5th marathon i just finished my 5th marathon in my life! 42km. am very happy i went for it. was still sick. and i really wanted to go home when i was waiting for the bus at pasir ris interchange....... because i felt some stomache when we were queuing up. but thank god the pain only went on for a few minutes and i told no one.
the marathon was great. had so much time to catch up with khaiyew. thank you for walking with me. i really could not run that day. too sick.
finishing the marathon with khaiyew was like "yayyyyyyyy omg we did it. finally!!!! " first thing i did was to take off my shoe. the cramps were so bad at the feet i had to give them some air. walking barefoot instantly made my feet feel better.
went home and sleep till late afternoon. i had fever when i was sleeping. joy forced me to drink water. but i was better when i woke up!!! alot better! many thanks to joy for taking care of me when i was sick. xoxo you okay!
sundown marathon 2010. it was the toughest one i did. i hate being sick!!!! thats all. till then.
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 race results. NAME: KWA JUN MING EVENT: Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon DATE: Sunday, December 7, 2008 BIB/DIV: 18393 / M1824 TIME: 5h:24m:24s (gun) / 5h:24m:2s (net)
Result in Entire Field - 4086th place Result based on CHIP time: 4472nd place 8307 finishers behind. About 33% of finishers ahead.
Result in Gender (Male) - 3560th place Result based on CHIP time: 3903rd place 6980 finishers behind. About 34% of finishers ahead.
Result in Division (M1824) - 621st place Result based on CHIP time: 752nd place 2453 finishers behind. About 20% of finishers ahead.
From 30km to Finish You passed 286 runners And 351 passed you. LOL. this is damn pai seh right. but it also shows i was having a strong run. but not a good ending pace.
SPLIT TIMES Average Mile 12min 22sec Average Km 7min 41sec AVERAGE SPEED 7.8Kph 4.8Mph
Sections Speed
First 10km. 9.9Kph 6min 5sec per Km 1hr 0min 52sec for 10km.
Next 11km. 8.1Kph 7min 25sec per Km 1hr 21min 32sec for 11km.
Next 9km. 7.2Kph 8min 22sec per Km 1hr 15min 15sec for 9km.
30km to 42.195km. 6.9Kph 8min 43sec per Km 1hr 46min 23sec for 12.195km.
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 8days after the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008. lets trace back to the last post. 1.56am. woke up at 12+. played com to help me relax. slept quite late. but had enough sleep already. i woke up quite late. 1am to 2am was doing gaming. 2am went back to sleep until 3am. was just tossing around. 2:50am dad woke me up & got me to bath. 3:40am reach stadium. 4am. bus came. took the bus. I WANTED TO SIT BESIDE THE WINDOW. reached the Civilian War Memorial. sat down just beside it. the night was cool and dark. the Civilian War Memorial is dedicated to all those who perished during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore between 15 February 1942 to 12 September 1945. Four identical pillars rising more than 60 metres high symbolise the shared experiences of the four major races of Singapore - Chinese, Malay, Indian and other races. The remains of the unidentified war victims are buried beneath the monument. so imagine....~~ changing shoes on a memorial park. found the toilet. walked towards the start line. mental preparation. starting reminding myself when to take those powergels. which was... quite useful to a certain extent. didnt drink water. that was a big mistake. first 10km was a huge pain in the foot. my shoelaces were too tight. taking a break means getting take over very fast. saw hector and kelvin. it was so stuffy as people were going slow. and crowded. but lucky i was really near the start point. like 20seconds difference of gun and chip time. 20km onwards. everything was going smoothly. plain water + 100plus + great supporters = good run! but at the 25km point. i found out that i seem to have stop perspiring.THAT IS VERY BAD. IM NOT COOLING DOWN AND EXCESS WATER IS NOT COMING OUT. BUT I DOUBT I HAVE ANY EXCESS WATER. 30km to 35km wasnt that bad too. just started to feel the cramps. lots of 100plus and deep heat. i apply like huge amount of deep heat. until the whole leg was white. sun was out and up & hot. 35km onwards was really REALLY BAD, sucks. cramps on the whole lower body. big blister on the left leg. huge amount of walking. with abit of sprinting. 40km onwards was painless. everything was gone. the end was near. just a mere 2.195km. starting jogging faster. 42.195km. the finish line. was the. best damn. line i have ever cross. the body was tired. the mind was stopping. the heart keep going on. the run was great. supporters were much appreciated. except for this muthafucker who was so lazy and didnt even offered to help at the baggage section. people wasnt going to him. he wasnt calling people. he just sat there. just like an immature baby whinning. "why are people not coming." lucky i was smart. went to the girls. they are faster. more helpful. and most of all. they are sweet and they don whine like an asshole.
actually much of the run, the feelings and thoughts could not be pen down or recorded. only a finisher of the 42.195km marathon would understand. not forgetting the guy who offered me his deep heat when i was having a bad cramp at mid point of east coast. many thanks to those we smsed or in any way encouraged me.
