Jogging with Family

Went running at our neighbourhood garden. Once round around the garden walkway is about 300m. We ran one round then followed by walking one round. Repeated for a total of 3 runs and 3 walks.

My wife run at the front, my daughter at the middle and myself at the back. Get to see how they run. My wife's running posture looks great like a professional runner, definitely has potential to be trained up to join me at Marathon events.

As usual my daughter was running like a "little elephant", pouncing on the ground fairly loud. She is so cute. Glad that she was able to join me for the run though it was very tiring for her as she seldom runs.

After that they went home and I continue to run arond Seletar Housing Estate area. There was not many car driving around and have a good run. Distance cover my estimate is around 5km+. My "foot-pod" which tracks the distance and speed run out of battery, need to replace.

Wishing you a Happy. Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2009 (牛)

Hi ,

here's wishing you and love ones a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2009.

w.rgds,

Good Daddy

Running Associates... 20-Jan-09 Route-24 Run

(Posted by colleague HT)

From: Ng HT

Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:31 PM

Subject: Running Associates... Green Run

On the request from some members, we will be doing the Green Run this Thursday. Green Run is about running in an environment away from main thoroughfares for vehicles. Runners will be away totally from fumy and noisy vehicles. The route is special in that the various distances caters to personal needs better for the day. All start at same point, some common sections and end at same point. Hence if you have just started picking up running, there will be a suitable track for you. This is our first attempt at Green Run and also try a new track for various running distances.

(comment from GoodDaddy : wow.... first time having 3 nice ladies in the same run).

Date: 22 Jan 09, Thursday

Time: 5:30pm (Since there is driving to do. The car will leave on 5:35pm). I will be driving an MPV good for 7 persons. Others will be driving there too so there will be room for all.

Meeting place: Rear guard-house area behind MIC building near open carpark area.

Lower Pierce reserviour: It has a quiet Y-shaped road network. Using tree as an analogy, the trunk is 1.2km, the right branch is 1.3km, the left branch is 2km. The gives options for 2.4km, 5km, 6.4km, 9km without running on the same road in the same direction twice. Be aware that one of the road section has a very challenging steep climb and monkeys will be there as spectators.

Next week, there will be no run due to Chinese New Year week. After that, Bok Hui will keep all in touch on the runs while I am travelling.

(comment from GoodDaddy : happy waves at mid point along scenic route-24).

Moments from today's run:

- 10 runners showed. We welcome TL Yen making his first run with us. Soke Han brought Ivy, her friend to run with us too. Eric Tee joined us too for his first time. This time round, we make sure the new runners are not taking a too reach out distances. They should take a pace set by themselves earlier.

- TL Yen did well running as his targetted pace. Gan ran with Yen for the fun of it.

- We have a record of 4 female runners (Ivy, Catherine, Cecilia, Soke Han) appearing in one run. At the end of the run, all 4 decided to participate in the 10km female run for Sundown Marathon. Zijing, Bok Hui and Eric Tee are guys I know committed to do the Sundown Marathon as well.

- Cecilia did not join us in time but was as committed to herself and took the 1.2km circuit clocking 5 km distance in all.

- Eric ran fast and so did Bok Hui.

- I did 6km track24 + 4 km on the circuit like before to make it 10km. I will be travelling right after Lunar New Year for 2 weeks hence will be looking forward to the Green Run before I lay off running for 3 weeks. I needed the 10km to prepare for the coming Biathlon with Kim and Edwin also in the event.

- Bok Hui sponsored the Gatorade drink. Tasted delicious, as always. Thanks Bok Hui.

(comment from GoodDaddy : a bunch of Happy Babies after the run).

Regards

Hot-Runners breakaway run specially arranged for SDC team

HT arranged a special Hot-Runners breakaway run today on Tuesday for the SDC team. We have the largest turn-out over, a total of 12 hot-runners including two gorgeous ladies (all the while we have only a lady in the group at any one time of the runs).
The entire team of 12 hot-runners ALL went for the 6km Route-24 !! First time for Joseph and he completed the entire 6km route with ease... wow, good progress.

HT was kind enough to sponsor from his own pocket 12 bottles of drinking water (Cactus brand). The slogan seems appropriate with the breakaway run i.e. LIFE GOES ON......

