Final Update On 2nd Pacemakers Network Run

Date : Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Time : 7:30am Sharp
Start Point : Children Playground, Lake Garden
End Point : Children Playground, Lake Garden
Website : http://h1.ripway.com/pm1/NetRun08.htm
Enquires : 012-2795208 Ronnie See / 012-6249399 Lai Fong Sang / 012-3392495 Tan Kean Peng

Proposed Itinerary:
06:00am : Arrival of volunteers
06:30am : Arrival of runners n Distribution of bibs
06:55am : Last call for bibs distribution
07:15am : Briefing by designated spokesman – Kelvin Ng
07:30am : Race officially starts for all categories
07:50am : Estimated arrival of top women finisher
08:20am : Estimated arrival of top men finisher
08:30am : Light breakfast will be served – Nasi lemak, bread & banana
09:00am : Estimated finishing time of last runner
09:15am : Trophy presentation to all age category winners
10:00am : End of event

Trophy Allocation
Special thanks to our sponsor (Tey Eng Tiong, Aeow Cen Peng, Victor Chua & Lai Fong Sang) for their kind generosity to enable us for giving out a total of 39 trophies for all age category winners as follows:

Total Participants / Total Trophies Allocated / Age Group :
15 / 6 - Men 24 & below
19 / 8 - Men 25-29
17 / 7 - Men 30-34
14 / 6 - Men 35-39
20 / 8 - Men 40 & above
11 / 4 - Women
Total = 96 Runners & 39 Trophies

Kindly train hard prior to the race, you will deserved a unique designed trophy for all your hard work and effort.

Finisher Medal
All finishers will be awarded finishing medal regardless of completion time at the finishing station, located a short distance from the finishing line.

Distance
Men Category - 13.8km (6 loops)
Women Category - 4.6km (2 loops)

Drinking Station
There will be refreshment station from your 3rd lap onwards; it will be located 10m before the starting point. Both isotonic drinks and mineral water will be available to all runners at the end of each lap; we urge that you drink at every lap to hydrate yourself.

Collection of Bib
Participants shall collect their bib number during the reporting time, please take note that bib number would not be distributed after 7.00am. Runners that do not wear their bib number will be disqualified. The race will be flagged off on time at 7:30am sharp; therefore your punctuality will be much anticipated.

Breakfast / Group Photographs
A variety of food and drinks (nasi lemak, bread, banana, mineral water & isotonic drink) will be made available for you to enjoy with other fellow runners and we encourage that you mingle with others and have a good time. Please throw the rubbish into the provided garbage bags to facilitate cleaning up. You have to keep the park clean and NO LITTERING will be allowed. If you wish to have group photographs taken, kindly ask our cameraman on duty for help.

Parking :
Ample parking available at the children playground, FREE of charge.

Public Toilet :
20 cents per entry (Open @ 7am)

Check Points :
Due to there are many shortcuts available in the Lake Gardens routes, we will be having checkpoints along the way, to ensure a fair competition for every participant. Officers in charge will also record number of lap you have run, to ensure each participant completed 6 laps (Men) and 2 laps (Women).

Waiver Clause :
The participants hereby agree to abide by the rules and conditions of the race, participants are entering the competition at their own risk and shall not hold the organiser responsibility for any accident, injury, death, loss of property however cause before, during and after the race.

brought 2u by der Pacemakers Network

Pacemaker Network Run 2008 - for Volunteers

Result of Volunteers Run 4.6km (2 loops) :
25:05 - Tan Ping Ping
29:25 - Lee Yin Fook
29:25 - Grace Tok
29:49 - Jamie Pang
34:28 - Rachel Lee

To all der volunteers, thank you for coming. Really appreciate it, see you guy n girl on tuesday.

Pictures of Volunteers Run

Race Director Lai & Rachel Lee

Lai & Lee Yin Fook

Lai & Grace Tok

der volunteers album

Lai present der trophy to Pm1 as Race Advisor & Consultant

Race Director Lai Fong Sang & Abang Kptan

brought 2u by der Pacemakers!

