1. Computer went nut after clean up
2. friend's dad operation postponed
3. friend's dad passaway *not the same friend of #2.
4. 3 days before the marathon, back of knee pain. Heavy rain during first Marathon.
5. Sub 4 hour marathon goal not met. - UNFINISHED BUSINESS!
6. 2 times KFC in 4 days! Ayam goreng on the 5th day!
7. Car window spoiled, emergency rescue fund activated.
8. House resevoir water tank leak.
9. went back home town to notice mum is still a negative person!
10. Ordered 2 books from US, never arrive after 4 weeks. Still waiting!
Still, something good happen.
1. Bought ShiflettBrothers sculpting DVD, digital version.
2. Pre-order 3A's toys for my pal.
3. Bought washing machine for mum. Finally she ask for it! hehehee
4. Finally understand the logic and math behind the Flash "turning page" effect.
5. Relearn Trigonometry, Tan, and Atan, *not my coleauge Mr. Tan.
6. Ran (survived) my first marathon, barefoot.
7. Learn that body can be reset as long as mind can hold up to that level.
8 "7-Long kuew teoh soup" after marathon!!!
9. Discovered 3 unit of made in Italy, manual mixing jar, in my dad old shop. He only choose to sell the best quality item. It is like he forsee one day i am going to use the jars in my molding process. 2 thought, 30 years apart, collided.
10. Found 2 brass extruders in same location, similar to my clay extruder, but hell lot bigger!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
First Official (barefoot) Marathon - Penang Bridge International Marathon
21 November 2010 marked the longest run of my life, a solid, wet, cold, 42.195km.
After 11 months of training, i stepped on the starting line of Penang Bridge International Marathon. There were about 1000 other runners of all ages, in the full marathon.
The time was 1.55am, at this hour, the weather was just perfect. I took off my sandal, keep it at the road side, joined the crowd, a bit of last minutes warm up. The DJ gave last minutes briefing, she reminded "some part of the road might have glass, if you run without shoes, please be careful" . There must be other barefoot runner. At 2.00am sharp, "boom", here we go, this is the real thing!
I started the first 4km quite slow, since i have not been doing any real run for the pass 6 days. The road condition were not bad, some part were rough. A man ran near me and greet me, how glad, another barefoot runner, he was from Kuala Lumpur, we chat a while, there was another runner in five fingers ahead of us. This must be the lucky day! In opposite direction, another barefoot runner ran toward us, from the turning point, he was a fast one!
At km 8, i lost track of the barefoot runner, he must have speed up. I increase my step length a little bit, ran pass the 4.5 hour pacer. I was aiming at sub 4, or 4 hour. At this point all my body had warm up to the optimum condition, so i just let them flow. Breathing was smooth, nasal breathing all the way, cadence was high, heart just pumping at normal rate. Everything just clicked. By the end of the bridge, i checked my watch, almost 20km, but the distance marker shocked me, 16km.. i was, huh? i am 20 minutes behind my pace? But after like 4 minutes, there was another marker that read 20km. so i was on the right track.
At km 22, i was in very good form, until the heavy rain struck. the sudden change of temperature stiffed up my muscle, i was all wet, cold, and the muscle start to feel pain. This is something i never train for, and something i never expect. My sole start to feel the road become sharper, i slow down to walk because the rain was too heavy. After 20 minutes or so, the heavy rain stop. i took off my vest, clip the bib number on my running shorts, and hit the road, but my form was out, my moral were low.. i didn't plan to walk, not at km 24.... Carrying the wet heavy vest wasn't good idea, so i throw it away. The pain kept attack the top of my knee, and the top of my foot, near the ankle. Ok, this is not fun anymore..
3:45 minutes, i am at km 32, the last turning point where the organizer served the power gel and banana, i took a pack of power gel in strawberry flavour, and consume it. not the tastiest thing on earth, but i NEED it badly. At this point, the pain have attack my upper leg badly, my ankles felt like they were made from ice, it felt like if i move any harder they might just snap. the sole are taking the punishment from the wet rough road. I came to realised i really need to do something about it, or the last 10km is going to be my nightmare. I chat and jokes with the scout a while, to relax myself and cheer up the scout who look more tired than me :-)
I walk to the middle of the road, took a deep breath and use the Scott Jurek trick... i told myself, "look, you have just wake up, you have not done any run today. Ahead of you is a road spanning 10km. what is 10 km? 10km is a piece of cake, you did that all the time, almost everyday. come on jones, you are stronger than this!" In a few deep breath and i hit the road again. i ran with everything i left, keep telling myself, "i am stronger than this, there is no pain, just relax, stay calm, relax...".
The pain seems to goes away, i am back in business!
