28 Nov 2007 - Carbo Loading

Am trying to take more low GI foods now.. This week's training will just be 3 runs of 5km or less each.

24 Nov 2007 - Final One Week

I received my race pack at my office on Thursday (Corporate Package arrangement). My bib number is 10040, which is quite a neat number.

This morning, we ran the Marina South Loop, the first 12 km of the actual route. We started and ended the run at the Kallang Water Sports Centre, which is the place where people do dragon-boat, so that adds 6 km to the run.

After the run, we visited the Marathon/Sports Expo at Suntec.

21 Nov 2007 - Recovery

My stomach felt a bit queasy when I started the run, so I took it slowly today. At the end of the 11 km, I felt quite alright, so I should have recovered from the food-poisoning.

18 Nov 2007 - Merlion Run

I started getting diarrhoea yesterday morning when I was still at Ho Chi Minh City. I was back home last night and felt quite alright this morning, hence I continued with the plan to do the weekend run..

We started our run at ECP B1 carpark (near Fort Rd) and ran towards Esplanade following the actual marathon route. The u-turn was at the Esplanade Park signage near to where the Merlion statue used to be (about 10 km from B1 carpark).

For the trip back, I decided to also take the actual route which was via Nicoll Highway. I wasn't feeling right thoughout the run and my heart was beating much faster than usual (thanks to my heart rate monitor). At about 12 km, my stomach was spinning like a washing machine and giving pains, hence I walked the remaining of the route back to ECP (about 4km).

Back at ECP, I rested and drank my usual cold Gatorade. I felt more unwell and ended up vomiting the 2 litres of water. I used to think that people are exaggerating when they say that someone vomited like a Merlion, but that's really how I looked like when I threw up 2 litres of water. :)

14 Nov 2007 - Toe blisters

The usual Pandan Reservior route but minus the PGP up-slope. I did not use my Injinji toe-socks or anti-chaffing cream (Vaseline petroleum jelly or Glide) for my toes, and I got sore toes after the run. Hence, I have been reminded that the toe-socks and the anti-chaffing cream really work in preventing blisters on toes.

11 Nov 2007 - Another 31 km

A very nice route (from Kim Seng Park all the way to East Coast Laguna Hawker Centre and then back again), but not a very good run. Was very dehydrated on the way back and had to keep drinking water at the toilets along the way. Not a good idea to do 30 km runs on consecutive weekends, felt the fatique. This should be the last long run before the taper.

Good thing is that we tried running from Esplanade to Fort Rd, and then back. This is part of the actual marathon route. Took a bit of time to find the actual route at/around Kallang though. Hope to try this part of the route again next week.

7 Nov 2007 - Water at the reservior

Nothing very special about this Wednesday Pandan Reservior route, except that I found another coffee-shop along the way which I can get drinking water from. :)

4 Nov 2007 - First 30km run this season

I confirmed my suspicion on why the foot pod was not giving accurate readings. When wearing my Mizuno shoes, the pod was not attached snugly to my laces. I adjusted it and the readings are good now. However, certain part of the shoe was pressing on my right foot and it was very sore during and after the run.

I took a pack of GU Gel at about 20 km and had to drink a lot of water with it, and the very hot weather made it worse. The gel has to be taken about 15 mins before it can be effective and it lasts for about 1 hr. So, it can potentially be an "addiction" during the run!

3 Nov 2007 - Corporate Triathlon

Took part in the OSIM Singapore Corporate Triathlon. My team came in 9th (out of 94) in the Sprint Relay - Open Category, and my company came in overall 8th out of 301 companies. I can confirm that too much running does lead to heavier legs and slower swimming speed, but swimming is still good to complement running. :)