2013 2XU Compression Run Race Results

MooMoo's 1st race in year 2013 and this is her 5th half marathon.  MooMoo didn't manage to train up for this 21km.  Thank GOD for the great weather and MooMoo's condition was good that day.  She ran the race with the "Acti-Tape" taping on her knees.  It went well for the 1st 8km but the pain came knocking towards the 2nd leg of the race.  Well, at least the taping reduces the pain and help support the knees. 

She managed to complete her race though it was not her best timing, but still happy to finish it within 3 hours.  ^=^

She got rewarded with a nice medal, a finisher-T for 21km and a bottle of Erdinger Beer.  This is the 1st time, MooMoo ever saw people distributing out free beers after the race.  Hahaha!

Date: 31 March 2013

Venue: F1 Pit Building

Timing: 02:54:58s

It will be awhile till MooMoo's next race.  MooMoo really gotta rest her knees well and work on strengthening her knees and make sure she has the time to train before signing up the next race, though her hands are quite itchy sometimes.  Hahaha!

* "FITNESS" is not about being better than someone else... It's about being better than you used to be.

3rd Prize in 21km Race Category ^=^

It took MooMoo by surprise when she received an email saying that she won the 3rd prize for the 21km race category with her official nett timing of 02:50:35s.  MooMoo's company had sponsored staff to do the Great Eastern Women Run and decided to give out prizes for Top 5 for each category, which is the 10km and 21km respectively.  

MooMoo guess she is just lucky as not many staff have signed up for the 21km category and they have ruled out the Corporate category from the Individual category.  The 1st prize runner in Corporate category has a timing of less than 2 hours, while the Individual category timing is about 02:17:00s.

Well, MooMoo is happy she got free shopping vouchers of S$100.  Yippee!!! ^=^

* Everyday may not be a Good day BUT there is something Good in everyday.... Be thankful with all the little things in our Life so that we may not overlook at all the important things in our Life.... Every little things make a difference.  Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2012 Great Eastern Women Run 21km Race Results

MooMoo really a bit regret signing up 2 races back to back, one on a Saturday evening and another on early Sunday morning.  It was really challenging especially when she just recover and she sleeps like a giraffe.  The Great Eastern Women run actually started at 5:30am and the shuttle bus pick up is at 03:45am.  MooMoo woke up around 03:00am to get ready.

The Great Eastern Women Run for 21km category is the very 1st time for this year.  Therefore, MooMoo thought she would just join the fun and do the race.  Anyway, it is not that bad after all.  MooMoo quite enjoyed the run, except that it was quite challenging to complete the race towards the end.  The route was good with very nice scenery and due to starting really early, MooMoo  managed to escape Mr. Sunshine.

On Sunday, the whole place is like a sea of women in RED.  This year, the crowd seems to be less, maybe due to the same race date with Passion Run for the sunrise category.  Ms. Mo and Uncle Lim were doing the Passion Run for the sunrise category.

MooMoo managed to snap a nice shot on the way back to the finishing line, which is about 5-6km to go.  Towards the last stretch of the race, MooMoo was basically walking her way back.  When MooMoo saw everyone walking, she just felt so demotivated to run and joined them walking too.  Hahaha!  Uncle Lim scolded MooMoo and said MooMoo should be continuing to run to motivate the rest to run. =.=!!  Suddenly, MooMoo thought of the scenarios at work.  :p

MooMoo was so glad that she managed to complete her race with a timing better than expected.  MooMoo targetted to finish the race within 3 hours but she managed to finish slightly earlier than that.  If MooMoo were to push herself a little harder, she could have beat her own PB.  Anyway, MooMoo is still happy for the completion of the race.  Hooray!!!

This year, the race was organised really well.  There were no congestions and everything seems to be in order.  There were more than enough toilets, water points and activities for the participants, as well as their friends and family members.  All of the runners were given free food after the run.  There were yummy Ice creams, hotdogs, muffins and lots of fruits.

Only 1 thing that needs improvement.  There were super long queue at the photo taking booth.  MooMoo still prefer they do it like last year, where there are photographers going around taking pictures for everyone.  Anyway, this year MooMoo didn't stop by the photo booth as she was lazy to wait and felt super tired after the race.  She went home and zZz the whole afternoon.  She even skipped her usual stretching at Balance class.

