2 Nov, 2009
Those numbers in this post title represented the distance I’ve signed up for – 42.195km – the first full marathon I’m going to attempt to do in my life.
Completing a full marathon is one of those “must-do” things in my life and the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 on 6 December shall be my baptism of fire.
Since it is going to be my first marathon attempt, the primary objective is of course to finish the full distance. Having said that, I’ll also challenge myself a time target of 5 hours.
11 Oct, 2009
I recently took a short vacation to Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia and home of the imposing Petronas Towers, a design classic and until recently the world’s tallest building. In my previous trips to various parts of Malaysia, I’ve bypassed Kuala Lumpur but had never been to this capital city before. This time I decided to go Kuala Lumpur to do the touristy thing on a free-and-easy self-planned trip.
To and fro the Kuala Lumpur International airport or Low Cost Carrier Terminal to the city center, the journey brought us passed the Sepang F1 circuit, home of motorsport in Malaysia.
About 45mins of railway and cab travelling brought me into the Bukit Bintang neighbourhood where the hotel I’m staying is located.
Bukit Bintang is a very touristy area with lots of hotels and mega malls, so naturally the stuffs there are quite pricey.
Amidst this buzzing metropolis where towering skyscrapers and ultra-modern shopping malls and hotels resided along with historical buildings and street hawker stalls, a peculiar observation that left a deep first impression was that despite having a well connected network of monorail and light rail that ply most of the city, the roads of KL city appears to be jam-packed every hour of the day.
Coming up in the next post will be my visit to Chinatown and Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC). Stay tune!
4 Oct, 2009
Disclaimer: This is not a call to extra terrestrial civilizations to migrate to Earth and join the Human Race.
This is the Nike+ run that I’ll take part in this October, as we enter the last quarter of the year and the countdown to the marathon begin in earnest. This will be the day the world runs.
The start/end points of this year’s race will be at the F1 pit building and participants will run off the F1 pit straight.
23 Sep, 2009
The official results for the Mizuno Wave Run were released and I’ve clocked a time of 1hr 23mins 41s for the 16km run. It was a tough run for me and expectantly, I didn’t do as well as the Tri Run, which was 21km.
14 Aug, 2009
The official results for Tri Run (the first of two half marathon I’ve signed up for August) were released and I’ve clocked a time of 1hr 40mins 23s for the 21km run, a personal best for me. I came in 12th out of 108 runners in the Men’s Open category.
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Considering this was the first 21km race I’ve ran in many many years, I’m satisfied with the time I’ve clocked. It is indeed a timely morale booster for my second half-marathon – SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon (SSBR & AHM) – coming up this Sunday, 16 Auggust 2009.