Photos here are after the 6km run. Will add in the photos prior to the run once it is available...

after the 8-Jan-09 Hot Runners Weekly Thursday Run

Lighter moments after the weekly run together. Photos taken on a Sony Ericsson camera phone... of course the photos quality are not as good as those taken with the Motorola ZN5.

A1. Running is one of the best ways to destress. With the current business and economic situation, this weekly run can be one of the ways to have a good destress session with all these nice lovely people.

A2. Joseph, HT, ZJ, HC, Edwin, Catherine, Stanley, Tim and BH.

A3. A bunch of really nice and talented people... Good stuffs !

Hot Runners Weekly Thursday Run 8-Jan-09

Our 2009 first group run for the AMK Hot Runners !
Hurray.... the best turn-out so far, a total of 9 + 1 + 1 person.
We completed the 6km run along YCK Rd, Lentor Ave and Route-24.

Photos below taken on MOTOROLA ZN5 (by Edwin). WOW the sharpest photos from any Camera Phone that I have seen in my whole life. Great camera phone for photos (5M pixels).

M. Hello MOTO..... the wonderful ZN5.











B1. Before the run.
Our Prince charming Kim (imported talent for Hot-Runners) on his white "horse". It was nice to have lovely Cinderella New to join us for the run today. Was worry whether she can complete the 6km with us, but she proved my worry not necessary. She completed the 6km with ease !

B2. Prince charming ready to go home to cook. Left behind the seven "dwafs" to look after the beautiful lady. By the way... it was really nice that Stanley who has left the company was able to come back and continue to join us for the weekly run. Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

A3. After the 6km run. The "frog" replaces the Prince charming and took photo with us. Just joking of course on the "frog". Need to really comment Joseph (the "frog") for his determination & commitment to his healthy exercise regime. He forgot to bring his shorts and T-shirt that day. So, he drove to AMK central to buy those items and joined the group ! Wow... that's the enthusiastic spirit. Keep it up !

A4. The wonderful Motorola ZN5 camera phone was so fast. It snapped the picture before the team lifted their feet of the ground. Of course.... the ONE & ONLY ONE..... the fastest guy HC did took off from the ground faster than the ZN5 camera phone !

A5. OK. Get ready. Re-take. Slowed down the camera and manage to capture all the feet off the ground. Except HT whose feet still on the ground.... distracted by the pretty lady I guessed. OK lah..... will not tell your wife about it.
By the way... the fastest guy on planet Hot-Runners is the one in sexy white singlet. He completed the 42.195km FULL marathon run in just 3-hour & 40-minute !

Hot Runners Weekly Thursday Run

Wow..... good turnout today with 8 hot runners :- YS Yip, Stanley, Joseph, MJ, Edwin, YS Yun, HC and HT. Joseph on medication ran around the Rear gate running field area.

The other 7 hot-runners proceeded with the Breakaway Run arranged by HT along the 10km AMK-YCK route.
Edwin and YS were way ahead of the pack.

Stanley did extremely well for his very first 10km run, he can now confidently participant in any 10km Quarter Marathon race now. After joining the hot-runners group on the weekly runs since 4 weeks ago, his "beer" belly is totally gone and he looks much healthy and fit now.

Total actual distance covered is 10.3km.

I clocked in a time of 1:04:39.
All along the socks that I have used are thick tennis socks. Today is the very first time that I run with a proper running socks (Puma brand), compliment of HT Ng. The running socks are much thinner and lower height. Wow... the feeling and experience is totally different. I can feel the shoes and feel the feet much better. Will definitely help me in my future runs. Will go and buy a few pairs of running socks. Normally I will have some pain on the left heel when running 10km or more. Today, my left heel are ok but have slight pain on my right heel. This is the first time I have right heel pain, must be due to the new pair of socks which made me react differently from normal on the landing and pulling up the legs while running. The proper running socks will definitely help me in the Pose running method as I can feel the feet better.

HT and YS Yip clocked in around 1:15:00.

The time included all the traffic junction stops.

Well done ALL !! Cheers.....

Running with my daugther

Was very glad that my daughter was able to join me for a run together. Wife was busy with work and not able to join us today. Will make effort to get them running twice a week on Tuesday and Saturday. Will be great for them to control their weight and stay healthy.