MooMoo is happily rewarded with her 21km medal.  This is MooMoo's 4th half marathon and MooMoo's personal best timing were her 3rd half marathon with the timing 02:38:11s.  It makes a difference when you train and you do not train.  Hahaha! :p  MooMoo would like to work towards a timing of 02:30:00s for her half marathon.  Ganbatte!!! ^=^

Great Eastern Women Run

Date: 11/11/2012

Distance: 21km

Timing: 02:50:35s

Venue: The Float@Marina

* MooMoo's body is already boycotting MooMoo's action... system seems to be shutting down on MooMoo... time to zZz...  hope she gets well soon this weekend... Nite NitezZz....

2012 Singapore Passion Run 9km Race Results

This year, MooMoo did the 9km evening sunset run for Passion Run.  It was just last Saturday (10th November 2012), which is just 1 day before Great Eastern Women Run.

MooMoo have not been running and training for quite awhile but lucky she still goes to gym once awhile to workout in her favourite STEP class.  It was quite a nice evening run, despite MooMoo just recovering from her sorethroat and flu.

The whole East Coast Park was flooded with bright orange people.  Haha!  MooMoo's friend, Kitty Cat accompanied her to this evening race.  Actually MooMoo signed up this race quite sometime ago and she wanted to join the race just for the puzzle certificate.  :p

Anyway, MooMoo is rewarded with a nice, customised medal for women and 9km.  It is a paperweight this year, instead of a medal.

MooMoo just checked her race results online.  It is not that bad after all, since not much training.  MooMoo's target of doing 10km in 60 mins is still a long way to go.  Hahahaha.  

Passion Run

Date: 10/11/2012

Distance: 9km

Timing: 01:08:56s

Venue: ECP

* MooMoo prefers Sunset runs than Sunrise runs.... away from Mr. Sunshine.... ^=^

Climb & Run

Today, MooMoo did not do her usual Step class but instead went for a Climb and Run at the gym.  It had been 2 months++ since her last run and she realised that she has 2 running events coming up on the 10th and 11th November.  OMG!!! It's 9km and 21km back to back and she has not done any training at all.  Hope she survives and not too late to condition her legs a bit.  LOL! :p

At least, there's some progress today.  MooMoo climbed 45 floors and ran 4.5km.  Now, MooMoo is dead tired.  Maybe MooMoo should try running 5km everyday and see what's the results at the end of the month.  ^=^  

* One more day to go... and MooMoo will fly back to Cat City for a friend's wedding.  It will be so nice to meet up with some old friends again after many years.  Eat good food time again... :p

Sundown Marathon 2012 Results

Date: 27th May 2012 (Sunday)
Distance: 42km
Time: 7 hours : 33 mins : 36 secs

The timing at 32km was about 5 hours.  OMG! MooMoo actually took about 2 hours 30 mins for the last 10km.  Hahaha!  Anyway, MooMoo will treat it as an experience of how running a full marathon feels like.  She will definitely need to do proper training and condition herself properly before doing better in her next full marathon.  GANBATTE!!! ^=^

* MooMoo still need to work on her target of Sub 1 hour for her 10km race.  =p

MooMoo's 1st Rainstorm Full Marathon

MooMoo survived her 1st Full Marathon, despite the heavy rainstorm and injured knees.  What an experience...  MooMoo didn't manage to hit her target goal of 6 hours 30 mins but ended up with 7 hours 30mins++.  Anyway, she's glad she managed to complete the race.  Thanks a lot to her running buddy who ran and walked with her all the way to the finishing line.

MooMoo went to the running site really early around 11:15pm and the flagging off time is at 12:30am.  The starting point is just right outside the Nicoll Highway Circle Line MRT.  You will be amazed how kiasu people are... as there are already a lot of people at the starting point waiting to run.

The Half Marathon and the Full Marathon runners were all running together at the same timing.  MooMoo felt that this round the way it is managed ain't that great.  Well, this year they solve the issue of the transportation and the crowds being real late as they changed the location from Changi to City centre.  But, putting the 2 categories together, they didn't manage the crowd very well.  When you reach certain drinks station, they can't even give out the drinks on time and some ended up no more drinks and some station went chaotic.  

