Stalling and Recuperation

This is day one of "Stalling and Recuperation". Until 6 days later, I will be in a 'hibernating mode', doing minimum exercise, and eating a lot. I do not want this, but due to unforeseen circumstances, I am powerless to do anything.Guys, take this time to catch up to me. Train as much as possible. For I know I am going into a deep slumber. And my fitness will drop ten folds. This is your chance, this six days, for you to overtake me. So train hard. But when the 6th day ends, I will rage. I will re-start my training. I will go back to where I left off. I succumb to this 'illness' that is Istana/MPEU life right now, but fret not, soon, things will turn back to normal. ...I will be back.&nb...

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Widening The Gap.

That's it. I had enough of all the bullshit that is coming out of Facebook. Thank you, all of you, for providing me with the motivation and desire to continue running and continue to become the 'superior athlete'. It never fails, every single day, when I go 're-fuel' in FB. Re-fueled by your happiness. Your sadness. Your anger. Your fears. Your every emotions. All your happy photos, your lovey-dovey photos, they only act as a source of motivation for me. It will only make me want to train harder. Train MUCH harder. To become better than all of you. But I can only do that, if you constantly show me, show me your success. Show me your happiness. SHOW ME, FEED ME! You people are the reason why I keep on busting my ass off day in day out to improve. And I must add, I wasn't born with the...

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Comparing Standards.

My free time is getting less and less as time passes... But it is only the the next week. Practically will be eaten up by commitments in the Army, so I won't really 'see the light' until a few weeks later, so to speak. Damn schedule...30-duty, 31-COG rhsl, 1-CPFA+off, 2-duty, 3-COG rhsl, 4-duty, 5-COG actual. Ho ho ho..I'm in for some real shit. I'm ok with that...just that I might be guaranteed to miss out on COMEX fair =.=. I need to get some earphones there, but with the schedule, I don't think I'll even have time. Today will be going for a 10k training run with the NPCC guys...it's been a long time. I've been training hard. So let's...

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Pre-Marathon Training: Out Camp Run

Added another 10k to my training today. This time it was the compulsory 10k out camp run for the whole MP command at WCP. As expected, 10k was 2 rounds around the park. I don't care bout' others, but since I am living this type of lifestyle now, any runs organised would only benefit me. Wow, there are a few experienced runners in MP. Their pace was quite blistering man, I couldn't catch up. Even our own CO is extremely fit, more impressively so for his age. I had a hard time trying to catch up to him and sadly to say, I couldn't. I don't know how he does it man! I managed to clock 52 minutes which is pretty slow still. This is not good enough for a race. So I got to train much harder to improve, that is a sure thing. Istana life is going to suck soon...a lot of internal changes and...

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The Serious Training Commences.

Counting down to SCSM...99 days. Oh yea, I am glad to say that I'm almost guaranteed to run SCSM this year! It took me some time and nerves to secure a deal with a slot seller, but in the end the transaction was done! So hopefully nothing goes wrong, and I will actually be able to complete a full marathon this year...! However, the worst that could happen is that I might kena shift/COG/ or whatever and have to be recalled, that would be F***ed up to the MAX. I don't want to think about it now. Still feeling the pain and aches from my hellacious 24 km run a few days ago. Some people might be right in saying I'm jumping too far from 15 to 24, but srsly, it's my life, my body and no matter what they say, only I know my body and my capabilities BEST and I will not succumb to feed their egos. Tomorrow...

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Pre-Marathon Training: 13 Miles. *Updated*

First and foremost, I can't keep my composure straight now cos' SOMEBODY IS SELLING SCSM SLOT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO HOOT IT COS' I NEED MY FRIEND'S ADVICE, BUT HE'S UNCONTACTABLE DAMN IT. This slot will be taken up very soon if I don't act fast it's bugging me the whole time! But that aside, let's focus on the main event for today. 13 miles. 21 km. Half Marathon. Whatever you want to call it. Like I always say, I don't like to give these long-d runs more hype than they already have, cos' the more I do this, the harder it will be to overcome them. It's 21k, it is not very tough but it won't be that easy either. I think my route...

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Never has freedom felt so sweet...for a LONG time.

BLOODY HELL, I SURVIVED. I am tired and moody, but I can say that I've finally gone through THREE consecutive duties and made it back. Phew. YEA...The feeling of having to stay in feels so shite. And it definitely feels shiok now that I'm home and best thing is I don't have to BOOK IN tomorrow HA. Yes, I am still looking forward to my run + movie tomorrow!! Sometimes, it is good to have a target, or a reward ahead so that you'd keep your focus, and in my case, my sanity in tact. It really helped standing there when I thought of what I was going to enjoy after my mounting. Kept me alive man! Srsly, 6 shifts straight is no joke. So far I'm the only one who has tanked 6 shifts straight in my batch, so I feel pretty banged up. But nevertheless, I felt that I've gone past the initial...

