As pre-planned last week that i'm going to try a long run from my house to Sembawang and i finally carried out the plan today.

Followed Steven's recommendation to take the route from my house down to MacRitchie. Instead of the one from the MRT line - Commonwealth to Sembawang.

Before i go into details of the run today, just to let everyone that my course starting on-job-training from this week. Everyday release us at a CNMI timing. What to do.

We are NSF - 2 years to army (24.7 standby)

So sweet of Gideon and Warren for helping me to bring back my laptop and my personal stuffs - boots, uniform home yesterday.

Reached home yesterday at 7:30pm and started preparing for the necessary items; took a quick shower and next jumped on my bed.

Specially thanks to Hon Wei who woke me up at 8plus.

SMS - "Miss the bus stop; overslept"

Woke up at 1:40am and get ready for the run. Started running at 2:12am. Cool... This is the first time that i ran so early in the morning with a 3L kg weight on my back - water bag!

Here is the route that i took
My House -> Queensway Shopping Centre -> Queensway Secondary School -> Farrer Road -> Long stretch of Adam Road -> MacRitchie -> Westlake Graden -> Longhouse -> SUPER long stretch of Thomson Road -> Mandai Road -> Sembawang Road -> Sembawang Airbase -> Nee Soon Camp -> Chong Pang Camp -> Yishun -> Sembbawang MRT station.

It seem pretty route based on the looking at the routes that i took. However it is only 22km!

Detail of Run:
Time Taken: 2hours 10mins
Average HR: 72%
Average PAce min/km: 6:30
Calories Burnt: 1989 kcal

What a lousy time man! How am i going to do my Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. It is just round the corner.

Stupid Dino!

Throughout the run, i kinda of enjoy - the distance and the challenges as i did not recce the route at all and go without enough sleep and training.

Firstly got a fall at the MacRitchie area - it so dark and hazy, didn't see the small uneven path, there goes my right knee. Though is a small minor but it appear on the wrong part of my leg - knee; already got knee cap problem yet.


Injury - minor but occur at knee there...

Secondly, at point of time i feel so demoralizing especially the long stretch of thomson road after MacRitchie. It seems endless! Run and Run but still struck there.

But then again when i saw the sign board - Mandai, my motivation is back again but then at the point of time muscle cramp - lack of salt.

Here are the pics taken during the run:

Before entering the lift


@ the junction of commonwealth / Queenstown


Commonwealth View


MacRitchie 4.8km route


See... That's me


Long Long Endless Thomson Road... So Hazey


Look....


Me again... Relax to post for a photo taking


My Motivation appear again


Good movitation.... But Cramp start here...


See the time i reach sembawang MRT

Reached Sembawang MRT at 5:48am and waited for Warren to meet me so that i can use to my uniform and report to camp. So tired and hungry but then no cash! Finally 6:43am he reached, headed to Sun Plaza change and took a cab to camp...

Once classroom door open, i go in sleep sleep till my Bro, Gideon came with yummy Breakfast...


Yummy Food by Gideon

Thanks Bro!

OJT - stupid man... Making the life of us all very troublesome... Basically everyone doing the same thing... Must as well do it as a class man.