For the 1st half of the run, it went pretty well till MooMoo felt sharp pain in her right knees.  MooMoo's stamina is in place as she didn't felt it in her body but her knees just kinda give way.  = (

MooMoo was pacing slowly in order to complete her race.  She took 45 mins to complete her 1st 5km and 85 mins for her 1st 10km.  By the time, she reached 15km it was about 2 hours.  She took about 3 hours to complete 21km and by that time, her knees were hurting badly.

She managed to take a picture halfway running across the bridge towards Marina Barrage.  It's her 1st time going to the Marina Barrage area.  The racing route was quite nice.

At the beginning of the race, the weather was so humid that MooMoo's sweat doubled up.  She never sweat so much in the morning hot sun.  Around 18km, it started to drizzle and the weather is pretty cooling after that.  What everyone didn't expected was that towards 21km onwards, the rain got heavier.  Everyone got drenched and there are quite a number who went for shelter, hoping to continue after the rain stop but it never stop till towards 38km onwards.

MooMoo and her running buddy continued to run and walk in the rainstorm as MooMoo knew that if she stopped, she would get too comfortable and may end up giving up.  MooMoo basically walked all the way for the 2nd half of the race as her knees really cannot take it anymore.  It is not doing any better walking in the soaked wet shoes.

At 21km, when the rain got heavier and her knees began to pain more, it really made her wanna cry thinking of her brother.  When you think that the rain is gonna stop, it got heavier and when you think that the pain is gonna stop, it got worse.  MooMoo's pain may be temporary but her brother's pain is constantly coming back to haunt him.

Sometimes, it's really hard to console her brother to hang on and endure the pain.  When we have pain ourselves, we are already complaining like mad.  Imagine 10 times of period cramp.  So when MooMoo think of her brother, her pain is nothing and she knows she just have to walk all the way towards the finishing line.  She also thought of the quote by Confucius, "It doesn't matter how slowly you go, so long you do not stop."  The last 10km was a painful 10km walk.  It was really endurance.  

It is lucky that Ms. Mo is sleeping at home instead of running the race.  She would definitely rather have the super hot sun than the rainstorm.  Ms. Mo asked if MooMoo prefer rain or hot sun?!?  Well, MooMoo don't mind the rain provided her knees are well and it really helps if her shoes are waterproof.  Hahaha!  Anyway, we can't choose the weather like how we can't choose our lives, we just need to choose how we live it as some things just can't be changed.

MooMoo's happy that she managed to finish the race within the cut off time.  The cut off time was 8 hours.  MooMoo really salute her friend running for 9 hours 30 mins previously without training.

This is her 1st hard earned Full Marathon medal.  The back of the medal stated "I beat sunrise" but MooMoo never beat the sunrise.  LOL!  Anyway, MooMoo's glad she made it!!! ^=^

This is the after effects of the run.  Bad abrasion on both MooMoo's arms.  It's really damn painful especially when during bath.  = ((  And her poor feet after soaking in the wet shoes for 4-5 hours.... looked like old woman's feet.  Haha!

Here's Salonpas and Banana Boat's Aloe Vera gel coming to rescue.  Haha!  Felt much better after spraying Salonpas and applying the Aloe Vera gel.

* So sad can't go to my favourite STEP class tomorrow.... Will have to wait till next Mon.... = (  Will need to go for a good stretch at Balance class this week....

Adidas Sundown Marathon 2012 Race Pack

MooMoo's very 1st Full Marathon and it's just 24 hours away.  The race will start 30 mins past midnight, which is 27th May 2012 (Sunday), starting at Nicoll Highway.

Wish MooMoo LOTS and LOTS of luck as she didn't really have enough training and rest before her race.  Everything just seems to happen at the wrong time or the same time.  This round her target is to complete the race in one piece.  She will leave her initial target of completing the race in 6:30 for the next round.  Haha!

