Marina Bay - 3rd Month of Rest with Knee Injury
Run report: 3 months after injury
Location: marina bay
1km - no pain, feeling great
1.3km - small ache
1.5km - can feel the ache more consciously
1.9km - time to call it a day ...
December 28, 2013
December 15, 2013
Tanjong Pagar Run - Short Run to Test Recovery of Knee
Staycation at Amara Hotel
Ever since my knee injury, I have been testing the recovery level of my knee with short distance runs to gauge how much it has recovered. I tried 1 km before the pain came back a 3 months back, worsen the injury due to me pushing myself during a run in Europe and since...
December 5, 2013
Stanchart Half-Marathon: Short Interruption to my Running Career
The last few weeks, have been quite a depressing affair for my running career. First, I injured my knee during one of my routine Sat run during the end of Sept. I thought resting for a 2 weeks before my Europe trip will give it time for my knee to recover. I tried a short run just before my Europe...
October 21, 2013
Berlin, Germany - Guest Appearance by Big Boned Guy (BBG)
The early morning view from our apartment
Everyday, I cursed my stupid decision to push my injured so hard during my run in Dusseldorf. The pain doesn't seem to go away and I spent my days hobbling along with the old people in Germany, thinking whether to buy a German made walking stick to go along...
October 16, 2013
Dusseldorf, Germany - Across the River Rhine and Back Again
The River Promenade at Dusseldorf
After being rained on for the last 4 days at Amsterdam, we were hoping that the weather at Dusseldorf will be better, but no! The rain clouds seem to be following us a everywhere. Before I carry on with my rant with on the weather, most Singaporeans will be scratching...
October 14, 2013
Canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands - Of Canals & Gay Kinos
The canals of Amsterdam
It has been raining non-stop since Day 1 when we arrived at Europe 4 days ago. Sometimes it pours, sometimes it drizzles and sometimes, it is a mix of everything. Throw in a below 10 degrees temperature and cold bitter winds, it made walking along the beautiful streets and...
October 13, 2013
Amsterdam - Raining non stop....
Woke up at 6am every morning, wanting to run around the canals of Amsterdam. It just rains and rains and rains....
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September 28, 2013
Tiong Bahru, Vivocity - Historical Run on Singapore Government Housing
Along Cantonment Road just outside Outram Park MRT station
How many times have we planned our runs at Labrador Park, I have lost count. Thanks to the overwhelming votes by the unfit runners living in the west, my Saturday mornings have been "Journey to the West" recently. After much discussion over...
September 22, 2013
Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), Malaysia - A Pain in the Neck!
Early Morning at KLCC Park.
I was invited to for a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and I managed to get a nice apartment near to the KLCC area. After checking with my Malaysian friends and the internet, it seems like the most breath taking run at the city center is around the KLCC Park. So...
September 4, 2013
R.I.P Philips Sports Earphone
I remembered when I first started my running hobby, I was using Apple's generic ear piece that came along with my iPhone 4. However, after a few runs, I realize that my pure white colored Apple ear piece is getting black and grimy and given how anal Apple Care is with water getting into any of their...
August 25, 2013
GuangZhou, China - Beautiful Run Along The Pearl Delta River
The monument outside of Guangzhou Hotel
It's a typical hot and wet summer in the bustling southern hub of China, Guangzhou and the perpetual morning rains kept me away from my routine of Run-Touring (Means touring the city via running. I invented that Lingo!)The run finally let up at the last day...
August 17, 2013
Punggol Park Sengkang PCN Run
One of my favorite regular running spots. However, there are no cute girls doing their workout in the morning, unlike some of the evening runs that I have done in this area. Guess the ladies need their beauty sleep ^_^. Here are some nice pictures that I have taken along with the run route and dis...
August 3, 2013
Orchard Road - A Run Along the Iconic Shopping District
We ran out of ideas where to run this week. We ended up testing out the Singapore Orchard Road Run and visit the shopping malls along Orchard Road early in the morning. As most of the Singaporeans will be very very familiar with this stretch of road, I will keep my report short.
Taking off from...
July 27, 2013
Holland Village to Dempsey Hill - Exploring the Ex Military Base ofSingapore
Early Morning at Holland Village
As usual, the group brainstormed over where new locations can we run this week. The parameters are as follow:
1) Not at the extreme ends of Singapore - This rules out Changi, Pasir Ris, Sengkang, Woodlands, Chua Chu Kang and Jurong.
