Kappa 第九屆 30k馬拉松熱身賽暨石崗10K - 2008/12/28

I attended the Hong Kong Marathon Pro 30 K pre-marathon cum 10 K Race 2008 ( Kappa 第九屆 30k馬拉松熱身賽暨石崗10K ) in the morning at Shek Kong today. I managed to complete the race in 53 mins+.

I was happy to meet so many runners friends including MJ, Saki, Tai Wai Runner, SLLEUNG and others from LongRun.hk; Ma Wong, Janice, Running Man, Leisure Racer and others from Leisure Runners; MikeC, Raymond and others from hkrunners.com; Sarah from SSHH.

I was lucky to have pictures taken with the 10 K prize winners Janice and Raymond after the prize presentation.

HKLRRC 4 Km Boxing Day Run

Just having completed the HKLRRC 4 Km Boxing Day Run ( 聖誕翌日跑 2008 ) at Wan Chai Gap in a moderate time of 23 mins+. I was happy to meet some runners friends including Sarah from SSHH, MJ from LongRun.hk and other experienced runners.

I guess the organizor should consider to separate the running into adult & children group. A boy runner was pushed to the ground soon after the race started. Moreover those children runners became an "obstacle" in the trail and they had no concept of giving way to the fast runners behind.

Enjoyed the race anyway!

Hong Kong 15 Km Challenge - 08/12/21

Completed the Hong Kong 15 Km Challenge race ( 香港15公里挑戰賽2008 ] in a moderate slow time of 1 hr 23 mins+ in the slightly cool morning today.

I was very happy to meet so many runners friends including Sagi, Randy, Loban, Wilson, Gills, LEUNG , Running Sue and others from LongRun.hk, Sume from facebook, Leisure runner, Janice, Johnny and others from Leisure Runner, CHIN, Bernard, MikeC, Grace and others from hkrunners.com.I could not speed up during uphill and downhill section with my new Adizero CS today.

Despite the slow completion time, I still enjoyed the race.

Mizuno 2nd Shek Mun 10 Km Race - 2008/12/7

I wore my new Adizero CS for the first time to join my first Mizuno Shek Mun 10 K Race ( 美津濃第二屆石門 10公里賽 ) in the early morning today. I finally managed to complete the race in an easy pace of 48 mins+ which was already quite a good time to me.

I was very happy to meet so many runners friends from Leisure Runners, hkrunners.com and LongRun.hk today.

Enjoyed the run pretty much despite my back was still tense after the race.

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Unicef Disneyland Charity Half Marathon & 10 K - 08/11/30

Despite having zero running exercise after the Nike 10 K Challenge on last Sunday, I managed to completed the UNICEF Half Marathon 2008 ( 聯合國兒童基金會慈善跑 ) in 1 hr 53 mins.

I was happy to meet so many runners friends in the race including Ma Wong, Running Man, Leo and Wah Wah of Leisure Runners, and MJ, Alex, Ken, Stephen, Alan and others from LongRun.hk.

The race was well organized and the race was held smoothly.

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Nike 10 K Challenge 2008 - 08/11/23

I took the N969 at 0510 hrs to attend the race today. I was happy to meet MJ after leaving the bus, and nice to had breakfast with MJ too. Due to lack of slep and worry of my back pain, I did not push myself hard. I managed to complete the race in 51 mins. My running shorts was completely dry after the run indeed.

I was happy to meet so many runners friends today, including my brother Gary, Ruldolf, Alain, Suzanne and others. I was happy to meet the friends from Leisure Runners including Rebecca, Ma Wong Nam, Running Man and others. Moreover I was glad to meet so many members from LongRun.hk including Wilson, Gills, Stanley, 711 and others.

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New Balance Gold Coast 15 Km Race - 08/11/9

Just completed the New Balance Gold Coast 15 Km Race ( 黄金海岸15K賽 ] in the windy but hot morning at Ting Kau in an OK time of 83 mins today.

