Run mileage

To clock up sufficient mileage for the run, I incorporated two short races:

Nike werunsg (10km) 0:53:33
Adidas King of the Road (16.8km) 1:37:59

Keeping races to a minimum for the year. Looking forward to my sabbatical next year :)

A remarkable achievement @ Newton Active 10k run

Any time your spouse achieved a personal best in her sports of choice is an occasion for celebration. But when your spouse achieved a PB in your sports of choice, that is a remarkable achievement! Yes, MBH completed her first 10k race (and longest distance to-date) at the Newton Active run held in Seng Kang. Needless to say, I am very proud of and for her!

The Newton Active run is a new race held in the northeast of Singapore, a pleasant break from the usual City Hall/Marina site. The Minster of Defence, Mr Teo Chee Hean was the GoH who flagged us off. We were in the second wave - veteran category, which had a smaller field compared to the open category. Overall, this is a small field.


What did we like about the race?
Good communication/emails
Easy collection
Sufficient parking
Distance markers - accurate and prominent
Adequate road marshalls
Cheerleaders (MBH didn't like those who told us to "hurry up")
Cool morning except for the last 30 min
Nice scenery ... a pleasant change from the city route

What we didn't quite like about the race?
MC was a little annoying at times (so was I to MBH!)
No water at the first water point (luckily for us, we managed to get a bottle each at the second water point!)
Some slopes (MBH didn't appreciate them at all)


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We stuck to our game plan, going at our training pace interspered with walk breaks. As it was a small field, we were the rear guards and it became quite quiet at times, especially after we parted ways with the 5-km runners.

There was a mini (friendly) competition among the rear guards. When another couple was closing on us around the 6 km mark, MBH sped up even we were going upslope. Although we didn't get threatened again by this couple, I was worried whether we could sustain it for the remaining 4 km. But sustain we did.

At the finish line, MBH was surprised that we took only 1:32! She thought we were out there for 2 hours! But IMHO, this is a great timing for someone who only took up running less than a year ago. As I said, a remarkable achievement.

It was nice to meet up with tekko and M (who were constantly encouraging us, and thanks for the pix!), feetofflury (good luck to the Gold Coast marathon), and other SGRunners.

2007 Mizuno Mt Faber 10k

Mt Faber
105 metres in height, located on the southern part of Singapore. Well known for its panoramic views of the harbour, Sentosa and other Southern islands and cable car connection to Sentosa. It has been more than 20 years since I ran up these slopes with BC and HC while we were students. It took another old school friend, TC - who told me about this race, to bring me back to my earlier years.

Apr 22, 2007
Started off at 7:40 am. Initial easy run to Morse Road. Two inclines up Pender Rd, with a level stretch in between. Many runners walked up. Took some good looks at the view from up there. Reached summit in 31 min, and it was downhill all the way. total time: 65min (blame it on the traffic lights!)





My first 10k race after more than 18 years. Good tune up for July half in Phuket.

TC took part as well, but didn't manage to see him. Way too many people! About 2,000 participants. Not too happy being in the veteran category.

Honor Roll: Mizuno Wave Precision 8