WEAK - sums up yesterday's shortest 8km CBD run..... The continuos loading of calories during this festive seasons, low mileage, minimum intensity training ended up me chasing the group like a mad dog..... Still managed to chase a bit on the first half with just little gap with the front group... but I went into my own world on the 2nd half - slow and steady OTOT I'm the last to be back...LOL!!!! I'll get there...One Fine Day......

The Osim USqueez.....She..is one the new member in my family... I'm not a fans of this but as the saying goes..."too much $ and not knowing how to spend??"..Ha..how I wish... It just happen that a massager is one of the item that I can put under flexi medical benefits under the company policy :) So...with the year ending and have plenty of it left....why not :)

The review did sounds like too good to be true to me... Went for a quick run a soak in the two feet immediately after shower....Hmm...... it wasn't bad at all, not fantastic though...I still prefer human touch..hahah..... But I soon realized there is this 'warmer' that I can activate it. Suppose to help in relaxing the muscle...etc... Now...that is a lot better..... It's soooo comfy I almost felt asleep...Amazing how that warmer can make such a huge difference..... It suppose to help in releasing lactic acid too!!! Hmm...Maybe I should squeeze in a long run to build up lactic acid and try it out??????

Having a bad hair day...(literally a bad hair day) can really ruin your day even for weeks. I'm one of the victim back in those days. I have been going to this salon for years and always requested for that one stylist and she never fails to give me a good hair cut until one fine day, I was told that she has left SG and will never be back. Sad..... for the next 1 year or so, I have been hunting around trying out different salon, none of them can give me the same "feeling good" cut.

Until early 2008, I went back to this same old salon at Tampines, but didn't request for anyone specific. Then..came this new stylist....suprised me with his attentiveness and professionalism. I found the long lost 'feeling good' cut. He's the ONE!!! Haha... sounds like finding the right man.. which is indeed....the right man for my hair..:P So then, I became one of his regular until one day, I was told that he has moved to Chinatown branch. Not a very easy accessible location for me but..I take no risk of leaving my hair to an unknown pair of hands. I hunt him down all the way to Chinatown. 4 month later, I had another shock and was told that Chinatown branch was shutdown...He has moved to Jurong East!! Ok...now that's really a bit far for me to travel all the way there for a haircut. It took me a week...to decide if I should just try out a new pair of hand within walking distance from office or should I stick to him since he never fail to give me a good cut. To cut the story short, I ended up at Jurong East...sit in there for 3.5 hours.... we both are so pleased with the results. I think he had a sense of satisfaction more than I do seeing the 'changes' he has done on my hair......

Last week was a bad week at work, this week.....a good hair day makes a good work day... :)

Pure laziness is probably the right word to describe why this blog has gone quiet for some time. From falling ill the week before SCM to running the half mara to a drastic change of management at work to catching up on a super long Korean show...that probably sum up to what I've been up to in the past couple of weeks.

Swim class on the other hand was supposedly a tapering session last week but it ended up not physically but a pretty 'mental' session.

4 x 50m warm up
4 x 50m kicking drill
20 x 50m pull buoy & paddle
This sounds like the usual stuff but after a few laps, I'm asked to practice the elbow exit as well. Ok..noted..that's pointer no. 1. Few more laps, here comes pointer no. 2 - left hand be straight. Ok..so my left hand looks like I'm pointing to the inner side instead of going straight. Noted. So...for the few laps, I tried to be as conscious as I can to remind myself on elbow exit - left hand straight, elbow exit left hand straight...

I got stopped again after a while. Here comes the last one. Leg close up and streamline the body to a straight line. Sounds easy but not so. Elbow exit -left hand straight - keep the leg close. It got a little messy and the toes starts to show some symptoms of getting cramp. 20 laps done. My mind is still repeating the elbow exit left hand straight close the leg.

Last one - similar to the previous but without pullbuoy & paddle. 10 x 50m
JIT to call it a day........ No arms breaking session, just a lot of 'theories' to absorb..haha....

Still loading on lots and lots of vit-c in the last few days, I finally made my way to CBD after 3 weeks of absence. Today's menu is simple and nice. Just good enough to keep the leg fresh and not to worn out that semi-functioning body.

The fast one disappear in no time, I try to stick as closely as possible to burnz and chengnai. All 3 of us, can't wait to get it done and call it a day...Once sick and out of action, all will have to start from ground zero, like it or not :) Just too bad that it happen at this time of the year....Oh well...anyway, the run got more chatty on the 2nd half which obviously makes the run more relaxing.

All the best to all 21k, 42k, IMWA heroes!!!!