It's 8 days after my back pain returned intensively. I could hardly walk at the first day while my back pain returned. I became much better after received a massage by a Chinese practitioner on last friday.

I was happy to see so many runners friends today including Eric, CHIN, MikeC, Lesile, Kitty, Pauline and others from hkrunners.com. I was also happy to meet Stanley, Running Zoe, Hang Hau Ox, MJ, Alan, Saki and others from LongRun.hk. I was also glad to meet runners from Leisure Running Club including Ma Wong, Running Man, Rebecca, Leo and others. Thanks Rebecca for taking pictures for the race.

http://www.hkrunners.com

Felt released after the run, because I feared that I might fail to finish the race in 90 mins.

HKDRC Hong Kong Half Marathon 08 - 08/10/27

Having completed the HKDRC Half Marathon ( 香港長跑會 第31屆 香港半馬拉松 ) in an very disappointed time of 124 mins+. It's also my worst half marathon record in 2008.

I was happy to meet so many runners friends and colleagues in the race including MJ, Crazy Treadmill, Alan, Wilson, Gills and others from LongRun.hk. Also felt happy to meet MikeC, CHIN, George and other runners from hkrunners.com. Nice to meet Ma Wong, Rebecca, Running Man from Leisure Racer Club. I was happy to see so many colleagues joining the race too.

The sunny weather was proved too hot to me, and I could not speed up anymore after half way.Disappointed but happy after the running.

AVOHK Reservoir Cup Race I 08 - Aberdeen Reservoir (08/10/19)

Just completed the 12 Km rocky trail run ( AVOHK Reservoir Cup Race I 2008 - Aberdeen Reservoir 香港仔水塘 ) in a slow time of 71 mins. The trail seems never ending to me today. I had to slow my run to jog at the final km at the catch water after a refreshing down slope run.

Nice to meet so many runners friends in the race including MJ, Alex and Sagi of LongRun.hk. I was also pleased to meet Roberto, Bhoova, Raymond, Kitty in the race.

After Ah Lui took over me at 3 Km, I could never catch up with her again. Congratulations to Ah Lui's prize winning!

By the way it's been a while not seeing Frances in races. I was surprised and happy to meet her again.

Thanks pvc_line and Kitty for taking pics for the race!

Wishing Alex who suffered from blister could recover soon.

Another good race anyway.

AVOHK 5 Km Race III & LWRC 1/4 Marathon

Having completed the AVOHK 5 Km Race in a sightly warm afternoon on 2008/10/11 (Saturday) in a slow time of 24 mins+. I was happy to see so many runners friends including MJ, nc and sport fighter from LongRun.hk. Also delighted to meet CHIN, Bhoova, Kitty, Cissy from hkrunners.com. Meeting Sarah of SSHH was my pleasure.

Having completed the LWRC Ulfenbo 1/4 Marathon 2008 ( 樂華 歐化寶 1/4 馬拉松賽 ) in the sightly hot morning on 2008/10/12 (Sunday) in an OK time of 54 mins+.
I was happy to meet so many runners friends including MJ, Alan, Stanley, Hang Hou Ox, Alex, Crazy Treadmill and others from LongRun.com. I also delighted to see my personal friend Alain, and Ma Wong, Running Man, Talentless Runner, Leon from Leisure Running Club. I was also glad to see Flw and Sars from Lovenature2007.com.
Despite I was not in my top form, I really enjoyed the race.

Thaiquain Cup 10 Km Race - 2008/8/31

I completed the Thaiquain Cup 10 Km Race 2008 ( 第24屆 泰基 盃10公里賽 ) in a very slow time of 60 mins+. The hot and unforgivable sun really made me surrender, and I had to complete the 1st 2 Km in 13 mins+.

However I was so happy to see so many runners friends including, Mag, Ivy, my brother gary, Ruldolf, Marshall, Ray, MJ, Stanley and other LongRun.hk's member. Also happy to see CHIN, Mike of hkrunners.com, and ball, sarah from SSHH, Ah Lui, Ma Wong, Rita from yahoo blog.