Pacemakers Ranking Points for 2007

Cinya tough for Pm1 to mantain his top position for PM's ranking list on 3 consecutive yrs, finally Chen Pong Pong is der new #1 rank for PM's ranking pts 2007 after 2 year of being second best. Der ranking pts was introduce in 2005 to attract more PM's to join the races, every race they join will be awarded with ranking pts towards their hard effort. Year after year, more n more Pm's are getting crazy for race from north, south, east n west.

Ranking Points for 2007
843.8 pts - Thorsten Chen PM08
778.6 pts - Ronnie See PM01
761.3 pts - Naresh Kumar PM37

More ranking pts click here!

Ranking Points for 2006
460.7 - Ronnie See PM01
442.4 - Thorsten Chen PM08
424.7 - Richard Habeya PM26

Ranking Points for 2005
383.5 - Ronnie See PM1
342.5 - Thorsten Chen PM8
334.5 - Khoo Yit Kiat PM28

Pacemakers' 2007 Medal Tally Update

Here is der final medal tally update for year 2007, which Naresh Kumar top der medal chart for 2nd consecutive year with another breaking record of 43 medals with an average of 3.5 races per month. Coming close behind is Gunaselan with 42 medals. Only 6 PMs managed to break der Platinium Record. 2 PMs got above der Platinium record that will be called "Diamond Record", a new entry to der Pacemakers dictionary.

40 - Diamond Record (New Entry)
30 - Platinium Record
25 - Gold Record
20 - Silver Record
15 - Bronze Record

Der Winner List
43 Naresh Kumar PM37
42 Gunaselan Rajagopal PM39
37 Thorsten Chen PM8
36 Ronnie See PM1
34 Lai Fong Sang PM38
32 Eng Seok Jiun PM11

29 Tan Kean Peng SPM5
27 Ryan Teoh PM17
25 Saravanan PM49
24 Suresh PM47
23 Richard Habeya PM26
21 Raymond Ng PM48

More detail pls click der LINK!

der Pacemakers Annual Medal Tally Champ!
2003 - 27 Medals > Ronnie See, PM1
2004 - 24 Medals > Ronnie See, PM1
2005 - 28 Medals > Chen Keat Hoong, PM8
2006 - 32 Medals > Naresh Kumar, PM37
2007 - 43 Medals > Naresh Kumar, PM37

Der Pacemaker Network Run 2008 - Update

For those who want to be a pacer for NR2008, kindly contact our Race Director so that he will prepare you an additional bib for you to pin at your back (pls refer picture below). However, make sure you are able to meet your target. No pancit, No pit stop, No site seeing, No talk kok n etc.. Just run according to your pace. That what we call der Pacemakers!
Who should you follow?
Sub 1h 00m (average 10:00 per loop) - Naresh Kumar
Sub 1h 05m (average 10:50 per loop) - Ronnie See
Sub 1h 10m (average 11:40 per loop) - ?
Sub 1h 15m (average 12:30 per loop) - Lai Fong Sang
Sub 1h 20m (average 13:20 per loop) - ?
Sub 1h 25m (average 14:10 per loop) - ?
Sub 1h 30m (average 15:00 per loop) - ?
Sub 1h 35m (average 15:50 per loop) - ?

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2007!!!

What : Klava Christmas Back To Nature Relay (Circuit 2)
When : 25th December 2007
Where : Metropolitan Batu - Off Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur
Actual Distance : 3.69km (by Choi GPS kok)
Format : 3.69km X 4 Runners per team

Official Result for Open Category :

Champion - der Pacemakers Kuala Lumpur
15:25 - 0:15:25 Meyyappa Manikam
14:22 - 0:29:47 Vincent Tiong, Pm53
14:42 - 0:44:29 Ben Swee, Pm50
14:29 - 0:58:58 Ronnie See, Pm1

1st Runner-up - der Pacemakers de Putrajaya
14:00 - 0:14:00 Zulfadli Hisham
14:48 - 0:28:48 Kamarul Faizal
15:39 - 0:44:27 Omar Khaliff
14:40 - 0:59:07 Hamidon

