THREE O FIVE

All happened when I didn't hope! My this year best so far! No sure what to prepare It was a night run. First night run in this year. It's been so long until I kind of forgot how to run a night run and I remember I couldn't perform well in most of my night runs. Like the Shape Run and BSN Run every year, I had never raced them well. The most horrible one was the Energizer Run 4 years ago which I DNF; almost fainted and went into the ambulance so I kept having the impression that the night runs suck. So this time it was the same, I was still not in the racing mode until like 1 hour before the race. The weather was so hot. I couldn't decide if I should take dinner and I forgot to carbo load. I forgot to buy 100 plus and gel. I didn't set any target and didn't know what pace to run with which was quite rare. Don't laugh man, I'm that DDLY and particular when come to running, I feel uncomfortable without doing them. They are like my running rituals...

It was an honor and pleasure to be invited by Sabrina Puah on behalf of Run89 Crew to join this exclusive event Nike Find Your Fast: One Mile Race! The Run89! A week before the event, Sabrina offered a few of us to join. I actually had a lot to consider as I had a 10km race on the next day, a very high mileage to achieve for that week and also a 30km LSD scheduled on that day so I was not sure whether I could afford another race or not even though I was told that this would be a fun run. It was an exclusive event, by exclusive I mean by invitation only. Based on the experience shared by the runners and glancing through their last year event photos, unlike most other typical running event, they made it like a party, it's so happening, so much fun and you wouldn't want to miss it. Many people would hope to join but didn't get a chance to, and it's an event organized by the big brand Nike, so I joined without hesitating much! They made everything kind of mysteriou...

There are tools and apps to help us to find out our training pace. For example: Mcmillan Running Calculator or Jack Daniels' VDOT Running Calculator . But I prefer to do my own calculation so that I can have the full control to customize it. This is how it can be done. First, we will need 1 of our recent race time. Any race between 5km to 21.1km can be taken as the benchmark. Race shorter or longer than this range is not recommended as they will yield not so accurate result. If you do not have a race then it's recommended to do a time trial. Say for example: Your 10km race time is 50 minutes. What will be your training pace for Marathon? Here are the steps: 1. Remember this formula T 2 = T 1 x (D 2 ÷ D1) 1.07 P 2 = T 1 x (D 2 ÷ D1) 1.07 ÷ D 2 Where, T 1 is the time achieved for D 1 . T 2 is the time predicted for D 2 . D 1 is the distance over which the initial time is achieved. D 2 is the distance for which the time is to be predicted. P 1 is t...

I signed up this race as it has been my bread and butter race since 2011. They stopped organizing in year 2013 and resumed last year so this time was my 4th time joining it. The reason I like it isn't because the race itself is good. In fact, they still have a lot of works to make it better. The reason I like is because it's always held near the months that I prepare for my goal race which I've reach or almost reach my top form. I can achieve a decent result and take it as the benchmark for my subsequent races. These are my result in the past: 30/10/11, 20.7km, 1:34:28 (1:36:31), Men Open 24th 30/09/12, 20.7km, 1:32:58 (1:35:09), Men Open 10th 07/12/14, 21.0km, 1:33:31 (1:33:59), Men Open 13th And this year: 06/09/15, 21.3km, 1:32:36 (1:31:34), Men Open 7th Haha! Men Open 7th! Yes, I'm improving and what makes me happy is this year I got a #7 in Men Open which was rather unexpected! This race is well known for its unique route and cash prize and it's ...