Despite having such a disappointed finished time, I felt happy after the run.

I guess lacking of sleeping (3.5 hrs) could be my excuse for the poor result.

AVOHK 5 Km Race I 2008 - 08/9/6

Having completed the AVOHK 5 Km Race I 2008 at Wanchai Gap in the afternoon in a satisfactory time of 28 mins today.

The trail was sightly hilly, muddy and slippery, but luckily I did not need to walk after a long queue today.

I was happy to meet so many runners friends including MJ, nc, sportfighter, CHIN, Sarah and others.

Southern District X-Country Run 2008 - 08/8/10

I completed the 8 Km Southern District Cross Country Run ( 南區越野賽 2008 ) in a satisfactory time of 48 mins in the hot and humid morning today.

Due to lack of running practice, I found it quite difficult to speed up in the trail section. Moreover I was caught in the long queue in the trail.

I was happy to meet so many runners friends today including Simon, Connie, CHIN, George, MJ, Randy, Chun Yin and others.

http://www.sdhhk.org

TWAC 10 Km Evening Run - 08/7/13

Just completed the TWAC 10 Km Evening Race in an OK time to me in 53 mins in the hot and humid evening yesterday. Luckily there was no rain but the humidity was still horrible.

I was happy to see so many runners friends before and after the race including my young brother Gary, Alain, Ruldolf, Ray, Suzanne, Ms Money, Beautiful Wife, Snail, Bernard, Berlingirl, and many LongRun.hk's members including Gills, Stanley, peteruno and etc.

EDSA 10 Km Run - 08/7/6

Just completed the 10 Km Race ( 東區慶回歸長跑 ) in an extremely slow time of 63 mins+ in the early morning today. Still suffered from tireness after attending the VO2Max test at HKU yesterday.

The change of route also added difficulties to me. I was happy to meet so many members of LongRun.hk today, especially thanks On On and Crazy Running Machine for taking pictures in the race.

http://www.longrun.hk

Nim's Island Animal Jukebox

Nim's Island Trailer

Reunification Run 08 (8.2 Km) & July 1st Parade

Just completed the 8.2 Km Reunification Run at the slightly hilly & muddy route in a slow time of 52 mins in the morning today.
The temperature was still hot with high humidity which added difficulties to the race.
After returned home and had my shower, I then proceeded to Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground to collect my running stuff for the EDSA 10 Km Run on the coming Sunday.
I then joined the July 1st parade ( 七 一 遊 行 ) which started at Victoria Park. The participants were stunning huge, and I had to spend more than one hour for jusdt walked out of Causeway Bay. I found it more tiring than complting a half marathon.
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We are ready not only for the Beijing Olympic, but the universal suffrage in 2012 too.

FTU 8.8 Km Race - 2008/6/9

Just having completed the 8.8 Km run ( 慶祝工聯會60週年暨奧運倒數60天長跑比賽 ) in a slow time of 49 mins+ in the extremely hot and humid morning today.

The long and boring opening ceremony delayed the run for almost 15 minutes. The 1st group including me had to stand in the heat and I felt pretty sleepy (only slept for 3 hrs).

However I found a fun way to cheer me up by shouting to the hosts to speed up the procedure.
Since the 2nd group did not postponed accordingly I soon found myself barrier to those fast runners.

The organizer better do more job to improve it next time.

June 4 Vigil 2008 - 2008/6/4

Never forget...............................................

Charity Run for the sufferers of Sichuan Earthquake - 08/5/18

Just completed a 5.6 Km charity run (4 laps) in 31 mins+ at the Happy Valley Sports Ground in the early morning today.

The event was organized by HK Running Camp.

It's nice to meet LEE Kar Lun and many other runners today.

http://www.hkrunningcamp.com

RRAC 8 Km Summer Run 2008 - 08/5/11

Just completed the 8 Km RRAC Summer Run in the cooler morning at Ma On Shan in the early morning today.

