i won't do a blow-by-blow account of the race this time.

i had a great time running the race (fab weather, not too packed), and am very satisfied with race logistics and all but is it wrong to say that i enjoyed running the tokyo marathon more, even though new york has been such a big dream since i started running? perhaps it was because tokyo was ( Read more... )

it's two more weekends to the marathon! i'm nervous but more excited than anything. excited to be making my first trip to the states, and of course very psyched about the race ( Read more... )

m always comments that i have a lot of discipline and determination in me. we were chatting about this again yesterday and she attributed these traits to the fact that i do sports. so i thought more about it and can’t decide whether sports has shaped me or whether it’s precisely because i have these traits that i am able to do endurance sports like ( Read more... )

it has been a hectic few months. in may and june, i told myself that 'it would probably be only for these two months'. when things didn't loosen up in july, i took it in my stride, and now we are almost into the half way mark of august, i won't be hopeful and think that there is a end to this. the bosses (who have been with the company for more ( Read more... )

it's been a while ( Read more... )

i have told everyone at the start of the year that i would not participate in any races this year except for the newton 30km which would be a good practice for new york since it's in october (that would not materialise now since it's scheduled to be the last week of october). i had done my share of local races in the past few years, and honestly ( Read more... )

super stuck in a jam at bt timah with nothing much to do so decided to write about my entry into the new york marathon (nym).

since i started running many years ago, my goal was to complete a marathon some day. when i progressed from a 10km to a half, i started to hatch the idea of combining my two loves of travel and running together - overseas ( Read more... )

i slept before 10pm last night. i knew i was knackered when i nearly fell asleep at my desk yesterday afternoon while staring at sheets and sheets of numbers.
and it was a deep good rest. forgot to silent my phone but the beeps did not wake me at all - amazing as my whatsapp alert tone is super loud.

woke up at 5am on my own accord and went for a ( Read more... )

it has been a good week so far in the workout area. swim on mon, netball on tue, run today. during the game last week, i seriously felt like my fitness was back in the dumps. i could only last two quarters of centre, how miserable.

i love to run with glenn. he pushes me to the maximum, each time i slowed down, he would encourage me and get me going ( Read more... )

the other day, i was reading through my 2006/2007 entries and realised to my amazement HOW much i ran then. every other day, i would have ran a 10km, and this would usually be coupled with another hour of cardio like spinning. ah, the gymming days. i even did a 15km round my neighbourhood twice, and now i barely can do half that distance without ( Read more... )