2nd Runner-up - der Pacemakers Klang
13:37 - 0:13:37 Naresh Kumar, Pm37
14:29 - 0:28:06 Gunaselan, Pm39
15:28 - 0:43:34 Suresh, Pm47
17:52 - 1:01:26 Tay Poh Chye

4th - Chap Ayam
15:28 - 0:15:28 Fadzli Bin Abu Bakar
15:24 - 0:30:52 Nazib Bin Ngainin
16:35 - 0:47:27 G. Susila
16:34 - 1:04:01 Mohammad Nizam Bin Rahman

5th - der Pacemaker Lite & Easy
16:36 - 0:16:36 Kevin Chow, Pm32
15:56 - 0:32:32 Lai Fong Sang<>
16:49 - 0:49:21 Choi Chik Choy, Pm42
19:15 - 1:08:36 Ng Ping Loong, Sub Pm4

6th - Tornado
15:14 - 0:15:14 Ahmad Farid
17:06 - 0:33:20 Mohd Hailmi Bin Masro
20:54 - 0:54:14 Idaizumi Bt Othman
17:58 - 1:12:12 Hasrul Sham Bin Saidi

7th - Cha Tai Pow
19:41 - 0:19:41 Gary Chin
18:22 - 0:38:03 Ng Heok Kheng
18:38 - 0:56:41 Koo Wai Hoong
16:40 - 1:13:21 Yap Siak Koon

8th - Candid Runners
16:41 - 0:16:41 Chandrasegaran
18:07 - 0:34:48 Renu Kumar
20:02 - 0:54:50 Wong Kei Ming
19:29 - 0:74:19 Prabu a/l Jeyaseelan

9th - Slow Movers A
16:10 - 0:16:10 Chanthiran
19:25 - 0:35:35 Fuzahir
20:13 - 0:55:48 Yusof Wahab
20:06 - 1:15: 54 Sri Ganesan

10th - Angkasawan
17:39 - 0:17:39 Loh Wing Keen
20:18 - 0:37:57 Paul Poh
21:47 - 0:59:44 Tan Kai Yiak
19:02 - 1:18:46 Tan Shaw Tian

11th - Lightning
20:49 - 0:20:49 Muhammad Hanif
23:01 - 0:43:50 Fatin Najihah
22:59 - 1:06:49 Hairul Azham
16:43 - 1:23:32 Ram Bo

12th - Run For Fun
21:05 - 0:21:05 Kong Yen Erl
22:30 - 0:43:35 Lee Yee Tze
21:37 - 1:05:12 Shirlee Yeoh
19:34 - 1:24:46 Lee Yee Hua

13th - Putra Height Runners
26:26 - 0:26:26 Kamala Thevi
23:21 - 0:49:47 Venoshah
26:14 - 1:16:01 Jananthiran
18:22 - 1:34:23 Dinesh

14th - Angkasawan Too
28:37 - 0:28:37 Chan Chong Leong
23:48 - 0:52:25 Ma Teik Chuwan
22:07 - 1:14:32 Lee Weson
20:39 - 1:35:11 Kong Chee Seong

15th - Charlie Angel B
25:21 - 0:25:21 Gan Bee Tin
29:03 - 0:54:24 Sin Yon Lin
28:18 - 1:22:42 Mona Chong
19:22 - 1:42:04 Benjamin Sin

16th - Slow Movers B
26:37 - 0:26:37 Hazreen Zakaria
22:08 - 0:48:45 Abd Hamid
31:43 - 1:20:28 Norhaieezan
21:38 - 1:42:06 Zarir Hasif

Category : Veteran

Champion - KLAVA
14:18 - 0:14:18 Jeremy
14:47 - 0:29:05 Radzi Dahalan
16:37 - 0:45:42 Anthony Tan
14:14 - 0:59:56 Raja Manickam