I managed to complete the race in a slow time of 42 mins.

However I still enjoyed the race and was very happy to meet so many runners friends including my younger brother, Alain, Suzanne, Ruldolf, Marshall, Mike C, Vienne, Simon, Connie, CHIN and many others.

Thanks to the great organizing by RRAC again.

http://www.rrac.org.hk

Malcolm Phillips 5 Km Memorial Run - 08/5/10

Just completed the mildly hilly race in the cooler afternoon at Wan Chai Gap today.

Despite my result was not good due to growing fat and lack of condition, I still enjoy the race pretty much.

The souvenir was a towel instead of a tee and was more practical to me.

Another nice race held by AVOHK again.

http://www.avohk.org

Southern District 4 Km Beach Run - 08/4/26

Just having completed the 4 Km SDH Beach Run in the sunny and warm afternoon at Repulse Bay.

Running on the sand is really difficult despite it's just several hundred metres in the beginning of the race.I still managed to complete the race in 19 mins+ and was pretty satisfied already.

An old lady runner tried to take over me at the half way and stimulated me to run further faster and ran to the finishing point with faster speed.

Another nice race organized again. However the "silly" words by the MC reallt stained the race.

Tsuen Wan District Run for Welcoming Beijing Olympic

Just completed the 8 Km race ( Tsuen Wan District Run for Welcoming Beijing Olympic 荃灣區迎北京奧運長跑比賽 ) in a medium speed of 40 mins 30 secs+ in the warm and humid weather in the early morning today.

Luckily there was no rain during the race. I found it rained densely after I returned to Hong Kong Island.
A nice race organized anyway.

It's nice to meet so many members of hkrunners.com including Keith. Stella, Oldster, MikeC, Vienne, Stanley. I'm also glad to meet other members from longrun.hk including "slow speed kid", Onon, Alex and others. Thanks the father of Kenneth for taking group pictures for us.

National Geographic

Amazing pictures of our mother earth taken by National Geographic.

Sunday Trail running - 08/4/6

Having a 25 mins+ upeard hiking + 30 mins trail running & downslope running at Mt Parker in the sunny afternoon today.

The warm and humid weather made the exercise very difficult.

However I still enjoyed the run and took over many hikers on the way.

Another nice running exercise again.

Tolo Harbour 10 Km Race 2008 - 08/3/30

Just completed the 10 Km race in the hot and humid weather in a pretty slow time of 54 mins.

Moreover I woke up at 0300 hrs to watch the Netherland soccer making me very sleepy during the race. I fail to speed up even for the 1st Km.

I still manage to overtake a gal runner in the final 100 metres anyway.

It's nice to meet so many friends today including Bhoova and his friend, CHIN, Oldster, Sai Leung, Alex and others. Another nice race held by Marathon Pro.

Mount Butler 15 Km Cross Country Race 2008 - 08/3/23

Just completed the 15 Km hilly race course ( Mount Butler 15 Km Cross Country Race) in the warmer morning in a slow time of 1 hr 28 mins+.

I really felt powerless today and had to walk twice in the course. I finally manage to cross the finishing line with exhausted body.

Another nice race held by HKDRC again.

I really appreciated the hard working and good manner of the volunteers who offered their great effort to the race.

It's nice to meet some SSHH members and hkrunners.com's members.

Clearwater Bay Annual Chase 2008 (10 Km) - 08/3/16

Just having completed the hilly race Clearwater Bay Annual Chase 2008 ( 清水灣長跑賽 ) in a slow time of 55 mins (4 mins+ slower than last year).

However I really enjoyed the race in such leisure paces and meeting so many SSHH and hkrunners.com's members.

The race was well organized with many water stations and souvenirs.

Thanks Alain & Susan for taking my pics and giving me a drive after the race.

Another good race held by CWB Golf Club.

