Whaz happening

UPR Run Tue 14-Jun-2011

A total of 12 hot-runners turned up today to run together. Welcome Melissa who joined us for the first time.


Bok, HC Poh, HC Gan just completed the reason Sundown full marathon.
Six people will travel to Gold Coast in July to join the Gold Coast marathon event.

Thanks to Bok for hosting the group and preparing the isotonic drinks after the run.

Melissa, Aik Lan, Margaret & Poh.

Yit Kai, Lawrence, Intern(?), Bok, HC, Edmund, Jason & Hannif

HC and Boz's running route.

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Tue 7 Jun

today saw a strong turnout of 18 "hotties" at UPR

welcome Haniff, who is joining us for the first time, even Cat & Francis were backed running at our favourite ground

margaret koh, our resident walker, is taking the weekly activity in her stride

she walks casually, sometimes briskly, but always in good spirit

you can tell from the radiance that exudes from her face that she is having fun

joining margaret is yvonne, who will occasionally break into runs

she seems to be ready to conquer the infamous "twin slopes" of UPR

embrace the nature, take a breathe of fresh air

there is life outside office, so dun let it suck the life out of you

Sundown marathon results are out !!

To Hot-Runners :

Click here => Sundown marathon results are out !!

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

Sundown 42km Full Marathon 28-May-2011

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

Quite a number of our Hot-Runners went for this 42km Sundown 42km full marathon event. The newspaper estimated that there are about 10,000 full marathon participants this year! The 42km race started at 10:00pm. Due to the massive traffic jam, a lot of people started the run late. E.g. HC started his run at 10:30pm and Lid Jlen started his run almost almost an hour late. The net time will be the actual time taken for the 42km.

It was really nice to meet up with some of the folk together after the run. Some came into the small gathering after the free massage. Bok brought along hot coffee in thermos and MJ brought along some nachos. We waited for our fellow Hot-runners to complete the 42km run while having a nice chat and catch-up. Most of us felt that night marathon is more difficult than day marathon. Overall ALL of us enjoyed ourselves. Some commented "this will likely be my last marathon" but as most of us know it..... very soon we will see them in marathon event AGAIN !

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

30-May-11 : The results are out !! (Look at Net Time)

NAME:  Matt Joe

TIME: 4h:14m:9s (gun) / 4h:14m:4s (net)

NAME:  Chee Keat Chung

TIME: 5h:41m:38s (gun) / 5h:26m:59s (net)

NAME:  Janto Tjandra

TIME: 5h:33m:37s (gun) / 5h:31m:37s (net)

NAME:  Hock Chai Gan

TIME: 6h:1m:33s (gun) / 5h:39m:15s (net)

NAME:  Bok Hui Ong

TIME: 6h:0m:35s (gun) / 5h:55m:32s (net)

NAME:  Margaret Lim

TIME: 6h:20m:14s (gun) / 6h:15m:9s (net)

NAME:  Ah Hoe Ong

TIME: 7h:3m:30s (gun) / 6h:57m:37s (net)

NAME:  Hwee Chwee Poh

TIME: 7h:54m:39s (gun) / 7h:49m:37s (net)

ALL ARE OUR HEROES !! Well done !





As more photos and timings become available we will continue to add on.


MORE PHOTOS :-

 A very satisfied Janto. Did very well for his first marathon at 5:31 hr.

 CK did very well to at 5:26 hr.

 Our baby girl multiple marathons Hot-runner Margaret.

Entire sleepless night running marathon. Time to rest now. Looks like HC really falling asleep?

Three sleeping beauties Margaret, Poh and Bok.

 More sleepy marathon babies.

Look how happy and healthy they are? Still look so so GOOD after a torturous 42km run.

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

A small little sweet reward...... the 42km Finisher Medal.

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

Sundown 42km Full Marathon 28-May-2011

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

Quite a number of our Hot-Runners went for this 42km Sundown 42km full marathon event. The newspaper estimated that there are about 10,000 full marathon participants this year! The 42km race started at 10:00pm. Due to the massive traffic jam, a lot of people started the run late. E.g. HC started his run at 10:30pm and Lid Jlen started his run almost almost an hour late. The net time will be the actual time taken for the 42km.

It was really nice to meet up with some of the folk together after the run. Some came into the small gathering after the free massage. Bok brought along hot coffee in thermos and MJ brought along some nachos. We waited for our fellow Hot-runners to complete the 42km run while having a nice chat and catch-up. Most of us felt that night marathon is more difficult than day marathon. Overall ALL of us enjoyed ourselves. Some commented "this will likely be my last marathon" but as most of us know it..... very soon we will see them in marathon event AGAIN !

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

30-May-11 : The results are out !!

NAME:  Matt Joe

TIME: 4h:14m:9s (gun) / 4h:14m:4s (net)

NAME:  Chee Keat Chung

TIME: 5h:41m:38s (gun) / 5h:26m:59s (net)

NAME:  Janto Tjandra

TIME: 5h:33m:37s (gun) / 5h:31m:37s (net)

NAME:  Hock Chai Gan

TIME: 6h:1m:33s (gun) / 5h:39m:15s (net)

NAME:  Bok Hui Ong

TIME: 6h:0m:35s (gun) / 5h:55m:32s (net)

NAME:  Margaret Lim

TIME: 6h:20m:14s (gun) / 6h:15m:9s (net)

NAME:  Ah Hoe Ong

TIME: 7h:3m:30s (gun) / 6h:57m:37s (net)

NAME:  Hwee Chwee Poh

TIME: 7h:54m:39s (gun) / 7h:49m:37s (net)

ALL ARE OUR HEROES !! Well done !





As more photos and timings become available we will continue to add on.


MORE PHOTOS :-

 A very satisfied Janto. Did very well for his first marathon at 5:31 hr.