1st Runner-up - On Time A
14:39 - 0:14:39 Wong Ah Sang
15:47 - 0:30:26 Ng Chong Keng
15:53 - 0:46:19 Lai Kim Fatt
15:26 - 1:01:45 Jeffridin B. Salim

2nd Runner-up - On Time B
17:18 - 0:17:18 Tan Choy Tai
16:48 - 0:34:06 Hoo Teck Keong
17:04 - 0:51:10 Khong Mun Fatt
17:00 - 1:08:10 Chai Kim Fatt

4th - Charlie Angel 1
19:49 - 0:19:49 Sirimanne
24:26 - 0:44:15 Christy Sin
23:33 - 1:07:48 Alice Chi
18:31 - 1:26:19 Lee Foo Kien

Courtesy from Julie Wong, Klava

Picture of KLAVA Xmas Back To Nature Relay 2007

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der Pacemakers Lite n Eazy
(Kevin Chow / LFS / Choi @ C3 / Ng Ping Loong)

Der Pacemakers Kuala Lumpur
(Meyyappa / Vincent / Ben Swee / Ronnie)

Der Pacemakers Klang
(Tay Poh Chye / Suresh / Guna / Naresh)

Der Pacemakers Lite & Eazy (5th)

Der Pacemakers Klang (2nd Runner Up)

Der Pacemakers De Putrajaya (1st Runner Up)

Der Pacemakers Kuala Lumpur (Champion)

Kevin Chow Kei Kei & Tay Poh Chye
Picture taken at KTM Station at Jln Ipoh

KLAVA Xmas Relay (Episode 12 / 12)

Video taken by Rachel Lee @ Pm21


Guna received baton from Naresh


Vincent received baton from Meyyappa


Lai received baton from Kevin Chow


Suresh received baton from Guna


Ben Swee received baton from Vincent


Choi received baton from Lai Fong Sang


Poh Chye received baton from Suresh


Ronnie received baton from Ben Swee


Ng Ping Loong received baton from Choi


Ronnie See crossing der finishing line!


Tay Poh Chye crossing der finishing line!


Ng Ping Loong crossing der finishing line!

Training wit famous Tay Poh Chye

Cinya happy n honour to have der opportunity training together wit Tay Poh Chye. I oredi started wit my GE30K training liao, together wit Kenny Tan. Last thurs we did 20K wit Mr. Chan group, so this week we plan for minimun of 25K. So hor, we oso invite Tay Poh Chye to join along lah since I always saw him running alone nia. Wanna make friend wit him mah.

We start our ran at 6.30am bcoz Kenny was late due to his pangsai n lausai. Lim Bee Hoon oso join us in der group, however after 4km she drop off liao. Poh Chye very consistance, always ahead of me n Kenny. To my surprise, Poh Chye really did der Farlek for der whole journey to Sri Hartamas. So all of us safely landed together at der petrol station including covering der loop wit der timing of 57m 52s.

I keep remind Poh Chye dont pia so hard, still long way to go, n he shy-shy say ok. However after 1km of running, Kenny n Poh Chye battle neck to neck liao. I was 10 to 20m behind them, couldn't keep up wit their pace yet. My only chance to get near them was at der Mosque hill, then we manage to pace together again. However after der downhill, Poh chye farlek us again kau-kau lat. Yew! he really make us running very hard, after running until der Tijani hill, Kenny Tan oredi in red light liao. Finally after 18km, Kenny drop off der pace. So is only me & Poh Chye battle. And yet he still got plenty of energy to farlek, cinya unbelievable. My plan is juz to follow him, whenever I get near him. Sure he will tekan kau-kau lat, so I musr ran quitly behind his back lah haha!

After completed our 20K mark, is time for der hardest course. That is running inside der Lake Garden loop, which we need to complete 2 loop. Rachel Lee was oredi there waiting for us, she is preparing us der water station for every loop that we ran, that is making sure we got water to drink. Cinya thank you to my lovely wife, else we thirst like kok. haha!