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10.5 hours to Happiness

3 days. 2 weekends. 1 consecutive schedule. You have no idea how 'emo' I'm feeling right now. Even the whole atmosphere around me is gloomy. My room lights just died on me today, and now the room is almost pitch black except for the depressing orange light that is emitting from my table lamp. What a sad picture. I can't help it but feel extremely stressed out about having to mount 3 days straight. It just sucks man! Yes, one part of it is due to the standing itself. But the more terrible thing is, I can't book out for 3 days! It's like weekend confinement or something, you know? Like the Istana 'Lao jiaos' always like to say, "I'm sad~". Taking this time to surf the net...chill, before I have to book in. Will probably only see my beloved laptop on MONDAY night. Oh the agony! Laptop;...

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Until The Light Takes Us.

I am so dreading the day I have to start my THREE-day consectutive shift. Which starts tomorrow night. Haix. Today was supposed to do something I've never tired before; but heck, I just happened to realise that I was seriously lacking in my running schedule and if I didn't do a run either today or tomorrow, my fitness will definitely drop. So against all reluctance (and I my mind was really fixed on going to watch the film), I made the decision to go for the run instead.I think I made the right decision. But as I said, I was going to 'Blackhole 212' to catching the screening of a recently released Black Metal documentary called 'Until the light takes us'. Although I've watched it before, I wanted to experience going to a gathering and watching it together with the metal community....

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Working with limited time

~Rushing, rushing! ---One more hour left to leave house---Yea, I gotta leave real soon, and not looking forward to it! Tomorrow gotta mount again. Makes me wonder sometimes, will I deeply cherish and utilize my time wisely only if I'm running on limited time? Seems like I'm much more efficient in whatever I'm doing now. Some may think it's troublesome to book out at 5+ then book in again at 10+, but after careful calculations, I always think the few hours that I will have, however little it may seem, is just that important. During these few hours I can do whatever I like, just chillax, take a breather, STAY OUT OF CAMP, and enjoy my own time. Yea the part where I've to go back in the blink of an eye sucks to the core, but I'll always abide by this--stay out of camp whenever possible....

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Two months...Let's countdown.

I really really really really really really REALLY can't wait to run my first race in two more months. The wait is killing me! And right now I'm watching "The Spirit of the Marathon", which is making me anticipate even more. The nagging feeling than I will most probably not run SCSM this year is seriously demoralizing; I'm still clinging on the the slim chance that someone will offer their place to me, however improbable. Makes me want to run even more. Speaking about running more. Yea. I was talking bout' this yesterday. Today's freaking CPFA was supposed to kill me, but luckily it was too slack. Too slack haha. Once again, we were unsure of how long to run, then out of a sudden the 3SG just told us, hey, "you guys are running 10k." Like wtf. I'm dead, my worst fear is happening. However,...

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What a boring Sunday...

I'm probably gonna sleep soon after this. It was truly a boring day man! I did nothing except slack at home watch TV, play Pokemon, use comp and run. But I prefer this to camp life obviously. Yea, I did a run again this evening even though I already clocked 11km yesterday, AND I will be running around 10km tomorrow for CPFA. Yea, I know, it's quite dumb to run today since I have CPFA tomorrow. But then when I slack at home, I just have absolutely nothing to do. And when i do nothing, I will start to suspect my body is becoming lazy and growing fat. So this stupid mentality spurred me on to run again today...=.= Which is good of course, just...weird. Nothing...

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The Rain Man Strikes!

Oh damn it, I couldn't complete my half marathon today. Originally wanted to post after my "race review" instead of before but it doesn't matter cos' I didn't finish the run today. Rain man struck. Suddenly at my 11k mark, the skies darken like nothing I've ever seen. It was so black and overwhelming that I thought distaster of 2012 had fast forward, lol. In my mind, I thought, SAF style, "CAT 1. Gotta stop now." So as reluctantly as I was, I just went to the nearest bus stop, signifying the end of my run. True enough, minutes later, it rained. No, should I say, it poured. It was crazy man, out of nowhere this thunderstorm strikes....

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No Pain, No Gain.

I am suffering from the effects of running 2.4 km gold timing for the first time. Yea, I didn't felt any thing weird right after, but it started much later, when I was sleeping. Around 4 am I as abruptly and painfully woken up by a terrible stomachache, so unbearable that instinctively I just rushed to the toilet to relive myself. Btw, it IS Ghost Festival and this year is freaking "Hiong" or havoc due to the 50-year thing so I was definitely bloody scared to go toilet at this kind of unearthly time alone. And worst, the toilet is reputated to be haunted; there's even a Jesus Christ cross placed inside to "ward of dirty stuff". But this bloody stomachache was too much...I couldn't care less and just went in, settle my business and ran out. Then morning, reveille timing 6 am, the stomachache...

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Touching the GOLD Standard...

I have good news and not so good news. Everything I've done, every workout, every run, every single day that I starved and counted calories finally resulted in today's miracle. All my HIIT, Marathon long-d runs, stringent food intake, cutting phase, heck, even my epic loss of 22 kg since last year has accumulated to today's miracle. Truly guys, it is indeed a miracle, and a dream come true. I've finally broken 2.4km GOLD timing, FOR REAL!To tell you the truth, I still can't fathom how I managed to have so much energy and desire to run below 9:44. It just seemed like the right time. Everything just clicked. No stitches, no leg pain, no problems. I just ran and ran, harder and faster each time. I won't say it wasn't tough, but I definitely felt comfortable enough during the whole run. It wasn't...

