Posts Tagged ‘standard chartered marathon’
I did this shit.
Tuesday, December 6th, 201121 fucking km.
No moar.
The Great Eastern Women’s 10km and the Stanchart 10km run!
Monday, December 27th, 2010Remember my first 10km post and the what’s in my bag post? Did another 2 more 10km runs this year. Altogether I’ve done 3 this year! Shape, GE10k and Stanchart!
I think I should really start training and improve my timing. Perhaps go for the 21km within the next two years?
Jio-ed Gracey for the GE10k, I thought Jolin signed up but didn’t see her! Pictorial entry hre!
Made the poor ching chong boy wait for me. :p
Hehhee he looks so grumpy! I dunno why was he using my headphones that way…
The Stanchart Marathon 2010 – What’s in the race pack?
Friday, December 3rd, 2010This year would be my 2nd year running the 10km run for the Stanchart Marathon. Last year I had gone with the mothership. This year she’ll be going too but with her colleagues this time and I’ll be running with ching chong boy.
Am pretty impressed by the race pack.
Last year I didn’t get a racepack because I substituted the mothership’s colleague at the very last minute as she couldn’t attend.
Here’s the goodies from the race pack this year!
The good!
- The standard bib and race singlet
- Mary Chia voucher which one can choose between an illuminating race spa or an intensive body contouring retailing at $120
- Urban Homme voucher which one can choose between an illuminating race spa or an intensive body sculptor also retailing at $120.
- Not only that, there’s a 7 day unlimited pass to Pure Fitness.
Am pretty psyched over the Mary Chia and Urban Homme vouchers. Woohoo! Hope there’s no other terms and conditions.
Part 2 of the goodies.
- Yummy Nature Valley bar
- Samples from Ocean Health
- A Limited edition NETS card!
And the not-so-good.
It also comes with a small bottle of SilkBath and discount vouchers for Ben & Jerry’s and OSIM & GNC.
The not so nice vouchers are: a discount booklet for Sentosa (which sadly expires by 31 December 2010 and can only be used from Mondays – Fridays) and a $5 voucher for RWS (with a minimum spending of $100).
What have you guys done to prep yourselves for the run?
I have:
- Sadly misplaced my Sony walkman. So it’s time to use the iPod Touch. Have revamped my songs list.
- Downloaded some cool Blackberry apps like the: Calorie Counter (presumely to count my calories but I have’t started. Oops), miCoach( to track my runs) and In Case of Emergency (To save important information about myself, blood type, allergies and other medical conditions.)
- A small pouch to put my essentials. $$, phone and mp3 player.
- Enough sleep. The last few runs, I slept barely 4 hours. This time, I’m determined to get at least 6!
- Keep myself hydrated.
- To grab a small bite before the run on Sunday.
Am excited to be doing this with the boy but I haven’t trained. In fact, my last run was during the Great Eastern Run
What are your tips for a run? Do share them with me!
My first 10km run!
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010I first decided to challenge myself to run 10km last year. and so I did after seeking some advise from friends like Josephine…
I signed up with her for the GE 10km run and while I had many grand plans to start training months in advance etc and all, truth to be told, I only managed to run one round of Bedok Reservoir Park weeks before the run.
Ching chong boy kindly fetched me before the run and waited throughout while I went for my run. So sweet of him! <3
I met up with Jo and we camwhored before going for the run…
Looking at our numbers, you can see that I signed up way later than Jo did! Quite happy that I could put “nadnut” on my bib!
Please pardon the makeupless face!
Truth to be told, I did not expect the crowd at all. There were many instances where I was rudely shoved and nearly fell but I guess it should be expected with the number of people there.
We had wanted to run together but in the end, we split up. The first few kms were easy but nearing the end, my muscles were shouting in protest and I really had to push myself to finish the run.
I was pretty satisfied with my race timing considering the fact that this lazy piece of lard did not exercise at all. I finished a few seconds shy of 1 hour and 30 mins!
Some super unglam pictures of sweaty old me.
Hooray!
I later pushed myself to go for another run in the later part of the year with the mothership!
This time it was the Stanchart run. Mum had signed up for her first 10km and I was a bit worried about her.
We ran together and whenever she stopped, I encouraged her to continue and even ran the last 5km hand in hand. I even had to half drag her for the last km! LOL! I’m so proud of her! 53 years old and she finished a 10km run! I want to do another run with her hand in hand. It was a great mother-daughter bonding session for both of us.
Reason why I’m writing this post is to remind myself that the (what seems) impossible for me can be achieved!
This year, I’ve signed up for the Shape Run (10km) and sadly none of my friends will be going with me. Anyone else going? Shall we encourage each other?
For the Stanchart run later this year, I’ll be going with Ching Chong Boy! I’ve also signed up for the Ge10k this year, anyone else going too? I hope to be able to stop procrastinating and start training and hopefully in a few years time, I’ll be able to complete my first half marathon!
And if you do see me at the Shape Run this year, please do say hi! (and ignore the ugly makeupless face!)
Please do share your stories of your accomplishments or training methods! If you have a running schedule, do share!