By 40km, i faced a massive army of 10km runner, they have just been "launched". Those fresh, strong, young and fast runners were occupying every lane. I have hard time running in opposite direction. I almost knocked down by a runner. there was an older runner behind me that cursed the kids! We pace each other through some 4,000 "10km runner", and head for the finishing line. So that was it... crossing the finishing line, my first marathon!
My watch showed 4:45:01. i didn't look back at the digital board, i know the time is not far from my watch time. 45 minutes more than what i plan, still, i am happy that i conquered the last 10km.
My sole were quite pain, but no blister. they were perfectly intact :-)
The official result came out today, i was ranked #176 in my category (Men Open)., #311 in mix category, and #344 in overall category.
Found this picture, someone was kind enough to take my photo, and share it :
(image courtesy of http://picasaweb.google.com/khokl74)
After 11 months of training, i stepped on the starting line of Penang Bridge International Marathon. There were about 1000 other runners of all ages, in the full marathon.
The time was 1.55am, at this hour, the weather was just perfect. I took off my sandal, keep it at the road side, joined the crowd, a bit of last minutes warm up. The DJ gave last minutes briefing, she reminded "some part of the road might have glass, if you run without shoes, please be careful" . There must be other barefoot runner. At 2.00am sharp, "boom", here we go, this is the real thing!
I started the first 4km quite slow, since i have not been doing any real run for the pass 6 days. The road condition were not bad, some part were rough. A man ran near me and greet me, how glad, another barefoot runner, he was from Kuala Lumpur, we chat a while, there was another runner in five fingers ahead of us. This must be the lucky day! In opposite direction, another barefoot runner ran toward us, from the turning point, he was a fast one!
At km 8, i lost track of the barefoot runner, he must have speed up. I increase my step length a little bit, ran pass the 4.5 hour pacer. I was aiming at sub 4, or 4 hour. At this point all my body had warm up to the optimum condition, so i just let them flow. Breathing was smooth, nasal breathing all the way, cadence was high, heart just pumping at normal rate. Everything just clicked. By the end of the bridge, i checked my watch, almost 20km, but the distance marker shocked me, 16km.. i was, huh? i am 20 minutes behind my pace? But after like 4 minutes, there was another marker that read 20km. so i was on the right track.
At km 22, i was in very good form, until the heavy rain struck. the sudden change of temperature stiffed up my muscle, i was all wet, cold, and the muscle start to feel pain. This is something i never train for, and something i never expect. My sole start to feel the road become sharper, i slow down to walk because the rain was too heavy. After 20 minutes or so, the heavy rain stop. i took off my vest, clip the bib number on my running shorts, and hit the road, but my form was out, my moral were low.. i didn't plan to walk, not at km 24.... Carrying the wet heavy vest wasn't good idea, so i throw it away. The pain kept attack the top of my knee, and the top of my foot, near the ankle. Ok, this is not fun anymore..
3:45 minutes, i am at km 32, the last turning point where the organizer served the power gel and banana, i took a pack of power gel in strawberry flavour, and consume it. not the tastiest thing on earth, but i NEED it badly. At this point, the pain have attack my upper leg badly, my ankles felt like they were made from ice, it felt like if i move any harder they might just snap. the sole are taking the punishment from the wet rough road. I came to realised i really need to do something about it, or the last 10km is going to be my nightmare. I chat and jokes with the scout a while, to relax myself and cheer up the scout who look more tired than me :-)
I walk to the middle of the road, took a deep breath and use the Scott Jurek trick... i told myself, "look, you have just wake up, you have not done any run today. Ahead of you is a road spanning 10km. what is 10 km? 10km is a piece of cake, you did that all the time, almost everyday. come on jones, you are stronger than this!" In a few deep breath and i hit the road again. i ran with everything i left, keep telling myself, "i am stronger than this, there is no pain, just relax, stay calm, relax...".
The pain seems to goes away, i am back in business!
By 40km, i faced a massive army of 10km runner, they have just been "launched". Those fresh, strong, young and fast runners were occupying every lane. I have hard time running in opposite direction. I almost knocked down by a runner. there was an older runner behind me that cursed the kids! We pace each other through some 4,000 "10km runner", and head for the finishing line. So that was it... crossing the finishing line, my first marathon!
My watch showed 4:45:01. i didn't look back at the digital board, i know the time is not far from my watch time. 45 minutes more than what i plan, still, i am happy that i conquered the last 10km.
My sole were quite pain, but no blister. they were perfectly intact :-)
The official result came out today, i was ranked #176 in my category (Men Open)., #311 in mix category, and #344 in overall category.
Found this picture, someone was kind enough to take my photo, and share it :
(image courtesy of http://picasaweb.google.com/khokl74)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
October had been nice!
Tasted Burger King 2 days in a row.
