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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
@ Wed 29/09/2010
Exercise BodyPump
Comments Again a month's break since the last pump. Nothing much has changed.
@ Tue 28/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 7.89K
Time 50:14.9
Pace Avg 6:22, max 5:44
HR ??
Comments Early morning heavy rain gave way to clear blues skies just moments before we headed out for a run. It's cooler and there is some breeze in the park.
@ Mon 27/09/2010
Exercise Pilates
Comments We don't really feel yesterday's race in our bodies until in the Pilates class and doing exercises that require strong legs. We also do some tricep pushups.
@ Sun 26/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Tour de Trail by MacRitchie Reservoir
Distance 10.5K
Time 1:03:01 (Tei) 1:08:50 (Tomi)
Pace Avg 5:59, max 5:03
HR Avg 148, max 162
Comments Sunny morning with very little breeze. Half of the race route ran on a trail in the forest, and half on a sidewalk following Lornie road. We ran the same about 5km loop twice. Very good run!
@ Sun 26/09/2010
Comments In the afternoon we visit the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) for the first time. We don't go through all the exhibits, but one we do is their current special exhibit "Sumatra: the Isle of Gold". We have not been to Sumatra yet, only in Bali and our next Indonesian adventure heads to Java. It was interesting to find in the museum things we have already met in real live elsewhere, like Black Hmong women of Northern Vietnam or Champa culture of central Vietnam.
@ Fri 24/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course South Buona Vista - Prince George's Park - Pasir Panjang RD
Distance 5.97K
Time 37:42.9
Pace Avg 6:18, max 5:39
Comments An attempt to shake off Tei's three-day migraine with this early morning run in a hot and breezeless morning. The plan did not work out too well. Only the afternoon nap brought some relief.
@ Tue 21/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Reflections at Bukit Chandu - Kent Ridge Park
Distance ?
Time 43:24.3
HR Avg 145
Comments Foot pod is dead, and heart rate monitor sends weird signals. We ran this hilly route again. This time we went all the way around the pond loop, so we had two tedious uphills and two sets of stairs, one up and one down, on our way.
@ Mon 20/09/2010
Exercise Pilates
Comments Not too hard a class for a change.
@ Sun 19/09/2010
Exercise Bicycling
Course Bukit Timah - Choa Chu Kang
Distance 49.42K
Time 2:33'21 (Avg 19.3kph, max 40.1kph)
Comments Believe it or not, but this is our first bicycle trip after the New Zealand tour. We start it with the usual: coffee, juice and a couple of sandwiches at Da Paolo Gastronomia in Bukit Timah. Then we ride the usual route via Old Choa Chu Kang road and Jln Boon Lay back home, where we reach just before 1pm.
@ Sat 18/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Kent Ridge Park - NUS - Science Park II
Distance 8.73K
Time 1:03:01
Pace Avg 7:13, max 5:54
HR Av 130, max 149
Comments Saturday morning routine run to the park and then to the campus. Mid-run 100 Plus from the vending machine at the central library (12oz paper cup costs just 50c).
@ Fri 17/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Treadmill
Distance 4.9K
Time 30:00
Pace Avg 9.8kph (Tei)
Comments Tei ran one kilometer intervals at 9(.5) and 11 kph pace. Tomi tested our condo's treadmill. He ran three 3-minute speed intervals at 12.8kph, with 3-minute recovery periods at 9.8kph in between.
@ Thu 16/09/2010
Exercise BodyAttack
Comments Tougher than usual class.
@ Mon 13/09/2010
Exercise Pilates
Comments The hundred and a bunch of other exercises with the legs up in between the sets.
@ Sun 12/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Around the NUS campus
Distance 9.11
Time 58:36.1
Pace Avg 6:25, max 55:49
HR Avg 112, max 144
Comments Another sunny and warm morning run and no breeze. There is still something wrong with the heart rate monitor or the transmitter, even after the battery change in both.
@ Sat 11/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 9.21K
Time 59:33.6
Pace Avg 6:27, max 5:51
HR Avg 116, max 150
Comments Sunny and warm mid-morning run, minimal breeze.
@ Wed 08/09/2010
Exercise BodyCombat
Comments Shock treatment for our ailing shoulders stiff from a lot of lifting and carrying heavy items recently.
@ Tue 07/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course South Buona Vista - NUS - Pasir Panjang Rd
Distance 7.12K
Time 47:37.4
Pace Avg 6:41, max 5:48
Comments We are exploring new running routes in our new neighborhood. This one starts with a long and gradual ascent --- actually the whole first half of the route is uphill.
@ Mon 06/09/2010
Exercise Pilates
Comments Easier class than last week. No trace of yesterday's race.
@ Sun 05/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Yellow Ribbon Prison Run, Changi
Distance 10K
Time 1:01:22 (gun time) 1:00:03 (chip time) 1:00:04 (Tei's timing); 1:07:43 (gun time) 1:06:24 (chip time) 1:06:24 (Tomi's timing)
Comments It is raining quite heavily as we head out to the start line for the flag off at 7:45am, and just when we discard the emergency ponchos we are told that the official start is only at 800 hours. Bummer, fifteen more minutes in the pouring rain. The rain does not dampen the spirits of the runners or the organizers most of whom are there too without any raingear. Nice run, even if Tei does not beat her last year time.
@ Fri 03/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Reflections at Bukit Chandu - Kent Ridge Park
Distance 5.45K
Time 36:59.4
Comments This new running route includes a long steady but not too steep climb to the top of Kent Ridge Park, near Reflections at Bukit Chandu, which is some sort of WWII memorial and interpretative center.
@ Thu 02/09/2010
Exercise Run
Course Treadmill
Time 30:00
Pace Avg 9.7kph
Comments Tei ran 2:30 minute hill intervals with 2, 3, 4 and 6% grades.
@ Wed 01/09/2010
Exercise BodyPump
Comments First bodypump class for ages, if we don't count the weekend's moving, which actually and not so surprisingly made shoulders quite tired.