Just last week, for the first time in a long time, I completed a long run (one lasting more than an hour). In fact, it the first time in years that I completed one without the Galloway-recommended walk breaks. Don’t get me wrong. I love the Galloway method of taking walk breaks every few minutes... Continue Reading →
On the Boston Marathon Bombings
I haven't written about it. I didn't think I would. But I think I should. The tragedy at the Boston Marathon has hit me worse than I'd thought. (“Why do you look so sad?” the wife asked. “I don’t know,” I replied.) I’m an avid runner, and one who has dreamt of qualifying for Boston... Continue Reading →
No GPS: Learning your way around through running
I wrote about a (wonderful) run I had a couple of weeks ago while holidaying in Perth. During that trip, I had had a very hard time figuring out the roads. Though I could travel the same route countless times (especially those close to where we were staying), my brain would for some reason or... Continue Reading →
Running in Perth
It was heavenly – went out on a run with a good friend in Perth and in perfect weather, too. Recollections of past runs from five years ago suddenly flooded my mind. It was almost like I’d never been away. In particular, I remembered how nice it was that strangers we sped past almost always... Continue Reading →
Running at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH)
I was standing at the traffic junction, waiting for the green man to appear -- halfway through my hour run, planning to head to Punggol Park, do a loop or two, and head home -- when I glanced across to my left the entrance of Buangkok Medical Centre. And decided to go in. Buangkok Medical... Continue Reading →
Singapore Marathon 2011: My play-by-play
4 Dec 2011: 5am. Singapore Marathon. The start of a grueling 42.2km walk/run/crawl/whathaveyou. I thought I’d take 4.5, maybe 5 hours, max. I ran a 6.5. I remember this like it was yesterday, though as I write this, it’s really today. Tells you something about the state of mind I’m currently in. ~~~~~ I thought... Continue Reading →
In a little over 12 hours I'll be about halfway through my 42.2km run in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, after which it'd be another two hours of ignoring pain and the mental reciting of Kipling's If. If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are... Continue Reading →
Advice For the Marathon
In a little over three days I'll be running 42.2km in what will be the second marathon I've ever run. The quote I would like to share with you comes from the poem "If", by Rudyard Kipling. Though one of my favourite poems, I hadn't read it in ages, and truth be told had forgotten... Continue Reading →
On Catholicism, science, and being good. Amen.
I was just thinking back to the days when I'd I used to pray each night like the semi-devout catholic I was. Semi, because I wasn't so much into catholic traditions and beliefs, but more of a "being good is what I want to be and Catholicism just so happens to be the most accessible... Continue Reading →
The Running Life
I just completed a 20 minute run. I had intended to go for about 35 minutes, thought about whether or not it was worth it, decided it wasn't, and turned back. Would that additional 15 minutes of run have brought me that extra omph? Or could that 15 minutes be put to better use? I wasn't... Continue Reading →
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