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Perskindol Shatin Riverside 10 Km - 2008/3/9

Just completed the Perskindol Shatin Riverside 10 Km Race ( 普施健沙田10K ) in the warm weather in 50 mins+ in the morning along Shing Mun River in the morning on 2008/3/9.

Due to lack of training, I was already happy to complete the race in 5 mins per Km.

Moreover wearing a Mizuno black long sleeves running tee really pushed my ability of resisting heat to the limit. Nice to see Snail, Sarah and many SSHH and hkrunners in the race.

Another well organized race held by Marathon Pro again.

AVOHK Reservoir Cup Race III - 2008/3/2

AVOHK Reservoir Cup Race III (11 Km) - 2008/3/2

Just having completed the 11 Km hilly race in a quite disapponted and slow time of 74 mins in the warm morning in Tai Tam Reservoir.

To conclude my poor performance, I had the analyse below :

i) Lack of training - Apart from attending races, I had four weeks of zero training already.

ii) Wrong choice of clothing and shoes - I wore too much clothes today (long sleeves running tee plus vest topping) almost boiled me up after the long upward slope. My NB running shoes was proved not suitable in trail running in the stoney Boa Pass, which really hurted.

iii) Inadequate sleep - 4 hours sleeping was again proved not enough to me before race Despite the disappointed time, I really enjoyed the race. Another good race held by AVOHK.

It's good to meet so many hkrunner's members and having group pics after the race (including our greatest Keith, Kitty, CHIN, Bernard, LAM Wah....................)

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Annual Road Race 2008 - 08/2/23

Just having completed the 3.62 Km race at The Peak in 16 mins 45 secs. Despite the completion time was almost 70 secs slower than my time last year. It's already my fastest run since I hurted my back two weeks ago.

The weather today was perfect for running, and I enjoyed the run very much. I guess I ran too slow at the beginning, and could not make a faster time in the end of the race. Another nice run in 2008.

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Ma On Shan 8 Km Race 2008 - 08/2/10

Having completed the Ma On Shan 8 Km Race ( 馬鞍山盃8K長跑賽 ) in the warmer weather in the morning in 40 mins on 2008/2/10.

Wearing my hiking gloves making me so warm. However the gloves were so heavy that I found difficult in even swinging my arms.

The race course was flat but there were so many obstacles on the race course.
The worst thing is my back pain re-occured after returning home. Wishing the pain will not affect my performance in SCM next week.

Nice race again.

http://www.acthk.org

Mizuno Fat Choy Run 2008 - 08/2/9

Having completed the 8 Km Mizuno Fat Choy Run 2008 ( 發財跑 ) in the chilly cold weather in the early morning on 2008/2/9.

I found myself frozen while waiting for start at the starting point.I needed to warm up after almost 5 mins run.However I managed to complete the race in 37 mins which was almost my PB in this race.

The last upward run to the finishing point still tortured me so much, despite I overtook some walking runners.Another nice run held by HKLRRC.

http://www.hklrrc.org.hk

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2008 - 08/2/17

Just completed my 4th SCM half marathon ( 2008 渣打馬拉松 ) in a slow time of 1 hr 57 mins+.

However since this was my first run after I suffered from my back pain on last Sunday (after MOS 8 Km race, and I still had my Salonpas stick on my back. I still felt happy with the completion time.

The arangement was OK this year, and I had not to wait long to reclaim my luggage. The traffic jam at the 1st Km was still worst which consumed me almost 8 mins. Another nice race held by HKAAA anyway.


http://www.hkmarathon.com

Running with running nose

Having my 33 mins recovery lite run (about 6.5 Km) at Sir Cecil's Ride in the sightly warm afternoon earlier.

Saw many runners practising their running at the trails today. Some of them even ran with backpacks (SSHH runnrs?).

Unfortunately I began to have my running nose after running for about 15 mins, and I had to cut short the run due to the uncomfortable caused.

Really enjoyed running on the sightly wet soil today.

