My First Day At Chief's Original Boot Camp

Mark the calender - 3rd January 2012

My first day at the infamous Chief's Original Boot Camp.

I woke up pretty early around 4.50am actually and got prepared to leave for Cyberjaya where the training will be held. I got there around 5.35am but to my surprise I couldn't find anyone there. Waited awhile and I saw people coming in and I knew I was at the correct place.

Training started with some running, high knees and but kicks at the warmups.

Then for the assessment there was 2 parts.

First Part

2* 2o0m run , 10 full or 15 half push jumps, 10 burpees, 15 military sit ups. Repeat that 3 times.

We had to complete it in 15 minutes - I think I did it 10min something

Second Part

1 mile run - 8 * 200m run

My time 9.30minutes

A Good Start to 2012

Year 2011 was a wonderful year as far as I am concern. My work is great, my running is getting better and I was quite happy in general. Ya sure there's a couple of hiccups here and there but that didn't stop me from being happy and enjoying life. I really hope that 2012 will be better or at least the same but better would be great. And I believe I did put my best foot forward literally and started the year with a bang.

I started the year literally around midnight with my Pakiama and Kakamama at SKE for the New Year Puja. Later around 6am did a long 20km run with my fellow Skyhawk runners at Bukit Katil. It was my first Slow Long Distance or SLD ever and I am proud to say I completed it less than 2 and a half hours and topped it off with Sunday Morning Puja which I was actually late for at SKE again. If that's not a good start to the year, I'm not sure what is.

OK, talking about the new year, I would like to pen down my new year resolution here for me to track .

1. Be be Happier person spirituality, mentally and physically.

2. Be more productive at the workplace.

3. Train smarter to improve my PB in all my runs.

4. Complete my 1st Half Marathon in March.

5. Complete my 1st Full Marathon in June.

6. Enjoy all my runs.

7. Buy a New Proton Saga

8. Register for my Masters.

Counting my days

It's been such a long time since I actually updated stuffs here. I'm been in the office from dust til dawn for nearly 8 days now. No weekends for me. But surprisingly I am not complaining. I've been well taken care of. Well they had to I guess since we are considered Very Important Person at least until the end of this week. But there's only one down fall, I have less time for my daily runs and no more gym time for me. I still manage to run my daily morning runs but sometimes it can be quite tiring. This morning my boss warned us that we have to put in an a all nighter this Thursday. Saturday have to work and Sunday too... Now thinking again, I have my doubt whether I will have the energy to run next Sunday for the Muar Run. Fingers cross I will be able to.

No a lighter note, I ran the Larian Jogothon Bulan Kemerdekaan by MOF & Kastam last Sunday. It was a 7km run but my GPS only clocked 6.45km in 40.27min and guess what, I actually won the race for the Open Women Category. What a surprise right. Won a BIG hamper.. Medal which I will always cherish but no cash. I was in denial for such a long time. And now I cant wait for my next run.

1st day of training after the ankle strain

After taking the 3 day medication for my ankle sprain, I realised that my sprained isn't as bad as it looks. Well I hope to think it's not that bad and thank heavens there isn't any pain went I walk or run. So today after work I hit the gym and clocked 20 minutes on the treadmill and 20 minutes or so doing some simple free weight training for my upper body and abs. I was taking it easy as I was really scared of making the sprain worse. Now it's already past 9 pm and the ankle is fine. I'll know for sure tomorrow morning and if it is ok I might just for my morning run. I know I'm pushing it but running is like a drug to me. If I don't get it my body and mood goes hay wire. I'm feeling super good now that I sweated yesterday.

My Birthday Gift This Year

I will never forget this year's birthday. It's wasn't the cakes, candies or the lovely wishes but the permanent "gift" that I got when I accidentally sprained my left ankle and had to rush back to Melaka to get it treated by my sensei. He is the only one that I trust to cure my injuries.

This time around he said there is no need for it to be massaged. Medicine will do the trick. I got 3 days worth of medication for my ankle. And today is the last day. I have medicine. I have taken the full course and now I can only wait and TRY not to put too much pressure on my left leg. For me this is easier said than done.

If all doesn't work will have to go get it massages this weekend.

5AM run

My lefts were itching after resting them on Monday and after a good night's rest I was up at 5 this morning and I completed my 5KM at 5AM. Crazy wasn't it. At first I was not so keen of raining at that time but I really needed to run so I just did it and you know what I actually enjoyed it and I saw this uncle running at that time too. So it's not so crazy or weird after all. I do have someone else running. I bet he is a marathon runner looking at his physic. For those who want to avoid the morning sun and enjoy the cool morning breeze I highly recommend running at that time and I am 100% sure I will be doing it again tomorrow morning and all the mornings to come.

This is the details of my run today:
5.02KM in 38:42min 7.42min/km (pretty slow but hey I wasn't going for my PB... just a jog)

Very productive Weekend

Whenever I am back in Melaka my running routine is always tip top. I have never missed away without running in Melaka well excluding the days when it rains of course. For the 3 days I was in Melaka, I manage to clock a total of 19.14km in 2.26 hours. Not bad for a beginner ha. I'll try to keep the momentum going with a min of 5 km daily. Fingers cross I will be able to do it. Sometimes I get lazy and can't find the correct time and place to run in Seri Kembangan. In Putrajaya there are nice places but I am too much of a chicken to run alone. Oh well knowing me I'll find a way to make things workout at the end of the day. I seriously want to keep track of my runs and I do not think I need the Garmin 305 Forerunner watch right now. My sport tracker application which I recently installed on my Nokia 5800 is working like a charm and hey it's free. The only thing lacking is a heart rate monitor. errr.. I know eventually I will get the Garmin watch but just not at the moment. Maybe during the Christmas sale.. Must keep my eyes open for it.

There are my workout breakdown for the 3 days.
13.8.2011(7:36AM) - 6km in 41:35 min


14.8.2011(7:22AM) - 7.09km in 51:46 min



15.8.2011(6:49AM) - 6.05km in 42:54 min


All in all I think I enjoy morning runs too...