way to the MTR station!
Once we were out of the cold, I told her that we had to take a picture to see our reactions after braving the cold. Once again, without agreeing on any facial expressions, we made the EXACT SAME FACE!
So much love for this girl and how we can communicate and understand one another even when words are not spoken.
When we reached our destination, the place was swarmed with loads of people!!!
People mountain, people sea!
Before being flagged off.
At 6.30am, Dilys and I were flagged off for our race. It was crazily cold and the wind blew mercilessly. But it eventually got better after a few km when I started to perspire. The cool weather made the run easy despite the multiple slopes we had to run up. Thank goodness I've had some slope training during my usual runs.
According to Dilys' RunKeeper, it clocked 10.3km as well, so it was quite likely that the total distance was about 300m more than 10km. Whatever it was, I have broken my PB for official race events, but if the distance was exactly at 10km, I could have very well broken my unofficial 10km PB of 59:10 which I clocked the week prior to Hong Kong. I totally enjoyed this overseas + cool weather run experience. Something I will never forget!
Official results.
Official finishing picture!
Our first ever overseas run together, completed!
As we had quite a lot of time to kill before the guys completed their race and had enough rest, Dilys and I went out exploring on our own. First stop, AFTER RUN FOOD FUEL!
Outfit of the day.
Once again, our body had some telepathic crazy stuff that went on, which caused the both of us the need to visit the loo after our brunch. And my girlfriend is so so so full of shit. Like metaphorically and literally!
So much love for this girl!
We had a lot of time to ourselves, so we walked and ate and walk and ate.
Yum yum in my tum tum!
The boyfriend finally joined us in the evening and we went for dinner at an eatery which D said the food was food, and was seconded by Jacky.
The menu was ALL in Chinese words!
And after dinner, it was MORE walking. And my best buy for the day was an Adidas reversible thick jacket!
MAD LOVE!
The last day finally came, and we made full use of it by travelling around more than we did the day before, and it was also a day of non-stop eating!
First up was brunch at the same place, DimSumBar. Then we went in search of the Nici store that was located at the MTR near our hotel, and then we had to rush back to the hotel to check out.
Look who I found! Juniortwinmeh!
All these for under SGD 60! So cheap as compared to SG!
After checking out, we had 9 hours to kill before heading to the airport to spend the night there. We took a walk to Avenue of Stars then walked a super long distance to Australia Dairy Co (apparently a famous cafe that serves awesome possum food). Thereafter, we headed to Citygate Outlets before returning to the hotel to get our luggage to head to the airport.
Australia Dairy Co was a very stressful eatery to be in. The staff will hustle you in, rush you with your order, serve the food right up to you within minutes, and hustle you out with their unique way of sending other customers in to wait around your table. We were in and out of the place in 15 minutes flat, probably even lesser! But to be honest, the food was DAMN GOOD! Super crispy yet soft thick toast, damn creamy, soft and yellow scrambled eggs, and crazily yummy pork in the spaghetti dish. YUM!
We then headed to Citygate Outlets and look who I found!!!
Babytwinmeh!
For only SGD 10, I cannot resist myself but just had to get him even though mine is still pretty. Moreover this fella looked soooo cute!
The time came for us to head to the airport, the get ready for our flight the following morning.
The bf's power way of packing part of his loot!
Emo girlfriend.
The last bit of the awesome Ji Dan Zai.
Dope!
Like a shiok, but actually not shiok at all.
Because the boyfriend and I wanted to be economical, we shared baggage space for checking in. We were so afraid that we would exceed 20kg even after carrying as much as we can in our handcarry. To our delight, our check-in luggage was 20kg exactly!
Goodbye Hong Kong.
On the way at Singapore Changi Airport!
On the plane.
Babymeh went along too!
Finally in HK!
We took the airport express and complimentary shuttle bus to Marco Polo HK Hotel, where Dilys, Jacky, Jason, Joanne and Jayren have already checked in.
Hello girlfriend, we finally meet in HK!
Because the Js went to HK a few days ahead of us, they were kind to help us collect all our race packs.
After settling down, we met the others and Jacky brought us around to try awesome street food!
The Ji Dan Zai was FREAKING AWESOMEEEE!
After walking around a fair bit, we settled dinner at a random Cha Chan Teng.
Seriously cannot find a place where food is not nice in Hong Kong. Everything we ate was good, very good in fact! Headed back to rest right after dinner, for the girls' 10km event, and the guys' full marathon the following morning.