Did 300m run and a 300m walk circuit for 3 time. My daughter was coping pretty well, this is the 2nd time that she is running with me. After that I continue for another 3.2km run around the neighbourhood. Was trying to keep heart rate at above 160bpm within Zone 4 (80% to 90% max HR).

Running with my Family

Today my wife and daughter joined me for a run together at a nearby park..... I was so glad. This is the first time that we ran together.
The park circuit is 300m per round. We went running for one round and followed by walking one round. Repeated this circuit for 3 times. Was running slow to get them started. Wife running infront and me and daughter followed behind.
Was impressed by wife running style . She ran and landed on the "ball" front of the feet consistently, like Dr.Nicholas Romanov the founder of "Pose Method of Running". Wow. She has definitely has the potential to join me for future 10km quarter marathon run or farther.
My daughter was doing great too since she hardly run in the past. She was running like a "dancing elephant!" When she was a toddler, she used to run around the home a lot and in shopping malls. I have always thought she will grow up to be a great competitive runner.
Will continue to motivate them to run... will be a good exercise for them on weight control.
Three of us completed together about 1.98km with an average speed of 4.9km/hr, a good beginning.

They went home and I continue running for another 3.2km. Tried running at a higher speed than my normal average. Was trying to keep running speed between 11 to 12 km/hr. Achieved average speed of 11.1km/hr. Surprised to notice that the heart rate was hovering mostly in Zone 3 only which means I could have work the body harder. My typical running and training HR is in Zone 4 (80% to 90% of max heart rate). My max heart rate is estimated to be about 185 bpm and resting rate is at 68 bpm.

Took a slow walk after the run and checked time taken for my heart rate to go down to 120 bpm. It took about 2:45 minutes. A good runner should be around 1 to 2 minutes.

AMK Hot Runners Group Running - 6km

Four days after the half marathon race. Went to join some colleagues on the weekly Thursday run.






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Did 6.64km with average speed of 10.6km/hr.

RESULTS :- STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON 07-DEC-2008

RESULTS are out for the Standard Chartered Marathon Race 7-Dec-08

SUCCESS !! WE DID IT !!!

Listed below are all our AMK Hot-Runners HEROES who have completed the Marathon events that they have set out to do..... Cheers !

Total 50,000 participants this year, a new record.

ACTUAL RESULTS (Chip Time) :

42.195km FULL Marathon
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Poh HC 5:25:27 (2nd timer)

Isn't she gorgeous ?
Our very own Lady FULL Marathoner from AMK Hot-Runners !


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Yip YS 6:50:01

Our macho movie star from AMK Hot-Runners.








Ong BH 5:08:00

Isn't he cool and charming ?

Our top male model advertising the S9-HD Bluetooth Stereo Headset Motorola while running his FULL marathon!

The battery lasted throughout his FULL marathon race. Wow... GREAT product.

Andersen-Bech Kim 3:54:30
(Wow! This man can really run!)
Our imported talent from oversea, Denmark.

Chan CS 4:59:28
Tay BH 5:44:00
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Karthik Nischal 6:03:44
Our AMK Hot-Runners own Bollywood star !








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Teo Tim 3:40:21

(Wow... this man can fly !)
Our FASTEST AMK Hot-Runner !!!

21.1km Half Martahon

Gan HC 2:26:01 (1st timer. 2,132 out of 6,339 men runners.)
our cheer leader......

Kuan ST 2:54:47 (1st timer)
Yeo KJ 2:26:15 (1st timer)
Tan YB 2:55:00 (lady)

Goh Edwin 2:22:34 (our own Tom Cruise... Mission not Impossible)

10km Quarter Marathon
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Ng HT 1:07:23

Father and son pair. Son out-do dad!
Father a GREAT motivator...

Ng Jen Ho 0:55:22 (1st timer. Wow!)


LJ Lim 00:51:10

1st timer. My hero.
271 out of 7,669 men runners. Wow!







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Phang KW 1:03:41

I did it ! My personal RECORD time!

Completing any marathon event is a GLORY!!



Per SH 1:27:00 (lady)
Tan Ivy 1:30:00 (lady)
Tee Eric 0:58:00

Hong SC 1:04:38 (2nd timer. Gun time only. Chip was in pocket and not on shoe!)
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Alena (Mrs.Hong) 1:04:23 (2nd timer)
Wow... she is FAST!
I like her "rambutan" hair-style.

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.