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Personal value

A person's value is shaped by teachings from young and it is very influential to this person till he grow up to be an adult. If someone is very selfish and never give a thoughts to others, it will be reflected in their teaching to their children or student. Instilling a value by example is a very powerful tool, never abuse it. Private enterprise nowadays are profit driven, sometimes lacking social awareness and responsibility in their actions. Things that are not healthy to the body and mind should not be promoted to the public, as even matured adults cannot think rationally most of the time. When indulgence prevails, not even the very rational mind can defend it!

Sundown Marathon 31 May 2014 Saturday

I am taking part in this marathon this Sunday, hoping to run a fulfilling race. My timing is definitely not going to be fast, but I want to make a good race for myself. If I am able to not slack too much in the entire race, I would be happy. I am going to try not to walk continuously for more than 3 minutes at any point during the race. I believe I can go under 5 hours for this race if I really push myself hard enough. Use the 5 hours to think about what I can do in life, need to find an alternative to make a living. 

13.09km run on 24 May 2014, Saturday

Completed a 13.09km run in 1hr22min34sec this morning. It's  a good run by my standard, but I think it's too rush and I started too late as well. My average pace is 6:18 per km. The weather was hot and it  make me perspire a lot. Need to start to buildup my stamina to endure long run.

What it takes to run well ?

I think the main factor would be you actually like to run and has the desire to want to run faster. There is also the need to have a high level of tolerance to take on suffering of pain and extreme tiredness of the body. The mind has got to be extremely strong to be able to push on regardless of what happen. Finally, the desire to challenge the human limits will determine if you keep improving with each run. 

Sundown Marathon on 31 May 2014 Saturday

I will be running the full 42.195 on 31 May, Saturday with very little training. My longest run since 2 Mar was 14.14 km. I am going to run easy but try to cover as much distance as possible while my body can take it in the first half of the run and then just run as much as possible for the rest of the race. I am hoping to cover at least 35km by the 4 hour mark and then cover the last 7km in the last hour, similar to what I did at the 2XU run on 2 Mar 2014. I need to push myself more, I think I am capable of going below 5 hous. Looking forward to the run!

Can oil be manufactured artificially ?

We know what constitute oil chemically, theoretically we should be able to duplicate the process. But seems like it's not as simple as we think. I still strongly believe that one day we should be able to create a efficient fuel similar to oil. Human spent too much time and money on other area that is not meaningful. I think effort will only be put to producing our substitute fuel when oil is really running out!

A Peaceful World

Will there be a real peaceful World one fine day ? If people are willing to be less greedy, to be contended, to be honest, to be forgiving....... All these are hard to achieve as human are engineered with these behaviours. I think to be contended with what ones have is very important, do not try to be complicated. 

Run on 11 May 2014 Sunday

Did a 10.64km run today 11 May, in 1hr3min56sec. Felt tired today, wanted to equal yesterday's distance of 14km but did not manage to achieve my target. My average pace today is 6:01 per km, not   fast but still a struggle for me.

Interesting reading material

I guess different people have different things they like to read, but what will be things that attract people to read on ? I guess it will be things that can capture ones imagination  or their curiosity ! 

14km run on 10 May 2014 Saturday

Completed my longest run of 14.14km since the 2XU marathon on 2 Mar 2014, in 1hr27min12sec. Average pace 6min10sec, wanted to run further but ut was too hot for me. Not exactly a bad run, but just have to run longer distance. Have to keep going further before Sundown Marathon on 31 May, not much time left. 

Why running is enjoyable ?

Running can be extremely boring and challenging as well. The boring part is when you have nothing to focus on when running. I think the thing to do is to find ways to overcome the difficulties you encounter during the run. If you are feeling tired and have no energy to push on, try to relax and push your body, you need to tell your body to carry on and the difficulties that it encounter. Many runners know that you will not always be able to run as fast or as smooth as you like to. But each run will help you to run better in the next run. 

Recent few runs

Been struggling trying to run further recently, generally fitness level is down. Did a 9.67km night run in 1hr 2min plus on 1 May. Ran 11.3plus km in the gym in exactly 1 hour on the 3 May and ran 8.17km in 51min 4sec on 4 May 2014. Hav to up my mileage fast, otherwise Sundown Marathon on 31 May 2014 would be hell for me.