MooMoo hope she don't fall asleep halfway during the race.  =p

Just pray for 3 things:

1. Good weather

2. Knee is good

3. Aunty come after race

GANBATTE!!! Mind over body... since body is not ready... Kekeke....

* Lately, MooMoo's body must be real confused with the sudden change of exercise routine... dunno why don't exercise the whole week also can be more tired than exercise the whole week... faint...

Run250 Half Marathon 2012 Results

MooMoo's current Personal Best timing for Half Marathon.

Timing: 2 hours: 38 mins: 11 secs

She have beaten her previous best of 02:40:28.


* Just back from a tiring trip from KL but had lots of fun with Cutie Pie... away from the GYM for the whole week... can't wait to go back to workout but kinda no mood... =p

MooMoo's 3rd Half Marathon ^=^

Gosh... MooMoo's a bit blur blur dy... she thought that this event was the 2nd Half Marathon but in actual fact, it is already the 3rd Half Marathon.  The 1st was the Adidas Sundown 2011 and 2nd was the Standard Chartered Marathon 2011.

MooMoo didn't get enough zZz the day before the run.  She only slept less than 3 hours.  Does it count if she add in the 3 hours from the afternoon nap?!?  Hahaha.  She woke up around 3am+... bath, change and get ready... even had a light breakfast before heading to catch her shuttle bus at 4:15am.

MooMoo reached the event place around 4:45am and the sky was still pretty dark but a lot of people were already there.  MooMoo felt so sleepy and hungry, though she ate some biscuits in the morning.  The downside was that her Aunty was already knocking on the door. = (

The run actually started at 6am and MooMoo took the 2nd wave which started around 6:10am.  While waiting for her friend, she walked around the race event place... look, look and see, see... go toilet and hydrate... drink some water before heading to the starting point.

At the starting point, everyone very eager to start the race.  Well, MooMoo thinks that this event was very well organized.  The baggage area were managed well.  The race route were great and they even paved the grass route with carpets to avoid the uneven ground.  There were drinking points along the route at every 2km.  MooMoo personally like the every 1km marker throughout the race though she knows that Ms. Mo didn't really like it.  Different personality...  A "J" versus a "P" or a "S" versus a "T"... Haha!  Hmm... overdose with this MBTI stereotyping now after training... = p

Thank GOD for the beautiful weather today that MooMoo could complete her run in 1 piece, despite running together with her aunty.  Phew!!! There's no sight of Mr. Sun all the way till MooMoo complete the race.  MooMoo just gotta keep motivating herself throughout the whole race to keep herself going.  She kept thinking about her brother and this made her go even further.  

MooMoo tried going slow and steady for the 1st 10km and it worked quite well that she didn't get tire out so easily for the 2nd half of the race.  She managed to run all the way and stop only for hydration.  Guess thanks to her friend for training with her.  Although she didn't clock enough mileage, the training does help.  She will need to work harder till running 21km is like running a 10km.  Then, the coming Full Marathon will not be a difficult task.  LOL!

MooMoo really don't understand why is it so hard to throw the empty cups in the dustbin provided... and come to think of it, they joined this race to support the "Save the Earth" event.  Hahaha.  They just simply throw the cups on the road.  MooMoo can't stand this disgusting guy... he actually spit while running.  OMG! If his spit actually got MooMoo, think she will kill him.  Hahaha.

MooMoo like this phrase along the route that says, "We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, but we borrowed it from our Children".  Nice!!! ^=^

Towards the last 1km, MooMoo almost gave up and started to walk a bit but in the end, she decided to buck up and finish up the last lap... so she ran all the way to the finishing line for the last 500m.  Amazingly, think she got her PB this round but she will wait for the official timing to confirm.  Really can't believe it, MooMoo did better running with her aunty?!? Crazy... =p

MooMoo likes the medal for this Run350.  It is so much nicer than the cheapskate U-Run medal.  It feels good to be rewarded with a nice medal at the finishing line.  There's also a Finisher-T for the half marathon.  This is the front and back of the 21km Finisher-T.  This round the finisher T is quite nice in material, by BodyNits.  Well, after all it's a GREAT run together with aunty.

