Monthly Archives: May 2009

I won!!!

May 31, 2009 – 7:10 am

This morning I successfully defended my Sundown Ultramarathon 84km title in 8h 46min (first lap 4h 9min including poop stop), about half an hour faster than my 9h 14min timing last year.
I achieved my goal of going sub-9h and the win was just a bonus. Am so happy that all my hard work paid off!
But [...]

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D-day

May 30, 2009 – 10:36 am

Eight and a half hours to go!!
I’d like to think of it as a day of delight rather than doom, though. I truly enjoy running 84km. Really!!!!!
Not going very far with the blog. I shall stop here. Off to a haircut at 11. My first this year.

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Je t’aime

May 28, 2009 – 11:33 am

Xinyi came back from her holiday in London and brought back these gems. Bliss…

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Are you confident of winning?

May 28, 2009 – 10:04 am

I’ve been getting that question quite a number of times in the run-up to Saturday’s Sundown ultra.
Am I confident? Well, yes, confident that I will do a faster time than last year. But confident of winning? That’s just up to my competitors.
I can only speak for things within my control. I believe I have trained [...]

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Quickie

May 26, 2009 – 9:29 am

This is gonna be short as 1. I’ve got nothing much to say, 2. I’m too lazy to type.
Five days to Sundown!
Am tapering at the mo, though I really haven’t been doing anything since Sunday (when I should be at least doing some short runs) as I’m feeling the sniffles coming on. Resting fully as [...]

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