Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Recent record numbers of Hot-Runners today
Had a good job running with old friends and catching up with the. Definitely a bunch of jovial and serious runners.
A bunch of wonderful people.
Three ladies turn-up. Two of them are regular full marathoners! And the 3rd lady will attempt her first full marathon this Dec.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
U-Kiss - Man Man Ha Ni ( 만만하니 )
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Quote -> Money
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Ran for 30 minutes at SSC gym
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Ducks Quack - Eagles Soar
Ducks Quack - Eagles Soar
This puts "life, living, and leading" in a whole new light--"
No one can make you serve customers well....that's because great service is a choice.
Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point. He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for Harvey.
He handed my friend a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wally, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.'
Taken aback, Harvey read the card. It said: Wally's Mission Statement: To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment....This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!
As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.' My friend said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.' Wally smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice..' Almost stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'
Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today..'
As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to listen to the radio.' And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him. Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day. He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts...
'Tell me, Wally,' my amazed friend asked the driver, 'have you always served customers like this?'
Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day.
He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It. Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll rarely disappoint yourself.. He said, 'Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.'
'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally. 'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'
'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said.
'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. You were lucky to get me today. I don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can't pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.
Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab. I've probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn't do any of what I was suggesting.
Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles. How about us? Smile, and the whole world smiles with you.... The ball is in our hands! A man reaps what he sows. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up... let us do good to all people.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain."
Have a sparkling day
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Dinner with old friends
Have a good time catching up with them.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Quote - Confidence
Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
7.34km run around neigbourhood
minutes. Average speed of 9.5km/hr or 6:18 minutes per km.
Quite a manageable run and at easy pace.
W.rgds,
HC Gan
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Went to run with follow hot-runners after work
Bobby has stopped running for a while to attend to his evening courses. He was also looking forward to the run. He is certainly picking up the paces and will run more frequently to enjoy the events which he planned for. He did 6.5km along with all of us. Didn't see any monkeys this time.
Bokz was traveling so I hosted this run. The slopes seems longer than I last visited. Darn, walked twice when nearing the Apex of those formidable slopes on the way back. Those slopes is becoming a love-hate relationship for me. I like it because it is formidable.
Guan Hong was all smiley before, during and after the run. The rest shared his mood and were evident as the group chatted after the race with cups of H2O in our hands. We felt happy and satisfied.
Some of the Tibits worth noting; MJ did 4:30 hours for his inaugural Sundown. Within 4 days, he have committed himself for another full Marathon by signing up the Standchart event on 5 Dec. Wondered if any of his race plans included his newly acquired strange, avant gade toes-shoes.
Talking about that,: Standchart Marathon 42km fulled booked by end of early bird 4 Jun, 21km was full on 7 Jun, take up rate is fast. Sundown, Standchart registration period are pre-maturely terminated due to strong early bookings. If you still want to take part, quickly go for it (10km).
Bokz is coordinating a heart warming activity to help disadvantaged persons under the AWWA welfare organisation. Already 5 lady hotrunners have signed up to host 10 beneficiaries and 2 assistants. 10 more volunteers needed for the preparation training at East Coast leading to the race. 2 of the beneficiaries are on wheel chairs.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
6km run in hotel gym
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Did 7.58km in 45:37 minutes
Went to run from Neram Crescent park and along Yio Chu Kang passing by Motorola until the MRT track, touched the big round pillar supporting the MRT track and back to Neram Crescent park. Covered a total distance of 7.58km in 45.37 minutes including traffic light stoppages. That's a speed of 10.0km/hr or a pace of 6.0 minutes/km. Tiring but very happy with this run.
Told myself have to cross 20% more distance than what I have did the last run. Will continue to increase distance by 15% to 20% each run or for each week in preparation for Sept-10 21km Marina Bay SAFRA run and Dec-10 42km Standard Chartered 42km marathon event. Today's 7.58km run was tiring. Normally I was able to run 10km or for 1 hour at any time fairly easily and comfortably. So, will like to get back in shape again.
After a short cool down period, went for a short speed dash of about 300m in the park. It's important to be able to continue to run at fast speed eventhough when you are tired. This will help towards the last few hundred meters at the end of any running events.
Planning to do 1 or 2 weekday short runs and 1 weekend long run (20km) each week from now until Dec's marathon event.
Hopefully will feel more comfortable and confident to start participating in marathon runs in other cities next year.... if work and personal schedule permits. Maybe start with neighbouring countries/cities first.
Since I bought this Garmin Forerunner 50 speed, distance and heart-rate monitoring watch and first time running with it at 5pm 25-Oct-2008 until now 15-May-2010 (~ 20 months) I have ran a distance of not less than 1,058km with it. It has enable me to know myself better in terms of running distance, speed and heart-rate. Total time spent on actual running alone is about 178 hours and burnt 72,101 calories. Most of all, it makes me damn healthy and cheerful as a person.