MooMoo was so tired after the run, she didn't even complete it with her usual gym routine but went back home straight to zZz.  There goes her weekend.  Time really flies! =p

* May this coming week be a good week ahead and there's more changes to come... for better or worse?!?  we will see... LOL! ^=^

Run350 Half Marathon 2012

This RUN350 will be MooMoo's 2nd3rd Half Marathon event.  She signed up this event for training for the upcoming Full Marathon in May.  Tomorrow will be the day.

What is RUN350?  * extracted from the website for information

350 refers to the recommended parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere that scientists believe is de rigueur for the Earth's sustainability as we know it. Today, this number is around 390ppm. As you can see, we have some catching up, or rather, “catching down” to do. 

In the last century, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels have increased at an alarming rate from decade to decade, thus urging us to reduce our emissions and slow the effects of climate change before irreversible damage is done to our home.

RUN 350 is in support of 350.org - an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand.

Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis - to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.

Here's MooMoo's ORANGE Race pack, which comes with a running bib, running T, some free gifts and a nice shoe bag.  The running T is quite nice but it's a bit fitting coz it's from BodyNits, which their sizes are always a size smaller due to the cutting.

Can't zZz yet... Oh No!  Gotta wake up at 3am++ to catch a shuttle bus at 4:15am as the run starts at 6am at The Float@Marina Bay.  MooMoo really regret taking a nap at 4pm.  She thought of catching a short nap but only woke up around 7pm++.  Hope she can zZz by 11pm.      

It's going to be a challenging run as MooMoo will be running with her Aunty.  =.="  MooMoo had run 10km with Aunty before and it really ain't a pleasant experience so she can't imagine running with Aunty for 21km.  Hahaha!  Wish her all the best of luck!

* Some nice "Running Quotes" to keep MooMoo going... hope it will be a Good run! ^=^

"Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!" ---Sebastian Coe

"Ability is what you are capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it."
---Lou Holtz

"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can." ---Lowell Thomas

2XU Compression Run 2012 Results

Date: 1st April 2012
Distance: 15km
Race Timing: 1hour 48mins 03secs

Ranking: 286 of 957


"A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing."
---Joe Henderson

2XU Compression Run 2012

This is MooMoo's 2nd 15km race and it's also the 2nd running event in year 2012.  MooMoo had a great run this morning, despite the hot sun.  In addition to that, she have forgotten her MP3... so she was really motivating herself in her mind.  Haha.

MooMoo almost melted... running in the hot sun but she was happy that at the end of the finishing line, she's rewarded with a nice medal.  This year, they have the female and male version of medals for both 10km and 15km respectively.

MooMoo ended the day with a good stretch at Balance class and had fun at Step class.  ^=^

* Sometimes, MooMoo feels that the journey of race is so much like the journey of life.   Happy April Fools Day & Happy Daffodils Day to all!!! ^=^

U-Run+Vertical Climb 2012 Results

10km: 01:11:28s

30 Storeys: 00:13:18s

MooMoo is glad that she finished the whole race in one piece and satisfied.  Haha.  She recalled that she took about 21 minutes to climb 63 floors.  This round, she took 13 minutes to climb 30 floors but it's after 10km race.  Well, still gotta train LOTS on the stairs climbing.  It's definitely different when you go vertical compared to horizontal.  It's a lot tougher for MooMoo.  

Anyway, the result is better than what MooMoo expected.... ^=^ 

* Next race will be a 15km on 1st April 2012 - 2XU Compression Run.... looking forward to it...

MooMoo's 1st 10km + 30 Floors ^=^

Today MooMoo had her 1st again... it's her 1st 10km + 30 floors.  It may be the 1st and the last too... Hahaha... Climbing stairs is really not for MooMoo... it's damn tiring and it's worse when it's after running 10km.  Anyway, MooMoo enjoyed her run today.  Thank God for the great weather! ^=^

MooMoo reached the race starting point before the start time today.  MooMoo managed to snap a picture of Marina Bay Sands with the dark blue sky before she headed to the starting point.

Everyone is busy loitering around at the starting point.  Some are waiting for the 10km run starting at 8:15am.  The ones doing the 10km + 30 floors' flag off is at 7:00am.