Solved the old problem that haunted me on and off for 17 years! Hell break lose!
Bought my first laser printer.
Ran the longest distance on my life.
Had a short gathering with old pal from hometown, then travel 500km plus to attend close pal wedding dinner.
Was left alone at Train Station for 3 hours! entering Zen Master level! hehehehe...
5 hours after the wedding dinner, Hiked Borga Hill with another group of old pals. Tasted one of the best soup in the world.
Received Tim Bruckner's great book, Pop Sculpture : How to Create Acion Figures and Collectible Statues
Received the comic 巴力入 from 1000tentacles!
Received "The Art of Matrix" from 1000tentacles, at half price! woohoooo~!!!
Settle my 11 years old phone bill debt.
Suffered mega-headahce and food poisoning! Reminded me shit things can happen when we least expect it. After all, i am just a mortal :D
Refreshing the rusty Database Management System knowledge, entering php programming.
Solved the old problem that haunted me on and off for 17 years! Hell break lose!
Bought my first laser printer.
Ran the longest distance on my life.
Had a short gathering with old pal from hometown, then travel 500km plus to attend close pal wedding dinner.
Was left alone at Train Station for 3 hours! entering Zen Master level! hehehehe...
5 hours after the wedding dinner, Hiked Borga Hill with another group of old pals. Tasted one of the best soup in the world.
Received Tim Bruckner's great book, Pop Sculpture : How to Create Acion Figures and Collectible Statues
Received the comic 巴力入 from 1000tentacles!
Received "The Art of Matrix" from 1000tentacles, at half price! woohoooo~!!!
Settle my 11 years old phone bill debt.
Suffered mega-headahce and food poisoning! Reminded me shit things can happen when we least expect it. After all, i am just a mortal :D
Refreshing the rusty Database Management System knowledge, entering php programming.
Monday, October 11, 2010
On 10.10.2010, 10:10:10pm
Recorded the longest run of my life, my Casio watch recorded 38.6km, my manual count suggest 36km minimum.
88 Cadence.
Time, 3:39:39
Lap 10, fighting lattice period.
Lap 20, warm up finish.
Lap 30, into the form.
Lap 40, this is easy.
Lap 50, 1/2 marathon at 1:56 hour.
Lap 60, feel like the lungs and trachea shutting down, alveolus wither badly.
Lap 70, this is the longest run so far, get over it! but i kept hearing voice ask me to stop.. F**k you buddy, i don't come this far to quit!
Lap 80, new record. By this time, 1.3 litre of 100plus has been agitated at 11.5km per hour for 3 hours plus. Whose idea was it in the first place, to include carbonate in this so called sport drinks. Really morronic! You might as well market the Sarsi as 100plus, atleast it taste hell lot better!
88 Cadence.
Time, 3:39:39
Lap 10, fighting lattice period.
Lap 20, warm up finish.
Lap 30, into the form.
Lap 40, this is easy.
Lap 50, 1/2 marathon at 1:56 hour.
Lap 60, feel like the lungs and trachea shutting down, alveolus wither badly.
Lap 70, this is the longest run so far, get over it! but i kept hearing voice ask me to stop.. F**k you buddy, i don't come this far to quit!
Lap 80, new record. By this time, 1.3 litre of 100plus has been agitated at 11.5km per hour for 3 hours plus. Whose idea was it in the first place, to include carbonate in this so called sport drinks. Really morronic! You might as well market the Sarsi as 100plus, atleast it taste hell lot better!
When i hit the stop button on the watch, it was, 10:49:10!!! ok, my watch is 39 minutes faster than the actual time! :-), so it was, 10:10:10pm.
No moon, no stars, only me and my shadow :-)
The part that hurt the most, nipples, no kidding.Wednesday, September 29, 2010
unofficial 1/2 marathon 4
1 hour 57 minutes. That is not very "kuat".
side stitch, when will you leave me?
side stitch, when will you leave me?
Sunday, September 19, 2010
<杀道行者>大结局
<杀道行者>大结局了, 不拖泥带水，不骗奶粉钱棺材本，190 回绝无冷场， 是少见的香港漫画。 人物刻画比一般漫画有血有肉， 有七情六欲。主角们没有不死身，'该死'的时候从容就义去领便当。 奇怪的就是，叫好不叫座。
Friday, September 10, 2010
Penang Hill - new personal record
New personal record, 46 minutes for 5km up hill. downhill, 43 minutes.
Previous record was made on 4th July, that was my first attemp on Penang Hill, 1 hour 13 minutes or so, that was 2km flat course + 5 km hill.
Previous record was made on 4th July, that was my first attemp on Penang Hill, 1 hour 13 minutes or so, that was 2km flat course + 5 km hill.
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