The Infinite World

This is the last long run before SCB Sg marathon on 1 Dec 2013, I completed 22km in 2hr11min43sec. This timing is better than I thought possible as my training has been erratic. Ran faster in the 1st 11km, 1hr 3min and 1 hr 9min for the 2nd half. Just hoping to relax and enjoy the run on 1 Dec 2013 !

Wake up late, started the run just before 8 am. It was raining lightly, cool weather, good for running. Just relax and run easy with no target in mind. Run around the estate, just took the roads that I am familiar with and try not to look at my watch too much. I managed to run the last 6 km without looking at the watch, which surprising felt good and relaxing. I guess this is a new found knowledge for me, heard of it before briefly but never thought of trying. Average 6:23 per km today, feel good and not tire for once. Should be doing our usual 20km at East Coast tomorrow morning.

I finished the 2012 SCB marathon in 4hr57min52sec, the 1st time I ever completed a marathon in under 5 hours. It was my 6th marathon and one of my most prepared ever. I did more than twenty 20km run and at least three 30km run, but it was still insufficient preparation. It was still a break through year for my running, never thought I can actually run more than 30km non stop, though at a very slow pace, average 7min3.55sec for each km. I also completed 5 half marathon in 2012 and achieved pb of 1hr57min46sec. This year I completed 3 half marathon and a 32km but no pb, except my usual Ford road/water point pb of 1hr50min52sec for this 19.6  route. I did not exercise enough self descipline during training, no core muscle training as well. I am aiming for a 4hr40min this year, will be difficult to achieve but I will run my best race as much as possible.

Been thinking a lot on how to prepare for a race mentally. Can a strong mental conditioning overcome a less than ideal physical condition? Well, I will get to find out in 12 days time at the SCB Marathon on 1 Dec 2013 ! I will just relax and run a good race, I will try to pace myself at a sustainable pace and hopefully, everything else will fall into place nicely. I will try for a new pb although my preparation is far from ideal. A time of less than 4hr 50min would be achievable!

Simple answer - Someone superior and who has power to  create ! There are so many different version of the same idea, but no one has the answer. There is the possibility that we will never know the real answer, the problem is that we always think that we are superior and has the capability to go beyond. We cannot solve our daily problems and yet we think we can find the "beginning" ! Why do we not use our resources to help ourselves instead of fighting one aother ! We need to change the mindset of human to evolve to become a better race. 

Covered about 11 km at the gym today in 1 hr 1 min. A little too late to really train much for the SCB Singapore marathon on 1 Dec 2013. I can only try my best to manage the run, have to be really mindful not to walk too much when fatigue set in during the real run. 

I am in Hong Kong right now, wanted to go out for a run around Kowloon area but the sky was already quite dark around 5:50pm. Went to the gym at W Hotel which is on the 73 Floor, covered about 9km in 50min1sec. Seems like my weight has shot up recently, weight in at 67.1 kg before run, after run 66.2 kg. Looks like I am going to have a tough time at SCB Marathon Singapore on the 1 Dec 2013. 

Did a 14 km run on 9 Nov 2013, completed in 1hr 22min plus. A ok run, ran smoothly, averaging about 5:50 plus min per km. I was trying to conserve some energy for this morning long run, but weather was not good. Instead, had to run in the gym, did a 10.2km in 51min22sec. In the evening, did a 5.38km in 29min57.4sec. Have to put in a long run of 30km, missing this weekend long run of 30km plus would affect my preparation for the Standard Chartered Marathon on 1 Dec 2013. Have to be mentally strong this year to achieve a pb. 

Since the onset of Industrialisation in early 17th century, Earth has been slowly devoured initially but the pace accelerate each we advance technologically. We would really need to control our population growth, the amount of energy we consume and change our way of life to ensure Earth can take the pounding that we inflict on it each day. Ever wonder why we crave for more and more ? It's the mental state that we brought up in our so called advanced and industrialised society ! And as everyone know, not all are born equal. The capable will always use their ability to get ahead at the expense of the majority of the population. It's  a problem that will stay us for the foreseeable future, unless people start to educate their young to think differently. There might not be such a day, as it more difficult than we think it is. The basic human behaviour has got to change, and most are not ready to accept such a change. People are just too unpredictable, and a few black sheeps are ...