There was about 12 waves of the run starting from 7:00am with an interval of 4 minutes each.  The crowd was very well controlled and everything was very well managed.  Kudos to the organizer!!

It was damn funny when the Emcee try to get people to respond to him but everyone just kept silence at the starting point... anyway, he just kept talking away despite being ignored.  

MooMoo and her friend managed to start their run at the 5th wave at 7:20am.  MooMoo was going slow and steady throughout the whole race.  It was good that there were sufficient hydration stations with water and Pocari Sweat.  

The 'NTUC' building in the middle is the one MooMoo had to climb.  The 30 floors were pretty challenging after running 10km and the ventilation was not that good.  Therefore, we were climbing it with difficulty in breathing.  Hahaha.  Here's the starting point...

MooMoo was damn tired at 13th floor and really feel like stopping... but suddenly got this cute and funny guy behing MooMoo, keep motivating everyone on his way up.  Hahaha... he got MooMoo going all the way till 25th floor... and she decided to rest before she fainted.  After resting awhile, MooMoo slowly finished off her last 5 floors.  Really Sweat!! =p 

MooMoo's friend is really good at running but had problems with the stairs.  He is now phobia with stair climbing.  After the episode of climbing, he felt nausea and decided this is the last time he is joining any climbing event.  Hahahaha.

Here's MooMoo's finisher medal!! Another medal to add to her collection... but this one is a really small and very light medal.  MooMoo's friend was complaining on the medal... after all the hard work with the climbing, he is not very satisfied with the medal.   Hahaha... ^=^

Here's the goodie bag, with a shoe bag, towel, free gifts and some vouchers. We were also given a 'Finisher-T' apart from the running T.  MooMoo quite like the 'Finisher-T'.

MooMoo ended her workout with a good stretch at Balance class but her abs are aching badly after the class.  Too much of abs exercises.  Hope will feel better tomorrow after a good night rest.  =p

* MooMoo starting to miss her weekends dy... Hahaha!! All the best to the coming week... GANBATTE!!! ^=^

MooMoo's 1st Weekend LSD

Thank GOD for a beautiful weather today!  

MooMoo did her 1st LSD training today. (LSD = Long Slow Distance) MooMoo had a tiring but great run today.  Thanks to MooMoo's friend, she managed to finish her targetted distance of 15km.  MooMoo's knees were almost giving up on her around 10km but her friend pushes her further and she managed to finish it off.

Distance: 15.15km

Timing: 1h:52m:32s

MooMoo's damn sleepy now... woke up around 6am this morning on a non-working day... even earlier than a working day.  LOL!!! :p  Will need to zZz more on Sunday.  ^=^

Hope this will not be the 1st and last one.  Hahaha... really need to motivate herself and keep it up!  Need to try to run at least 3 times a week and clock at least 20-30km per week.  It really ain't easy to train for a full marathon... especially when MooMoo is reluctant to give up on her usual gym classes.

Just need more planning and make time for all these runs.  * Yawnn... Yawnn... time to zZzzz..

* Some quotes to keep MooMoo going... GANBATTE!!!

"To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping." --- Chinese Proverbs

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it i to the one who endures that the final victory comes." --- Buddha

"Motivation is like food for the brain.  You cannot get enough in one sitting.  It needs continual and regular top ups."--- Peter Davies

"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body." --- Lynn Jennings

"A marathon is like life with its ups and downs, but once you've done it, you feel you can do anything. " --- Anonymous   

1st Challenge in Year 2012

There's no more turning back... After much thinking, MooMoo had signed up for her 1st Full Marathon of 42km in year 2012.  This will be one of the items in MooMoo's list of new year resolutions.

She will need to work hard to train for her run in order to complete her 1st FM in one piece.  MooMoo had signed up a couple of runs in between for her training to build up her stamina.  A friend will be helping out to train as well as running the race together with MooMoo.  MooMoo really appreciates that as she really needs someone to motivate her along the race.  It's all about 'Mind over Body'.  

Wish her lots of luck!!  GANBATTE!!! ^=^

"Our limitations and success will be based most often on your own expectations for ourselves.  What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon." --- Denis Waitley

SCMS 2011 Race Results

MooMoo is impressed as the results is out so fast.  Though it's not a great timing and MooMoo did not beat her personal best timing but she's satisfied with the results as she did not train for it.

