Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Longest ever swim in my life

I am a weak swimmer.....my front crawl is slower than people's breast stroke.....my breast stroke is much faster than my front crawl

Started regular weekly swim in mid-April...I have been swimming at least once a week and at least once a week of 30 laps....at the same time, I tried to improve my technique for front crawl...look like there is some results:

After taking a 2 day exercise break.....I went for a swim after work....wanted to try and do 10 more than my usual and I did it!

10 laps (0.5km) - 12:18

10 laps (0.5km) - 12:32

10 laps (0.5km) - 12:28

10 laps (0.5km) - 12:21

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Surprisingly, my slower 10 lap is my second 10s, my last 10 laps is just 3 sec slower than my 1st 10s......I did a negative split for 2nd half is only 1sec faster than my first half........my speed is very consistent actually......I think I can go for 10 laps more...maybe 3 moer months, I will try that..

My longest swim in my life using front crawl

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Discover Better Running Form with Newton Running????

The video looks convincing but here is a big question on this video:

The gentleman keep emphasizing on forefoot/midfoot running but are forefoot and midfoot running the same? NO!!! there is no midfoot strike until Chi Running came along....midfoot running lands the foot with the forefoot and heels landing at the same time on the ground where as forefoot running is to land on the Ball of the foot....here is a good explanation by ChiRunning founder Danny....obviously, the gentleman in the video cannot differentiate what is fore and what is mid....so this newton is for fore or for mid? New Balance has a series for MidFootStrike...looking at the video....they are only landing on forefoot and not midfoot

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Green Silence - by the eco-friendly Brooks

Make an eco-statement with the Green Silence racing flat. Each and every part in this fast, groundbreaking shoe has a sustainable element, including soy-based inks and recycled materials. And in this case, "green" goes hand-in-hand with the great performance you expect from Brooks. The Green Silence helps you take responsibility, and first place—with good karma to spare.

Available 2/1/2010

More details at Brooks Running eco-innovation

Friday, June 26, 2009

Sengkang to Pasir Ris

This week is venture out running week....2nd out of Sengkang run....this time to Pasir Ris using the long route.......quite a nice route to run...especially from Kaki Bukit to Ikea

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Brooks Ghost 2 - available in next week!!!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sengkang to Potong Pasir

Bored of all the usual routes, I decided to venture out of the neighbourhood...in my free....

Saturday, June 20, 2009

2nd LSD with the blue Spooky

First time in many many months that I actually got up to do a early morning run....I actually managed to wake up at 5.20 AM...after a short 5 hours sleep

Did a slow pace 16km around Buangkok, Sengkang and Punggol...and took 2hrs 8min.after adding in all the toilet/water breaks and trafffic light wait

time to go to bed to recuperate my sleep.......