The Infinite World

Achieved a new PB of 27min9.635sec on 29 Jun 2015 for the 5.6km run at the stadium. People might wonder why I run such odd distance ? Well, its because I used to take part in the Annual JP Morgan Run here in Singapore and train for the run at the stadium. This is a run that take place every year in several cities the company operate in, including London, New York and a few others. My PB for this JP Morgan Run on the road is 25min23sec in 2008.

New Horizons, a Nasa space probe launched 19 Jan 2006, will be flying by Pluto on 14 July 2015. The main purpose of the mission is to study Pluto, Charon and the Kuiper Belt, plus some other minor missions. Hope Scientists learn more once new data and images are obtained from the probe.

There was another rocket launch failure just hours ago in the United States, it was supposed to be a resupply mission to the ISS and also carrying some experiments aboard. After 57 odd years of launching space missions, human still, cannot get the technical issues and technology right ! Unless, these so called experts can get the basic right, we can forget about travelling further from the earths' neighbourhood !

Covered 10.17km from Yio Chu Kang/Lentor Ave junction to Yishun Ave 1/Orchid Country club, in 58min8sec, on Saturday . I always find it so much harder to run along walkways beside roads, as here in Singapore, other than running in parks or at the standard stadium, you have to run on walkways along the road. These walkways are made of concrete and its not very conducive for running, its often use by cyclists or people with electric bicycle. These people normally assume runners will give way and they never both to stop at all. I can never achieve good time when I run on such walkways or routes.

Did a 5.6km run or 14 laps at the stadium today, in 27min39.390sec. Initial plan was to run as many laps at 2min per lap for 25laps and set a personal best. But than on the 13 laps,  I got stitches and would not be able to last for another 12 laps. So I just try my best to compete the 14lap as fast as possible to finish the run. All 14 laps were either 2min or faster, except for lap 10 at 2:02. I am running better than I ever did previously, my legs felt good and I can probably go even faster. 

After 6 days of no running, I covered 15 laps or 6km in a time of 30min 7.816sec at the stadium on 14 June 2015. This was faster than the 30min12sec that I managed on 6 May 2015, in fact my first 3 laps was very slow, 2:14, 2:11 and 2:05. My last 6 laps were all faster than 2min each.

The 28th Sea Games in Singapore ends today and the conclusion is that Singapore is way behind the Southeast Asia Track and Field Powerhouses, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia and even Myanmar. We are way weaker physically and mentally, we need to work harder to catch up or fall further behind. We need to raise the medal we win from the 3-3-3 to closer to 6-6-6 to be considered competitive.