I have been eating too much!!! I better behave myself and self discipline!!!! Our VP is here this week from our HQ office and offered us lunch-in treat. Me being an initiator as usual (call myself being kepo lah) I asked boss if she would like me to help order food. Guess she is more than happy that I offer the help. It was a treat from my VP but boss passed me $40 and requested that I paid the balance. She will then pay be back. So with 4 extra-large Canadian pizza, 20 chicken wings, 50 sushis, I forked out another $100 on my own pocket money and still haven’t got reimburse today….**sob**sob**…I hope she wont’ forget me :( $100 I can buy a lot a lot of meals leh....

With only 10 pax to feed, you would have imagined how much leftover we had. Having 2 large pizza, 2 chic wing and some sushi is really too much for my lunch loh!!! As I was really looking forward for CBD run in the evening, lo and behold…………it started to rain!!! The cloud was dark by 5:45pm…Slight drizzle at Suntec. I sms WC if it’s raining in TP. He replied the cloud was dark!!! I stood in the middle of the road for 5 mins deciding if I should take the risk to head down to TP for CBD run (in case no rain leh) or should I head back up to Suntec gym to work off those pizza from my waistline. As I was contemplating, rain drops gets heavier. That’s a sign…… I head back to Suntec and join the combat class for an hour, punch and kick as hard as I could, followed by a 10 mins run.

Still….I felt that my stomach is a bit bloated till today….Urgh….I hate the feeling of bloating…

BG Run #1

It was my first BG (Botanic Garden) run with the sgrunners gang. Lead up by Sotong, we did a route that is out of BG this time round.

Old-SMU -> Evans Road -> Bukit Timah Road (towards clementi) -> Clementi Road (Turn at King Albert Park) -> Ulu Pandan Road (Turn at the Army Dogs Unit) -> 6th Avenue (slopes!!!)-> Bukit Timah Road (towards SMU -> Old-SMU.

It was approximately 14.5km.

Being the first timer for BG run, I doesn’t want to missed my way, so I set of early, leaving home at 5:50am. NOTE: it’s 5.50am on a SUNDAY!!! I couldn’t believe that I’m doing this!!! Used to think that it’s such a silly thing to do but somehow, I wanna to do it this time. I want to get my butt off and start moving to burn off the excess I have from the previous day. And I believe that it is so much easier to run in a group rather than doing it on your own. So, here I come.

Being the 1st to reach old SMU track, I bump into Tiwazz at the main gate. Shortly after, Charlotte arrived. We set off at 7:10am. Right after turning into Clementi Road towards Ulu Pandan (that’s abt 5.5km), the fun started. It was slopes all over again and again. I think there’s at least 5 slopes in all. Being pretty weak at slopes, I was trying all sort of running position and technique to ‘evaluate’ which one helps me to perform the best. Well….I’m still figuring out. I think I found one but I still need to give a couple of try again :) Took a break at Jelita Cold Storage to get some drinks and off we set to 6th Avenue (10km)….slopes again.

As I was reaching the junction turning back to bukit timah road, my legs are getting heavier, my calves are tight but I insist to do a slow jog and not letting myself to walk. It was pretty draggy though as the sun is shining hot by that time. Finally, a good close to 2 hr run……I saw old-smu entrance. I’m glad I completed the run without any abrasion or discomfort, other than a pair of tired legs.

We headed off to brunch at Botanic Garden food court AND…… after all the sweat and hard work burning off the excess, I pump in a whole lot of carbo and sinful food!!!! (giving excuses to reward myself after the hardwork) I ate 2 prata!!! One of the most sinful, fattening and unhealthy food!!!!! Soon after, Sotong gave me a ride to Aljunied and off home to Zzzzz again….Such a pig!!! But got to replace my beauty sleep in the morning mah…:P

Workout summary for week 26 Feb - 4 Mar

Hmm....This week wasn't as active as I would like to be. The week seems to zooommmm past pretty quickly though...

Mon: Relax day
Tues: CBD run 6km
Wed: No run. Dinner with Darren, JC, WC and Derek
Thurs: Weight training (30mins), Run 5km, cross train 15mins
Fri: Slack
Sat: Church
Sun: Run 8km

CBD Run 27th Feb

When it’s Tuesday, it means CBD run. WC joined me for the 2nd time. I had initially told him that I will follow the rest to do the longer route (the steamboat route). If he’s comfortable, he can tag along, else he can do the normal 6km Jetty route.

WC asked me to go ahead as soon as we hit the junction towards Marina South. I ran according to my normal speed with a group in front and a couple of them behind me. I took a peek a couple of times at my back to ensure that WC is still within sight and that there’s someone with him. As we reached towards the Jetty which is about 3km, everybody seems to have overtook WC. But he is running pretty comfortably on his own pace – OTOT no stress. Unlike the 1st time he joined me following my pace, he was panting pretty hard and couldn’t last as long as this time round.

I turned around before hitting the U-turn point and directed WC to join me. We ran together for a while. I was still going strong and continue my pace to catch up with Angie who is about 50m in front of me. As much as everyone of us need, I gave Angie a "Jia You" as I approach closer to her. As we reach the junction towards the 9.5km route, I gave a signal to WC if he wants to go for it or the other way back to our starting point. He pointed his finger towards the front direction. That will be the usual 6km route back to TP. With not much ppl left at the back and mostly have make their turn to the 9.5 route, I decided to go back with WC and Tiwazz who had some injuries during last SCSM. So it’s slow and easy for him too.

So, we were the first three to get back to the starting point since the rest are going to the steamboat route. Nevertheless, it’s a recovery run for me after Sunday’s CV route. WC stamina seems to be improved a little, being able to run throughout the 6km at a slow and steady pace.
Kudos!!!