The morning finally arrived, for my first ever overseas race, and also in a weather I've not experienced running before.
HK Standard Chartered, LET'S GO!
The guys prior to the start of their race.
Because the starting point of the 10km and full marathon were at different locations, Dilys and I had to head out earlier than the guys to take the MTR to our destination. The guys were lucky because their starting point was a mere 5 minutes walk from our hotel.
The moment Dilys and I reached our hotel lobby, we could feel the chilling air. It was 17 degrees celcius that morning. Once we stepped out into the open, the both of us silently braved the cold and headed to the MTR station. At the traffic light, we waited for the red man to turn green even though there were no cars at all. Somehow, without speaking, the both of us looked at each other at the exact same moment, and ignoring the traffic light, we unanimously ran across the street all the way to the MTR station!
Once we were out of the cold, I told her that we had to take a picture to see our reactions after braving the cold. Once again, without agreeing on any facial expressions, we made the EXACT SAME FACE!
So much love for this girl and how we can communicate and understand one another even when words are not spoken.
When we reached our destination, the place was swarmed with loads of people!!!
People mountain, people sea!
Before being flagged off.
At 6.30am, Dilys and I were flagged off for our race. It was crazily cold and the wind blew mercilessly. But it eventually got better after a few km when I started to perspire. The cool weather made the run easy despite the multiple slopes we had to run up. Thank goodness I've had some slope training during my usual runs.
According to Dilys' RunKeeper, it clocked 10.3km as well, so it was quite likely that the total distance was about 300m more than 10km. Whatever it was, I have broken my PB for official race events, but if the distance was exactly at 10km, I could have very well broken my unofficial 10km PB of 59:10 which I clocked the week prior to Hong Kong. I totally enjoyed this overseas + cool weather run experience. Something I will never forget!
Official results.
Official finishing picture!
Our first ever overseas run together, completed!
As we had quite a lot of time to kill before the guys completed their race and had enough rest, Dilys and I went out exploring on our own. First stop, AFTER RUN FOOD FUEL!
Outfit of the day.
Once again, our body had some telepathic crazy stuff that went on, which caused the both of us the need to visit the loo after our brunch. And my girlfriend is so so so full of shit. Like metaphorically and literally!
So much love for this girl!
We had a lot of time to ourselves, so we walked and ate and walk and ate.
Yum yum in my tum tum!
The boyfriend finally joined us in the evening and we went for dinner at an eatery which D said the food was food, and was seconded by Jacky.
The menu was ALL in Chinese words!
And after dinner, it was MORE walking. And my best buy for the day was an Adidas reversible thick jacket!
MAD LOVE!
The last day finally came, and we made full use of it by travelling around more than we did the day before, and it was also a day of non-stop eating!
First up was brunch at the same place, DimSumBar. Then we went in search of the Nici store that was located at the MTR near our hotel, and then we had to rush back to the hotel to check out.
Look who I found! Juniortwinmeh!
All these for under SGD 60! So cheap as compared to SG!
After checking out, we had 9 hours to kill before heading to the airport to spend the night there. We took a walk to Avenue of Stars then walked a super long distance to Australia Dairy Co (apparently a famous cafe that serves awesome possum food). Thereafter, we headed to Citygate Outlets before returning to the hotel to get our luggage to head to the airport.
Australia Dairy Co was a very stressful eatery to be in. The staff will hustle you in, rush you with your order, serve the food right up to you within minutes, and hustle you out with their unique way of sending other customers in to wait around your table. We were in and out of the place in 15 minutes flat, probably even lesser! But to be honest, the food was DAMN GOOD! Super crispy yet soft thick toast, damn creamy, soft and yellow scrambled eggs, and crazily yummy pork in the spaghetti dish. YUM!
We then headed to Citygate Outlets and look who I found!!!
Babytwinmeh!
For only SGD 10, I cannot resist myself but just had to get him even though mine is still pretty. Moreover this fella looked soooo cute!
The time came for us to head to the airport, the get ready for our flight the following morning.
The bf's power way of packing part of his loot!
Emo girlfriend.
The last bit of the awesome Ji Dan Zai.
Dope!
Like a shiok, but actually not shiok at all.
Because the boyfriend and I wanted to be economical, we shared baggage space for checking in. We were so afraid that we would exceed 20kg even after carrying as much as we can in our handcarry. To our delight, our check-in luggage was 20kg exactly!
Goodbye Hong Kong.
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