8days after that race. everything is bad to normal. BUT I AM GOING TO MISS SUNDOWN MARATHON. FREAKING DAMN IT.
Enya. Only time. its a nice song which a lot of people don think jun ming will like it. just a song i listened to before i go to get prepared for the race.
Who can say where the road goes, Where the day flows? Only time...
And who can say if your love grows, As your heart chose? Only time...
(interlude)
Who can say why your heart sighs, As your love flies? Only time...
And who can say why your heart cries, When your love lies? Only time...
(interlude)
Who can say when the roads meet, That love might be, In your heart.
And who can say when the day sleeps, If the night keeps all your heart? Night keeps all your heart...
(interlude)
Who can say if your love grows, As your heart chose? Only time...
And who can say where the road goes, Where the day flows? Only time...
Who knows? Only time...
Who knows? Only time...
Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, the Courage to Continue is what Count. the pain of today. is my strength of tomorrow. so i shall cut myself everyday. k good night. good morning in 1hour time.
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 on dec 7th. i wont be Kwa Jun Ming. wont be a student. wont be a diver or kayaker. just 18393. you might be a accountant, fatso, father, housewife but on that day. you would be just a number running.
so nervous. and afraid. and scared. tonight. im scheduled to sleep at 730pm. wake up at 330am. bath and take cab to Tampines stadium.
after checking with the map. i will be running into the 10km route at the 39km point. that was bad news? now really. i checked a few online weather forecast. Sunday morning thunderstorm. this is bad news? quite. depends on when it rain. hopefully after the sun comes out. if not it will be freezing. but theres no bad weather right!
first time going to a run alone. the feeling is going to be shiok. so all the best to my friends who are running the team cat. no injuries. timing does not matter! finishing is enough!
in need of hope and support. very nervous and afraid!!
26days left to the singapore marathon! to the malaysia holiday trip which im not going! to the sunday before term test!
last friday which was the 7th of nov. went over to jem hse to have a short assassin's creed and bball game. had loads of fun. played 1v1 with pei ren!!! hahahaha i finally won him.
decided not to have starbucks with monkey and leo. we should wait until csl's As are over. and until i have save some money.
then one saturday 8th of nov. had kayaking at changi water venture!! so fun. so we decided to just row to ubin and make a quick row back. when we reached there. TK said "hey there got chio bu!" next thing was the chio bu took a loudspeaker and said some warnings about the trees and rocks. turn out it was a guy. so we row our hot ass back to changi. had subway and two of the adults left. damn i tot they still in army... when they are already working adults and one of the guy has a kid already. so after lunch. we went back. do the usual waiting for bumboats to provide us with waves. and i found two balloons in the sea. tied it to my hat. LOL. but got sick of it and let it off.
sunday. went out with my parents for brunch. bought 3 pens with one dollar. mom paid the rest.
monday. the rest is schooling.
talk about how the world, the government and the society works. we are just like the beginning... still full of emotions. but we will all smile and move across. as we all have one lifetime.
haha she is 49!!! i was near! and i knew she is not 50 yet. okay so i did some dota with chung lim and others... meet up with pei pei!! dinner at tampines mall foodcourt. healthy lifestyle. no fast food! hehehe... then i went to upload photos into friendster. because its fast!! better than blogger la. so if you wanna see the bbq photos. please go to my friendster then.
oh ya! nike has this 10km run! i wanna sign up because theres this "boys like girls" concert at the end! OMG. desiree is a helpful girl who has important information. so was so sad,down,emotionally unstable when i found out its online payment.
lastly. im interested in hockey. still wondering thou. studies. work??? money. fun. marathon. times. lots lots lots lots lots of stuff hor.
sundown marathon 08 bib. no 3376 name. jun ming kwa end timing. 06:25:07.34 42km.4 bridges. lots and lots of uphill and downhill.
for those suckers for timings. here is it. think we could do better? of cause. completing it is more important than the timing. i hate it when people start saying timing not good. try running.