2) Easily accessible by...
July 6, 2013
Hwa Chong Institution Run - Construction, Security and Expensive Cars!
Hwa Chong Institution. The famous clock tower can barely be seen, blocked by MRT construction
As usual, we were racking our brains where to run in Singapore, a location that is acceptable to people staying in the West, North and Eastern part when I (brilliant as usual) hit on a bright idea.
"Lets...
June 29, 2013
Post Haze Run. Stadium to Bay East
The Marketing Poster for G-Dragon
7am. Just Outside Kallang Indoor Stadium.. We saw a long queue just outside the stairways to Kallang In-door Stadium. I thought people were queuing for some Hello Kitty Toy or N95 Mask again. Turns out, that there is a G-Dragon concert later in the evening. But...
June 25, 2013
Haze Alert! No Run for the Week.
21st June 2013.
Friday noon.
Singapore Central Business District.
Abnormality Report:
No Hordes of Hungry Office Workers Looking For Lunch.
Streets Quiet. Air Bad.
Recommendation:
No Running for the Week. Air is so bad that it can deter Lunch Zombie Hordes. Not Safe....
Scene from...
June 16, 2013
Pocari Sweat 10KM Run. 2013
Marina Bay... Before the Haze!
It's a glorious Sunday morning. Why do I say that, it's because this event might have been cancelled, if the haze from Indonesia breached the air space of Singapore just a few days earlier. The air quality started to deteriorate sharply from Monday onwards and for...
June 13, 2013
Bangkok Thailand - Lumpini Park
Everyone loves Platinum Mall. The ultimate ASEAN hub for wholesale clothes. Who doesn't love a bargain!
The lure of the recent real estate rush brought me back to Bangkok again, a city which I have not visited for almost 10 years. The primary mission for this trip was to visit some of the potential...
June 8, 2013
Bishan Park - Revisiting the "Most" Central Park in Singapore (3KM)
A very Big Sign just in case you didn't realize that it is a park
This week, we returned to bishan park, the running playground of big bone guy. To add to the prestige of this event, alcoholic came to join us!! He has been missing in action for the past few months because he claims that he can't...
June 2, 2013
New Food Center at Gardens by the Bay
The New food center at Gardens by the Bay
We were back to our usual running spot at Marina Bay this week. With the Pocari Sweat run just 2 weeks away, the Unfit runners are gearing up their fitness to meet the rigorous of the upcoming race. The other reason is probably not to "lose face"...
May 26, 2013
National University of Singapore - The Killer Slopes of NUS
Two days before the normal Saturday Run....
Me, "So where are we running this week?"
Others, " Kent Ridge? Labrador? Marina Bay?"
Me, "We have been going to these places almost every week! Why not try someplace new! NUS?"
The West Ladies, "Okie!"
Me, "What about Bedok Reservoir Park?"
(Silence...
April 20, 2013
From Chinatown to Tanjong Pagar | From 3rd World to 1st
Sights Along China Town
This week, we explored the historical commercial district of Singapore, the area around Tanjong Pagar and China town. This is not a typical route that an average runner will run and I will only recommend running during early mornings on weekends. There is so many traffic...
March 30, 2013
Kallang Waterfront - 5 Reasons Why Every Runners Should Pay Kallang a Visit
Kallang Waterfront with the Sun peeking past the horizon
The last time I ran at Kallang Stadium, was an accidental 10KM run which I was not prepared to run. I did not pay much attention to my surroundings because I was busy trying to figure out how to navigate my way back to Suntec City. I was dying...
March 23, 2013
Mount Faber - Slope Training in the Heart of City
Glorious Sunrise from Mt Faber
This week, we decided to do a crazy run.
Seah Im Market car park => Mount Faber => Henderson Wave => Hort park => breakfast at Seah Im market.
We managed to trick the ladies into thinking that it will be an "easy" run.
The run began with a long flight...
March 3, 2013
Singapore City Race 2013 - Beer Drinking During A Run is Bad for Health!
The Start Point of the Singapore City Race
The gang were hunting for our usual quarterly, get-our-ass-up-on-saturday-mornings-to-train large scale running event and we encounter the usual, run 5-10KM and a T-Shirt/Singlet runs in the usual running routes. Remember, we need to identify runs that...