 CK did very well to at 5:26 hr.

 Our baby girl multiple marathons Hot-runner Margaret.

Entire sleepless night running marathon. Time to rest now. Looks like HC really falling asleep?

Three sleeping beauties Margaret, Poh and Bok.

 More sleepy marathon babies.

Look how happy and healthy they are? Still look so so GOOD after a torturous 42km run.

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

A small little sweet reward...... the 42km Finisher Medal.

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

PAssion Run 25km at East Coast Park

HC Gan, Edwin, Catherine New, Beng Hwee, Joe Tan and several others participated in the 25km PAssion Run at East Coast Park.


HC shared his experience below (2hrs 55mins) :-

The 25km event was broken down into 3 waves. The 1st wave started at 4:30pm, 2nd wave at 4:40pm and 3rd wave at 4:50pm. Couldn't get a parking space so parked his car along road side along East Coast Service road. Luckily did not get any summon ticket. HC believe they allowed that due to this major running event. Wanted to join the 2nd wave but was late so ended up with the 3rd wave.

Did not sleep well the past few nights and body not in top form. Drank a glass of coffee, took an energy bar biscuit and 2 bananas.

One of the lady minister came to flag off the run. In the first few km, HC was trying to pace after 2 runners of reasonable speed (about 10kmph). Did fairly well for the first 7km. Did not stop running while drinking  at drink stations. Lost sight of the 2 runners after 9km mark. Did fairly well for the first 10km.

After 10km mark, his body and mind got a bit "lazy" and did several "stop,drink & walk" at drinking points. The deceleration, stop, walk and acceleration took up more energy than usual.

Legs feeling a bit of cramp around 20km bear the knee muscle area. Started to focus on pulling the legs (pose method) instead of pushing the legs. Saw a good runner who was running upright with minimal body swing and at fairly good constant pace. It appeared so effortless for him (that's what HC called equilibrium pace, a pace that you can almost continue to run non-stop almost effortlessly). So HC paced after him. It helps tremendously... until HC stop to drink at one of the water points and lost track of him.

Was quite please that towards the end of the race he was still able to dash at the last 200m easily. Carried along with him 2 GUI power gel but ended up consuming only 1 pack at 13km mark. Overall quite a tiring run. Stopped his iPhone distance tracking software only after collecting his medal, finisher t-shirt and drink. HC's  rough estimate is overall he took about 2hr 55 min or less.

Will stop running for whole of next week to let body recover in preparation for the 42km Adidas Sundown marathon event on Sat 28-May-2011. That will be a really tough one as he is not fully prepare or train enough for it this time round. But will attempt to complete it regardless, hopefully below 6 hours (his prior 42km run was 5hr 19min).

His run results and map using the iPhone RunKeeper free software.

http://runkeeper.com/user/hcgan/activity/36306263

Edwing Goh's run results (2hrs 45mins) => http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/hVWDqhSG-FA

Joe's experience (3hrs 7 mins) :-
The initial 15 km was a struggle (I didn’t have this experience before). At 5km marker, my timing was already 2 minutes off my usual timing. Subsequently, I took longer time to cover every km. I felt my stomach bloated and running became unbearable. The more I drank (at the water points), the more bloated feeling I got. I started to feel better only at 16km (along the return leg of the Changi Coast Road). I tried to recover some lost time by doing higher frequency strides but ended in cramps some 6km from the finishing line. I didn’t want any injury so I slowed down for the rest of the remaining distance until the finishing line. My body rejected gel so I didn’t take any. I finished in about 3hrs7mins.

BengHwee : a Happy fellow after the run.

East Coast Serious stuff

It was 6 am at East Coast Park carparkB1 close to Fort road ECP exit. This location is also the regular starting point for these hotrunners who have committed themselves to do the longer distances... above 15km. They rose early and went home early to be back with their family. Interesting bunch.

I took the picture when I went to the park with my wife. This was my first run with them.

Gan still running in San Jose

In US this week. But still went to run on Tue after meetings and imagining that I am running with the hot-runners.

> Along the Trail near Doubletree hotel close to San Jose airport.
> Tue 3-May-11 19:11pm
> 11.2km in 1:16hr i.e. 8.8kmph including stops to take pictures.
> Easy and wonderful to run in this lovely weather of 18 degree C. Can easily continue to run another 10 to 20km. Due to low humidity my running attire did not get wet.

Run-in-Rain

Last Tuesday, it was raining. Seeing the gloomy sky, I felt the yearn to run IN THE RAIN. Since it was raining and I did not want to wet my new 902 New balance, I put on the waterproof Vibram and ran with Yanto. I felt absolutely delightful. The effort is low. The cadence is high. I ran faster. At 5km mark my calf is not used to the style and was getting tight. All in, I think the state of mind plays a part. The comfort of running in the rain, the anticipation of the diversity of running method, gear, weather all bundled together to make the run truly enjoyable with the company of one.

Like some said, the cup can be half empty or half full... depends on how you appreciate the situation. For me, rain brings on a different dimension to be enjoyed. Every cold droplet liven the point of contact on your skin giving a cool sensation to an otherwise heated body. The bio-awareness breathes life into the otherwise un-noticed piece of skin on your body. I felt closer to nature from within and the surrounding. For these reasons, I ran, bathed by the delightful raindrops.

It reminded me of my rain drenched days in army... cold, tired, hungry, burdened and on the move.

Thank you Yanto for being game about the run-in-rain.

Welcome Lai, KC and Poh's friend (not in picture). That made 21 runners who graced the evening in Upper Pierce Reservoir. Various distances, varied speed, numerous start points, multiple terrains... one place to meet.. a drink together where this picture picture is taken from 6:15 pm to 7:10 pm. Breathtaking isn't it?