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011
Distance: 21km
Timing: 03:13:48s




* MooMoo had a good stretch at Balance yesterday after the run and she had a great STEP class just now.  A good day to start of the week.  Hope it will be a GREAT week ahead.   ^=^

MooMoo's 2nd Half Marathon & Last Run in Year 2011

This Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon marked the last run of MooMoo in Year 2011 and it's also MooMoo's 2nd Half Marathon.  MooMoo woke up at 430am this morning.

THANK GOD for the beautiful weather this morning... due to the non-stop rain last evening for the whole night, the weather was cooling this morning and Mr. Sun actually woke up late to say hello to everyone.  It really makes a big difference to MooMoo.

Well, MooMoo got very upset during the run coz it was so congested that my friend said that it was like a 'Walkathon' at the 1st 3km of the route as he took 40 mins to complete the 3km.  Hahaha.  They didn't control the crowd very well.  It really turns off MooMoo keep having to stop all the time and there are a couple of times totally stop and can't really move coz massive human jam at Sentosa.

MooMoo almost fainted coz there's no drinks station all the way till after 4km.  Imagine running slopes after slopes and there's no hydration point.  MooMoo saw some people running to the toilet area to drink water.  Overall the route is OK... just that there's never-ending slopes that tortured MooMoo's knees badly.  MooMoo's knees especially her right knee is screaming for help all the way. 

All the complaints stop when MooMoo reached Universal Studio, meeting all the mascot characters.  It really send smiles to MooMoo face when she is happily taking pictures with them.  MooMoo even forgot about her tired legs and hurting knees.  It's really a good idea to be at Universal Studio after running about 10km, which is the 1st part of the race.

MooMoo did enjoy the beautiful scenery along the route and the funny people she met along the run.  

One of MooMoo's friend actually pledge to run for a reason this year... she did some fund-raising for the cats that she loved so much.  She even appear with cats ears running her 21km.  Lovely...

Here's the medal that MooMoo got... her friend even joked that you will need a 'lau hwa' spectacles for old people (equivalent to long-sighted) in order to see the distance that you complete on the medal.  Can you see the distance on the medal?!?  Haha..

Towards the last 1km of the run, suddenly MooMoo hear Barney singing 'If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!! *clap *clap".... OMG!! So damn funny...  Then, she realize that they are starting the 750m Kids Dash but it was pretty congested that they no longer dash but walk and walk.  The kids were all so cute running, jogging and walking side by side with their parents.  They were all given a mini version of the medals above. 

Overall, MooMoo did enjoy herself running today despite all the things that she dislike.  i.e. running vest, crowd control, drinks station, medal... Thanks to Piggy coming all the way to support despite her healing foot.  * Muahhhhh!!!  Even, Mrs. Chicky is doing 10km this round.  Hahaha.  Too bad, Mr. Chicky escaped.  It's fun with friends.  Anyway, hope SCMS will improve next year. ^=^

* MooMoo really so like this quote she saw during the run.... it's really sooo TRUE!!! 
"Move with your Body, Run with your Mind."


--- Sad to hear about the news of the 21 year old guy passing away after completing his 21km this morning.  May he 'REST IN PEACE' and God Bless him.

A Breezy Evening Run...

MooMoo had a good run after work today around MBS.  The weather was beautiful today and it was pretty windy.  MooMoo took a few snaps with her iPhone but quality wise still can beat her N86.  Hahaha.  OK... must not complain about it as it has it's own goodness, like the wonderful apps.  Keke.

MooMoo had a good workout this morning doing 'Body Sculpt' exercise before work and ran about 5km for about 40 minutes after work.  Guess it's a good head start for the week.  MooMoo really need to run with her bottle... forgot to bring her bottle today and she felt a bit dehydrated after the run... throat not feeling very well... hope don't get sick.

* MooMoo really felt much better after running her hearts out just now.... just felt that the body, mind, soul and heart are not in unity today at work.... hopefully, it will be good tomorrow after a good night sleep... ^=^