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In Stillness and Silence, I Suffer.

Today is a momentous day as it marks the FIRST of 180 times I will be standing at Istana. The countdown starts! Thoughts on the whole experience? Well, to put it simply, the most prominent thing that bugged me even until now is the strain on my neck. Oh gosh, it's definitely not simple standing 2 hours there. My neck was hurting like shit and it was damn irritating. AND MADE WORSE by the fact that I couldn't wear specs and could see NOTHING. I mean, I couldn't even see clearly the guy opposite me and most of the time I'd be wondering if he was looking at me, or trying to tell me something. It's just awkward and pathetic. This is a confirm plus chop guarantee I'm going to make contacts ASAP. It's a necessity, not a want anymore. But the good thing is, the military guard room is GREAT!...

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Finally, I'm going to STAND.

Argh I just got a few minutes left before I need to cheong back to camp!! It's 9.42 pm now and I need to leave by 10.30 pm.!! So rush, and mostly cos' my NDR duty just now ended so late...sianx sianxsianx really sianxxx...can't keep a calm composure now.So many uncertainties tomorrow...but one thing is for sure. I am going to stand 2 hours for the first time. Pressurizing man...hope I don't cock up anything. Went into the Presidential Guards room today and hey, it was not too bad after all! Air-con, TV, comfy sofas, spacious rooms, PS2, heck, there's even a fridge! It's great actually! Nervous yet excited bout' mounting tomorrow. But still, I hate the remaining few days. Nvm, NDP and NDR has passed. Tml's mid week, after tml IPPT then friday just mount again before weekend finally comes. On...

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National Day!

Uh...I might have been captured on 'live' tv looking blur just now. I saw this peach on top left the screen, a small white speck, somewhat resembling a head, yet quite distinguishable cos' it was the freaking MP helmet! Suddenly my instincts told me, oh my, that is ME?! 3 seconds later, I did the dumbest thing I could do by shaking my head left and right to see whether it was really me. and WHAT DID YOU KNOW, the MP captured in that instant, on the humongous screen, mimicked my movements exactly; IE---THAT WAS ME. I just showed the whole Singapore my stupid little act of uncertainty and "blur like sotong" look. How smart, huh? But lucky for me it's just a speck of my head amongst the sea of other images like the crowd, the parade commander, the lance guards, the ministers, so it's not so bad....

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A Fierce Workout!

SOMETIMES, when I got nothing to blog, I will go out there and make something happen to blog about. This is what life is all about, after all. Doing something productive instead of lazing around all the time.WOW, how unexpected, ladies and gentlemen,I JUST RAN 2.4KM IN GOLD TIMING---09:15:39Ha ha haha haha haha ha ha haha haha haha ahahhahahahahah hahahaha hahah ahahah hahahaha hahahaha hahaha'hhaahhahahahahahahahahhgahahahahaha =DDDSweat like a mad dog!.......               ..............hahahahahahahaha hah haha hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAH!!!..ha..ha OK, ok I'll stop. ...Let me finish my statement first.....

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The Toughest Challenge Yet.

Been some time since I updated! Was so busy these few days, mainly due to my new addiction: POKEMON SOULSILVER! Yes, I finally got it! Went to Orchard ytd to buy it, since it was cheaper there. $55 for this game is considered a good price already, since it's so high in demand and low prices are hard to find. Tried to bargain to $50 but to no avail...but heck, just bought it anyways. Been cheonging that since I opened the box! I was sooooooo lucky, my pokemon even caught Pokerus! XD. Ok, but after all the fun, I must still continue my consistent marathon trainings. I must not let this new craze consume my life, like before. If I had to throw...

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The Past is ALIVE...

Woo~feeling super full now after a huge dinner. I don't really mind eating more nowadays cos' I've realised that a long-d run can easily burn all of it off. But of course, I must continue doing these runs, which is easier said than done. No surprises, in camp, OD test is.................yep. Postponed. Again. Same old, same old. Who the hell cares bout' the test anymore, everyone's already gotten their No.1 U and are ready for ceremonial events. Fail also nvm, just re-OD haha. Ok, these few weeks was like having Pokemon craze for me. Since my friends started the HeartGold/Soulsilver thing again, I couldn't help but feel a very strong...

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Shed That Shit Off!

Time to push even further! It's Monday already and I've nothing to do...so I'm going to do this. Going to try for Half-Marathon distance today. Yea, call me insane or psycho or whatever, but if THOSE PEOPLE can do it, why not I? I've trained so freaking hard from last year to lose so much weight, and if by doing all that I can't even finish a mere 21k, then what's the point of all the effort? I know, I'm not a seasoned runner by any means. I still feel the fatigue and sometimes uncomfortable when I run. I've not prepared according to the textbook, so to say. I've not carbo-loaded. I've not rest enough. Heck, I just did HIIT yesterday. I've just...

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