Split Times:
9.76km - 53:19.96
0.92km - 04:32.70 > 0h 57m 52s (Hartamas loop)
9.56km - 47:31.35 > 1h 45m 24s (until bkt aman trafik light)
0.60km - 03:46.50 > 1h 49m 10s (along der way to Lake Garden)
0.23km - 11:26.61 > 2h 00m 34s (LG loop)
0.23km - 11:02.40 > 2h 11m 36s (25.44km)

Tey Poh Chye finish @ 2h 12m 12s
Kenny Tan finish @ 2h 16m 33s

After completing our 25K ran, I told Poh Chye I was trying to follow him. But he say, he oso trying hard to follow me. No wonder we suffer like kok, coz misunderstanding loh. haha.. And sumore he told me yday he oredi did 2hr plus ran liao, wahh... make me cinya speechless nia.

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KLAVA XMAS RELAY 2007

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Singapore Marathon - Photos

Cinya sorry, I hv miss out my Datuk Yaziz @ Pm7 pic during der posting. Apologies for der delay, Mr LFS pls update der medal tallies n der ranking pts ya. Kam siah!

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Race Result for 16th December 2007

What : Chin Woo Baithlon
Where : Jalan Hang Tuah, Kuala Lumpur
Distance : 800m Swim / 7km Run
Medal : Finisher Medal

Result :
0h 00m 00s - Chen Fong Fong, Pm8
1h 16m 38s - Jason Lim, Pm23

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What : Penang Starwalk
Where : Stadium PISA, Penang
Distance : 10km
Medal : ??

Result :
1h 11m 35s - Teoh Chun Ming, Pm17 (no medal)

Kuantan City Relay : DNS & TNS!

Cinya Amkam like kok (Frust), der whole team of Der Pacemakers Network did not make it to Kuantan. Actually all together we hv 3 Teams (Men 2 Teams & Lady 1 Team). Due to heavy rain like waterfall until flood like submarine in East Malaysia which oso include Kuantan too.

During der 2 wks of our preparation, we done a lot of homework. Such as taking time trial for all our runner, so we can hv proper line up during der big event. Which everyone turn up without fail, some even sick oso come for der training (cinya touching). Accomodation & Transport has been arrange by our QS Mr. Lai Fong Sang. But in d end, due to der safety of der runners. We decided not to go loh, later can go in, and kenot come out lagi susah loh. Safety more important, there are plenty of race to come. So I hope my team member dont Amkan anymore ya.

Der only word I can say to my team member is SORRY :( sob.. sob..

Update On 2nd Pacemakers Network Run

Date : Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Time : 7:30am Sharp
Start Point : Children Playground, Lake Garden
End Point : Children Playground, Lake Garden
Website : http://h1.ripway.com/pm1/NetRun08.htm
Enquires : 012-2795208 Ronnie See / 012-6249399 Lai Fong Sang / 012-3392495 Tan Kean Peng

Proposed Itinerary:
06:00am : Arrival of volunteers
06:30am : Arrival of runners n Distribution of bibs
06:55am : Last call for bibs distribution
07:15am : Briefing by designated spokesman – Kelvin Ng
07:30am : Race officially starts for all categories
07:50am : Estimated arrival of top women finisher
08:20am : Estimated arrival of top men finisher
08:30am : Light breakfast will be served – Nasi lemak, bread & banana
09:00am : Estimated finishing time of last runner
09:15am : Trophy presentation to all age category winners
10:00am : End of event

Trophy Allocation
Special thanks to our sponsor (Tey Eng Tiong, Aeow Cen Peng & Lai Fong Sang) for their kind generosity to enable us for giving out a total of 39 trophies for all age category winners as follows:

Age Group / Total Participants / Total Trophies Allocated
Men 24 & below .. / [15] / [6]
Men 25-29 ......... / [19] / [8]
Men 30-34 ......... / [17] / [7]
Men 35-39 ......... / [14] / [6]
Men 40 & above .. / [20] / [8]
Women .............. / [11] / [4]
Total = 96 Runners & 39 Trophies

Kindly train hard prior to the race, you will be deserved a uniquely designed trophy for all your hard work and effort.