sundown marathon 08 so we waste the whole 31 may 08 and did not buy my marikita pants... damn it went home really pissed. ate my pasta noodles. sleep. woke up at 2130 suppose to be 2200. had a few mins to check the website. more mental preparation. went to bath. received a call. went down stairs. ky bro fetch. reached. wanted to get light sticks but given out. some people took more. some officials wear for fun. some take until no tomorrow.
so run started. seriously. i find no use in typing it out. let put in 4 parts. 10km: drink water and run and hard to overtake all going at steady and good pace 20km: drink water and walk. power gel. 30km: drink water and run. power gel. power gel. bridge bridge bridge. 40km: drink water and run. power gel. bridge. reach the end. 42km: walk awhile still not much problem. sit down stand up different story. cool down. leg pain. stomach hungry
many thanks to those who sms me. support me at downtown area. guess 42km is a sure can do. more finisher tee soon.
nothing much to say. it was really fun. to have so many people running at night.
what i have to do?? i have to be mentally prepare. visualize of what i am doing , where and what time. have my expectation for my preparation. more carbo load. more friends supporting. hear no evil. see no evil. speak no evil. smell no evil. touch no evil.
Okay. so by now quite a few friends have already confirmed their attendance for supporting us. we have only two names which are to mention. jing wen and gwee. haha. calling out to SP students and JC students. what we are planning is to ask you people to meet up at the mac at east coast. for those who wanna study could go study. which i doubt will be quite fruitful. for those who wanna just sit by the sea or have some fast food at night are welcome. for those who wanna support their brothers also can come. nothing much also. main problem is how to get back to changi??
school is not so fine. just realize that no matter what. some teammates are useless? not helping? these are problems we will face when we join the work force.. maybe not for me la. maybe for those working class or office types. I'm more of diving. haha. nah. actually in life. we all will meet peoples in group. in a group there will confirm be problems. leaders have to foresee problems or solve them within shortest possible time.WHILE slackers just sit and rot.
deep and meaningless everyday i wake up. knowing someone out there is stuck under the debris. knowing all they have is nothing but themselves. no one to talk to. no food. no water. just stuck there unable to move. unable to commit suicide. relying on just the mental strength to survive.
i tell myself. this sucks right. some say lessen the burden of planet earth. oh come on. look at them. do you think they could afford that Mazda on the road? thats bullshit. pack my bags and go to school.
i really love to eat pop corns salted. even thou its unglamorous to keep stuffing my mouth with them. i don mind making the seats and floor dirty. they taste good. but no worries. i wash my hands before eating... unlike someone.. hehe... you wanna know who? ask me on msn la!
i have been really tired recently. not enough sleep. term test are coming!!! on air con, buy chips and green tea. shit down eat and drink. lastly. fall asleep.
jon jon pass his driving test. shall sit his car when we go to genting next time. hehe.
oh and. my mp3 is really fucked. anyone has cheap deals must tell me okay.. 5hours is all we need for 42km. is there really no one who can help me on sunday morning 1st june? 2am.
smile or laugh both are acceptable a mask, a snorkel and a fins. three simple things to keep my happy.
iron man was cool.. shawn is a rich eater. went to some hong kong restaurant. 8+ for baked rice. THIS IS MADNESS!! spartan... as usual wen jun back to topic. two of my classmates watched it twice. so will i. sigh. money problem. found a second hand book deal with help with my friend. 47bucks to a lower 28dollars.
school was okay. programme did not load for whole class. so wasted our time updating the lecturer for project and then improving on our goals and stuff. different people have different attributes. for me. i am more of ideas and talking and presenting. no no to boring research and survey questions.
lots of weird people in school btw.
lunch with pei pei. 5km runner hor... she is one of the most steady friend. what she says she will do. 21km soon ya...
happy mothers day first up. i did not get anything for my mom. she does not need anything. maybe just spend more time washing dished and mopping the floor. catch more insects.
