Monthly Archives: February 2010

It’s a dog’s life

February 16, 2010 – 11:14 am

Long weekends aren’t really in my vocabulary. A scheduled off day on Saturday turned into a 10am-7pm workday at very late notice, no thanks to some breaking doping scandal.
Sunday and Monday was thankfully unscathed by anything laborious. Just an 8k easy jog (to follow up on Saturday’s 80k moderate-paced ride) and visiting (which ironically is [...]

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Running with the fittest man on the planet

February 12, 2010 – 8:49 pm

Lucky me — and all thanks to Evan and Nicole from BPM Asia — I got to run with top triathlete Chris McCormack and his training campers this morning.
A slated rest day went out the window after arriving at Kallang Practice Track at 7am, initially just for an interview. But a runner will always be [...]

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Flowing feet

February 10, 2010 – 6:45 pm

A colleague commented today, as we drove to an interview with my car stereo blasting, how I listen to music that tends to be mellow and stripped. Also possibly known as stoner music. Think Whitest Boy Alive, Kings of Convenience, Jack Johnson, some EBTG tracks. The kind you can chill to, fall asleep to, let [...]

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Eye of the Tiger

February 7, 2010 – 11:21 am

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

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Another week bites the dust

February 7, 2010 – 10:42 am

A much welcomed easy training week and a bonus day of rest today before the next three-week training block begins.
M — Run, about 8K. (4K easy, 3×1K hard, 3×50sec hill, 500m cool down.) Bike to work.
T — Swim 2.6K. (1,000m easy, 5×150H50E, 100E, 8×50H, 100CD) Bike to work, left bike at work.
W — Run 65min [...]

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