Not been training much due to work commitment, but still hope to improve on my pb in the upcoming SCB marathon. It's possible to improve marginally but not by a big margin. No matter how strong you mentally prepared, the body got to be prepared as well. Mind and body has got to be somwwhat in synch. Did a short run on 2 Nov 2013, Sat, 8km at the gym in 40min31sec. Today, 3 Nov, 2013, covered 19km in 1hr55min46sec. 27 days to the SCB Singapore marathon, just hope that I can improve on last year 4hr57min52sec. 

I wonder how many people out there believe in this theory ? Things really start from nothing, weird theory! In the first place, there has to be space before something can be put there. How can a reaction take place from nothing! Anyway, human are just too ambitious, you do not even know what the person next to you is thinking and yet you think you know what happened billions of years ago. 

Why is the SGX promoting high frequency trading ?  They distort the market, entering and leaving the market at high speed and great volume, taking advantage of the small/big movement in stock prices.  These traders trade with no fundamental, they are just out to make a quick profit. This is not good for genuine small investor and the public and should not be allow to prevail. Why would a market regulator promote such form of trading ? Do not make sense at all to most people. 

Had to run in the gym again today, 27 Oct, 2013, Sunday, due to the rain. Managed to complete 11.4km in 1hour. Can feel the extra weight due to fats around the abdominal area, have to work hard to get rid of it. 

Run at the gym today due to rain, covered 8.4 km in 45min30sec. Had too much to eat at the buffet lunch at 4pm, felt so heavy during the run. Hope to cover at least 20 km tomorrow morning, otherwise my preparation for the Standard Chartered marathon will be wasted. Must keep up the long run, so that I am at least physically prepared for the 42.195 km on the 1 Dec 2013.

At the speed that earthlings are going, it will not be soon as in the next decade or so ! So much energy is expended everytime a rocket is launched to get a maximum of 7 people into space. We need to be able to fly to at least to near earth orbit at ease or anytime we want to. The amount of time needed to get ready to launch is incredible and yet we have such ambitious goal. (like going to mars) Our launch technology is too primitive and  money is not spent getting there. Till the day we are able to launch at will or every other day, it will be a dream for the rest !

This year has been good for Singapore athletics, more national records broken than the last few years. Though we are not as good as the rest of the ASEAN Powerhouse, hopefully our athletes continue to work hard, achieve good results and close the gap. Long Distance Running has been extremely popular these last few years, hopefully our timing continue to catchup with the Sea countries. Hope to see Dr Mok and Ashley do well at the Sea Games and next year as well. Mok potentially can crack the 2hr26min anytime I believe and Ashley can break the 2hr30min next year as well. Mok Yin Rong is running well, we should be seeing more good timing from her in the near future.

I have been thinking of a device that can work like a GPS but without the need for any satellite signal. We will need the landmark, roads and the distance between places. I think it can be done, but need a program to load data and the logic for it to work. 

I think the Space power should start practising flying around the various space stations. The Iss is so near to Earth, should put it out to maybe a couple of thousand km away. Put a few up there and fly around the different stations and the moon. This will probably speed up the space travel technology, no need to set big goal big budget and eventually going nowhere. The money spent on defence by all the big countries should be able to pay for a few stations. But too bad, human kind are so afraid that if they let their guards down, fellow human will take the opportunity to conquer them. 

Although I did not achieve any PB for this run, I learn a important lesson. Going into this run, I had minimum training, working long hours during weekdays. In the previous 2 weeks, I eat only chicken sandwiches for lunch and avoided most oily fried stuff. But during my 13 of Oct run, both my legs suffered from cramp after 20 km. I attributed this to eating too clean, low in salt content in my diet. So for the Newton run, I just eat normally without being too conscious about food. I did not have any problem with my legs all the way during the run. One other thing I did right was to pace myself well, sticking to a 6:30 per km or 3.5 hrs pace. Due to my low mileage, my body is not able to substain pace of say 6:15 per km or faster for long run of more than 20km. Will try to complete another 32 km run this weekend. I managed a even split of about 1hr 5min for 30km during the Newton run, which I am quite surprise as well. I guess just have to be persistent and try to run on even at slow p...

Took park in the Newton 32km run at East Coast park this morning. I was in the 2nd wave of runners, started at about 5.40am. I tried very hard to pace myself properly, stick to a 6min28sec pace.Luckily ,  for me, there was no cramp today, managed to finish with a time of 3hr29min49sec.