so recently done quite alot of things. meet up with ky and jem. went to marina square. then we met THIS GUY. he wanted to buy ice Milo. so we went to this shop. and in the fridge... this lots of label. so we have Milo and coffee together. apparently they looks the same. so THIS GUY took the one on the left as Milo was label on the left. but still THIS GUY need to confirm if the Milo is a real Milo. so THIS GUY asked me. is this Milo? erm... i think so la. Milo la Milo. aiya. you smell la. you smell. just smell it and you know if its Milo la. smell it. and i proob the Milo towards THIS GUY nose. THIS GUY took the Milo and smell it. immediately i said. only stupid people go smell la. its covered. hahaha. so THIS GUY became the joke of the day. lastly. we reach tampines mall. went to get lasi lemak. three chicken. 1 with chilli! 2 w/o chilli. bought bubble tea. sat at our eating place. then!! THIS GUY offered to smell the three boxes to find out which one was with the chilli. mission failed... after that accompany ky back to his house to get patapon. cant play. i know was the problem. version too old. hhahahaha.
the whole of today was spend at home. playing dota. slacking in room while brother friends were doing PW. at night we ordered mac. hungry as whole day eat only instant noodles and a plate of rice.
as mentioned. i remeber last friday. after playing dota with chung lim as i rush home to play. i fell asleep on the sofa. scary and unbelievable. i had this pretty girl as my girlfriend. i rmb we were like voting for smth on a computer. she hugged me from behind. cant remember much also. was a weird dream. woke up from the dream and play dota again.
i admit i play dota too much. well. sch projects assignments are done. no homework. just notes to print in school. so guess it not affecting me too much. as for running. i prefer to keep it at most twice a week. maybe once a week. for the record. i have reach around 20km.
last but not least!!! im looking for supporters for my 42.195km run. its on the sunday morning 0001am. or saturday night 2359. i need supporters to of cause support me on the half mark point which is somewhere near the big splash at east coast. there is a bus transport which im still not really sure about the details. another reason is i need to change my running gears. which of cause would have be wet by the time i reach 20km point. the estimated time for us to reach that point is about 0230 or 2:30am in the morning. sidetrack abit. having more confident for the race as 20km is more smoothly done. so the rest would need my mind to help.. thus the need for confidence. link for the route. http://www.sundownmarathon.com/index.php?page=route-map
can you see the end? still rmb the times when we were running 1.6km in primary school. had a best friend. best buddy. could not forget what we always do. running side by side. getting A in napfa tgt. supporting each other. now that i have been busy. no worries chalet this year end ya. always wondering. is the end coming??? but once an end has reach. another will begin.
secondary school. 2.4km was always a breeze. but running in secondary school was more of a boring feeling. a whole class of people running does not encourage me. it bores me.
so now i found a place where thousands of people will run with you. 12km safra bay run. 10km standard chartered singapore marathon. and now. in less than 4weeks. 42.195km sundown marathon.
photos of BBQ soon. what ship will never sinks? friendship.
enough hitting on the keyboard. time to sleep. and reach the end of east coast tml. =P.
countdown of 59days i will be in my running shoes. getting ready at the start point. with a few packets of powerbar gel. one powerbar performance bar. some water. and i will be running my first 42km marathon. luck is not needed. mental strength is needed. for the first 21km. the whole race track will be a string of lights. with low mental strength. im sure to give up inside it. after that i will be running pass VJC. towards bedok reservoir. after 21km. i will need physical strength for the last 20 km. the last 1km is the easiest part. tell me which asshole would give up at the last 1km!!!
actually i only have until 21st to boast my stamina. after that school starts and i might not have time for runs. except at night. and on weekends. anyone wanna come and support? 5am is the estimated finish time for me. ahhhhhhhhhh. at that time. when im dead tired. i guess alot of people still in their bed ba. just wish me luck in your dreams ah.
no more gym. only running. nothing else. good luck for trainings.
standard chartered marathon 2007 NAME: KWA JUN MING EVENT: Men 10Km DATE: Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 BIB/DIV: 42484 / M1619 TIME: 1h:11m:2s (gun) / 1h:2m:41s (net) Result in Entire Field - 2601st place 3597 finishers behind. About 42% of finishers ahead. average 9.6kph
happy with timing. more to improve! wave run,sentosa cancer run,milk run. 21km for army half marathon 2008. 42km for standard chartered 2008.
jun ming.
030390.
18years of breathing.
dive asian!
;photo taking with my d80
;basic open water diver
(PULAU AUR ON 16 TO 18NOV 07)
;12km army half marathon 07
01:26:17.17
;10km standard chartered marathon07
1h:2m:41s
;42KM SUNDOWN MARATHON 31st may 08
6h:25m:07s:34
;loves clothes but have no money
;friendly!!
;ITS ALL IN THE MIND.
;53rd NCC CLT course
more to come!
more diving trips soon