Nice run anyway.

http://www.longrun.hk

Diabetes Hong Kong Healthy Run 2008 (10 K) 2008/1/27

Just completed the captioned Diabetes Hong Kong Healthy Run in the chilly cold weather in the morning at Tolo waterfront in 49 mins+ today.

The cooler temperature however was good for running race and I could complete another 10 K race within 50 mins. (Despite the distance might not be 10 K sufficient again)

I missed the same race in 2006 because I was hospitalized on the race day. Co-incidentally my bib number today was 2006.

The race was well organized by Diabetes Hong Kong.

Nice race again.

http://www.diabetes-hk.org

China Coast Marathon cum Half Marathon 2008 - 08/1/20

Just completed the CCM Half Marathon ( 2008 中國海岸馬拉松 ) in a slow time of 1 hr 58 mins.

I still suffered from tireness produced by the 10 Km race yesterday. The worst thing was my right foot cramped during my sleeping last evening and waken me up from a sweet dream (what the hell!).

The weather in the morning was too warm for running especially the strong sun added the torture to me after 15 Km. Those leisure walking 10 Km Community Chest walkers also weaken my spirit for a while.

And the worst thing was both my legs cramped at the last 10 metres before the finishing line, and I was overtaken by several runners.

The race was well organized by AVOHK anyway.
Completed two half marathons and three 10 Km races in 2008 already.

http://www.avohk.org

CSD 10 Km Invitation Race 2008 - 08/01/19

Just completed the CSD 10 Km Race in 50 mins+ in the morning at Tai Mei Tuk today.

The temperature was unexpectly warm especially when the sun showed his face occasionally. Wearing a long sleeves running tee, I was almost melted down sometimes.

With a comfortable pacing I managed to complete the race in 5 mins a Km.

I was so glad to see so many online friends in the race and running so fast.

Another nice race in 2008. Well done to the organizer CSD.

http://www.longrun.hk

Island District Distance Run (10 K) 2008 - 08/1/13

Just completed the captioned 10 Km race ( 離島區長跑比賽 ) in 48 mins+ in the cool morning at Shek Pik in Lantau Island on 2008/1/13.

I did not expect the race course was so flat after the several ten metres uphill route at the beginning.

I was glad to see Bhoova and his friend in the race.It's nice to meet Charles at the race. I was also overtaken by a male runner wearing SSHH blue long sleeves tee at about 6 Km. Despite the location is very remote, the race was well organized.

However the usage of plastic bags to keep the runners' luggages caused wastage and not enviromental friendly.Another nice race again.

http://www.longrun.hk/

Mizuno Half Marathon 2008 - 2008/01/06

Just completed the Mizuno Half Marathon 2008 ( 美津濃香港半馬拉松錦標賽 ) in 1 hr 53 mins+ in the cool weather in the morning today.

Due to lack of sleeping (3 hrs) I was dream jogging in the first 5 Km which almost consumed me 30 mins. I thought if I did not speed up my pace, I had to use more than 2 hrs to complete this race. I then sped up my pace and began to take over some usual targets.

However the long and straight dam run was still a torture to me. Another nice run anyway.

I saw Ball and Siu Pak on the way to the pier. Ball ran very well and probably completed the race within 1 hr 43 mins. Siu Pak was walking uphill when he encouraged me to keep on. Thx Siu Pak!

Cheung Chau RTI 10 Km Race 2008 - 08/1/1

Just having completed the 10 Km Run in Cheung Chau ( 第七屆長洲元旦健跑同樂及越野賽 ) in the freezing weather in the morning today.

I could only manage to completed the race in 56 mins because of the "frozen" muscle and tireness produced by the 10 Km race on last Sunday.

The route was hilly too and I had to walk on the first uphill slope when my muscle was not warmed up yet.

The race was well organized which was totally different from the poor experience I suffered in the TWAC 8 Km Race on 2007/1/1.

I probably will join the same race on 2009 again despite the journey was quite time consuming.
Another nice race.