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TnT's Workout Blog

"Are you guys runners? You look like runners.
They are my favorite kind of people."
 - Christy Shimp
@ Mon 31/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Stanley Park, Vancouver
Distance 12K (14550 steps)
Time 1:23:17
Comments Ave 143, +13C, sunny. Smell of the ocean, sight of the misty mountains at the sunrise. A wonderful refreshing morning run around the Stanley Park.

Tei is in Vancouver for the SocialCom-09 conference with a crazy travel schedule.
@ Thu 27/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 6.4K (6001 steps)
Time 29:08
Comments Ave 147 (this is not quite true). Quick morning run after another rainy night. Cooler, too.
@ Wed 26/08/2009
Exercise BodyPump
Comments Yet another program or mixture of several. It seems that the instructors just make them up. The class was not full at all, but comfortably crowded.
@ Mon 24/08/2009
Exercise Pilates
Comments Whoa! We held our legs up in the air a lot. We also did some stretches that were tough on the back.
@ Sun 23/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Bintan, Indonesia
Distance 8.8K (8232 steps)
Time Ave 136, max ~151. We spend another weekend getaway on a beach resort, this time on Bintan, an island just an hour ferry trip away from Singapore. The island belongs to Indonesia, but the northern part is practically Singapore. We stay at Bintan Lagoon Resort.

On Saturday we spend the morning like the last weekend, walking on the beach and enjoying the peaceful landscape, clear waters --- the beach is also much cleaner than Desaru.

On Sunday morning we go for a run. It rains early, but at the time we hit the road it is sunny and hot. The road runs through a landscape of rolling hills and there is no shade from the blazing sun. We also take an unpaved road or rather a trail from where the paved road ends: it looks exactly like the trail we used to run in Bloomington in Summertime. Unfortunately we forget the camera, so no pictures this time.
@ Fri 21/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Kent Ridge Park
Distance 7.62 (7125 steps)
Time 40:39
Comments Ave 136, max 161. No breeze, but hazy and humid after the night's rain. Went running alone, since Tomi was preparing for the company's teambuilding event in Sentosa.
@ Thu 20/08/2009
Exercise BodyAttack
Comments Felt surprisingly exhausted even if I did not take the BodyPump class yesterday.
@ Tue 18/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Treadmill
Distance 5K
Time 30:00
Comments We go for a quick run in the gym after the office hours, 30 minutes in 10kph.
@ Mon 17/08/2009
Exercise Pilates
Comments Back in buzzing Singapore. Some new (and painful) stretches and core exercises.
@ Sun 16/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Desaru, Malaysia
Distance 9.08K (8486 steps)
Time 48:29
Comments Ave 130, max 146. We spent a peaceful day and a half in Desaru, Malaysia. We stayed in a Pulai Desaru Beach Resort by the South China Sea. It was not quite the five-star resort we expected, but then again, it did not quite cost as much as a five-star hotel. The food was actually quite nice, and service good.

To reach the place, we took a ferry from Changi Ferry Terminal: the boat ride to Tanjung Belungkor took just 30 minutes. (the first two pictures are from the terminal)

On our second morning we go for a run, although it is quite hazy outside. Rest of our stay we spend on the beach sun and sea bathing. Just when about to leave the resort, we see a bicycle touring couple check in the hotel, and think that we should take advantage of short ferry rides from Singapore to to Malaysia, and come to ride to this side of the strait more often. The ferry back carries quite a few recreational bicyclists returning from the daytrip in Malaysia.
@ Thu 13/08/2009
Exercise BodyAttack
Comments We had an energetic instructor subbing for Joanna. This time we did fewer push-ups and more planks for upper body conditioning.
@ Wed 12/08/2009
Exercise BodyPump
Comments Quite a different program again, and very fast paced. No breaks between tracks.
@ Mon 10/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Pandan Reservoir
Distance 18K (19334 steps)
Time 1:57:44
Comments ave 128, max 134, +25C, cloudy, drizzle. Comfort run in a cooler weather. The original plan was to head out for an all around the island bicycle ride in the early morning, but it was raining heavily.
@ Sat 08/08/2009
Comments We have a late breakfast, or rather early lunch at the Botanic Gardens. Then we enjoy the National Orchid Garden.
@ Thu 06/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 7.5K (6605 steps)
Time 41:09
Comments Ave 146, +28C. Relatively fast run. Hence the low number of steps.
@ Sun 02/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course Kampong Trail
Distance 11K (16489 steps altogether)
Time 1:34:14
Comments Ave 129, max ~148, cloudy. We run the trail from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve to MacRitchie Reservoir Park. We start relatively early, so there are a lot of hikers and runners on the trail, and most of them are so cheerful.

In the afternoon we pack our bags and go to Sentosa Island to attend our friend's wedding, which takes place at the Sentosa Resort and Spa. We also stay overnight at the resort. Before the wedding we tour the island and take the chair lift up the hill and Luge back down. It's fun!
@ Sat 01/08/2009
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 5.54K (5181 steps)
Time 31:48
Comments Ave 136, a quick morning run before the aircon service guys came in (15 minutes early!).