What can you get for $8?

Singapore’s toughest and longest running event will take place on the 24th Oct 2009 with a 100km solo, 100km duo and 50km duo. This ultra trail marathon will take runners through some of the toughest terrains through the trails of the central catchment area, Bukit Timah Nature reserve and Mandai. At 2008, inaugural race 40% of the runners did not complete the race in the cut-off time of 8 hour.

8 of us had form 4 teams for 2009 NF100 100km duo.
run2eat team BW
run2eat team EL
run2eat team CR
run2eat team SY

We will train very hard and hopefully can complete within the cut-off time.

To prepare runners for the race, Northface conducts 3 progressive run. For registered runners, it cost $8 per progressive run. (after we had paid $180 for the race)

Now the $8 question was what do you get at the progressive run?

NF100 20km progressive run, 28 Aug 2009, Rifles Range Road car park

7.30 am at Rifles Range Road, zillion M3 of fresh forest air, negative ion, birds and insects singing happily and the passing early morning shower was threw in for free. Being a kiasu Singaporean, we die die must ask for more. So what else did we got?

Got long Queue at registration


Got indemnity form to fill


At registration, got ID band, Nature Valley Granola Bar, Blister shield


got chio bo


got 1 pair of sleepy eyes in slipper???


got many pairs of happy eyes


got many happy faces


got chiong ah


got rain, got sweat


Got style


The only thing "no got" were trail markers..
so lead runners got lost, pacers got lost, sweepers got lost, runners also got lost....
our group of 7 ran 3 difference routes:)



For only $8 and you got so much!! cannot complained lah!!!

c u at the next and final 30km progressive run on 26 Sep 09
gotcha?

虾米东东 Part 3 : 金秋气爽，母鸡生金(Zii) 蛋

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/creative-zii-egg-orders-being-processed-will-ship-by-the-end-of/

Creative Zii EGG orders being processed, will ship by the end of the month

by Nilay Patel posted Aug 24th 2009 at 6:22PM

We still don't know what to make of Creative's Zii EGG and "stem cell computing" but it looks like we'll be getting our first answers relatively soon -- pre-order customers are being charged and told units will ship by the end of the month. As an added bonus, Creative is apparently including a free HD-out cable in these early deliveries, but we don't know if these are being pre-loaded with Android or that Plazma OS. Anyone else join the early adopter club?

This is what they called interval training

It is chiong o' clock high

With less then 2 weeks to 9.6 YRPR, to improve my change of hitting 10K58, I took my Personal Trainer advice and headed to Bishan Stadium for the first interval training. I was apprehensive as the only time I step inside a stadium was in the 80s to watch football. My worries were not unfounded, this was what my PT did to me :(

2X400m warm up
8X400m chionging with 1m rest/lap
5 min rest
1km chiong like there is no tomorrow
2X400m recovery run
stretching

Now I know PT is not Personal Trainer, it is...

Personal Torture!

at the tone, it is exactly chiong o' clock

14 days to 9.6.
I can't turn back the clock, but I will endeavor whatever the clock says.

At the tone, the clock says chiong ah!

8.2 28 days to YRPR 10K58

8.23 head shaved, getting ready for YRPR 10K58

6 Sep 2009 YRPR

C'est La Vie

人之初 性本善
老猪哥 怨傻蛋

损人利己不能做 损人不利己唉猪也替你难过

过桥抽板非好汉 没过桥就抽板是tmd大笨蛋

我继续唱。。。。

眼睛闭两只 嘴巴不要呼
耳朵左右遮 皆大欢喜也

C'est La Vie

Look what they done to my song, ma....

A new day, another old song.
Oldies but goodies from radio botak 10K58.

Look what they done to my song, Ma
The New Seekers
1970 single reached #14 on US Billboard Hot 100. Lead Vocal: Eve Graham. Composed by Melanie Safka, as were The New Seekers' "Beautiful People" and "Nickel Song."

Look what they done to my song ma
Look what they done to my song ma
It was the only thing that I could do half right
And it's turning out all wrong ma
Look what they done to my song

Oh I wish I could find a good book
To live in
Oh I wish I could find a good book
Well if I could find a real good book
I'd never have to come out and look at
What they done to my song

Look what they done to my brain ma
Look at what they done to my brain
Well they picked it like a chicken bone
And I think I'm half insane ma
Look what they done to my song

click to listen : Look what they done to my song ma

Of course how can we miss out botak's version :))

Look what they done to my arms ma
Look at what they done to my arms ma
It was the only vest in my car
And i need to run 10 kilo miles
Look at what they done to my arms

Chafing on both arms cause by the adidas 2009 sundown marathon vest I wore at this evening 10 km run. 10km already ini-ma-chiam. Luckily never wore it for May 84km ultra, arms would had been saw off :))

This was the culprit!!!!!

难得糊涂 .... Happy Being Me....

Happy Being Me...

No Pretense...
No Apologies...
I Am Just Me
Botak

易求一醉 难得糊涂

A good day when I ......

A good day when I get to run
A great day when I inspire (con) you to run
A c-pay song day when I get my Zii and it sings ;

让我们跑马去 (sing to the tune of 让我们看云去）
女孩，你不要再迟疑
跑步其是 非常容易的
女孩，不要再顾虑
跑鞋穿了 大步走出去
chrous
开始半马 是没有问题
抛开烦恼 忘掉一切犹豫
一年一马 没什么不可以
配了部zii 让我们看云去

botak， 你为什么叹息
难道痛的已跑不下去
botak, 是不会哭泣
10月，我们 northface 50 公里 :(

（大家唱）chorus

一月一马 有什么关系
膝盖伤了 那就先休息
抛开痛苦 忘掉所有顾虑
配了部zii 让我们看云去

年纪不轻 更不该轻叹息

快乐年龄 有什么好哭泣

抛开忧郁 忘掉那不如意

配了部zii........ 让我们northface去
配了部zii........ 让我们跑马去

road = run

mountain = climb

food = come

zii = fun

chiong... chiong... chiong...