Finisher Medal
All finishers will be awarded finishing medal regardless of completion time at the finishing station, located a short distance from the finishing line.

Distance
Men Category - 13.8km (6 loops)
Women Category - 4.6km (2 loops)

Drinking Station
There will be refreshment station from your 3rd lap onwards; it will be located 10m before the starting point. Both isotonic drinks and mineral water will be available to all runners at the end of each lap; we urge that you drink at every lap to hydrate yourself.

Collection of Bib
Participants shall collect their bib number during the reporting time, please take note that bib number would not be distributed after 7.00am. Runners that do not wear their bib number will be disqualified. The race will be flagged off on time at 7:30am sharp; therefore your punctuality will be much anticipated.

Breakfast / Group Photographs
A variety of food and drinks (nasi lemak, bread, banana, mineral water & isotonic drink) will be made available for you to enjoy with other fellow runners and we encourage that you mingle with others and have a good time. Please throw the rubbish into the provided garbage bags to facilitate cleaning up. You have to keep the park clean and NO LITTERING will be allowed. If you wish to have group photographs taken, kindly ask our cameraman on duty for help.

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Tulangman PR @ KLCC (Ho liao!)

I was about heading to Lake Garden for my time trail training wit der gang, half way riding my motorbike hor. Received call from from Kptan say Jln Parlimen close route n der whole place jam like kok. So I decided to u-turn back to KLCC n do my time trial there. Sumore so happen I bring along my racing shoe that is der "Saucony Fastwitch - Speed", 1st time wear der racing to pia at KLCC. Cinya Kan Cheong!

How I wish Loco Lai was wit me, so we can pia kau-kau lat together n vomit together too. Too bad he need to rush work n sumore his place oso jam like kok. So it only left me der lone ranger to do it. Without wasting much time hor, quickly do 1 lap of warm up to hot up der engine. So my plan is to hoot kau-kau lat for 3 lapper, coz der distance is good for my preparation for Kuantan relay (hopefully no cancel lah due to heavy rain like kok everywhere.. DEW!). Thanks goodness today weather cinya crystal sui-sui clear.

I hv forgotten my previous PR for 3 lapper liao, so I agak-agak is around 16m 15s lah. So I start pressing my kok (watch), n pia kau-kau like no tomoro. I target my 1st lap is 5'20, fuyo.. glad I made it! 2nd lap a bit tough liao, coz speed sure will drop wan. So I try my best to hang on der pace not to drop so much, lucky only drop by 6 sec but still cinya worry. And now for der final lap liao, I give kok I hv.. pushing to der limit liao.. and finally crossing der line at 16m 11s. I'm not sure whether I PR or not, so quickly sms my quantity surveyor Mr. Lai Fong Sang to verify for my record. In less than 1 mins, I got der answer liao. Fuyo cinya efficent, n yes is a PR for me! Cinya happy like kok!

FYI, my previous PR for 3 lapper was 16m 13s on 21st Aug '06. And wat a wonderful shoe I hv, no regret buying it! Now I hv 2 pair of Saucony Fastwitch liao, n der shoe can speed up to 21km. Next is, I want to test for 30km.

Here are der Split Time :
1 lap : 5m 20.23s
2 lap : 5m 26.36s > 10' 46.59s
3 lap : 5m 25.00s > 16' 11.59s

Average Pace per lap: 5m 23.86s

All Time Top 10 Record Holder for 3 lapper :
14m 37s : Richard Habeya (3rd June '06)
15m 25s : Khoo Yit Kiat (4th June '05)
16m 11s : Ronnie See (11th Dec '07)
16m 12s : Lai Fong Sang (6th Dec '06)
16m 26s : Wong Lip Soon (Dec '04)
16m 27s : Jack Toh (Dec '04)
16m 45s : Vincent Wong (10th Nov '04)
17m 00s : Kenny Tan (4th June '05)
17m 09s : John Tan (14th March '05)
17m 31s : Tey Eng Tiong (8th May '06)

for more KLCC record, kindly click der link here!

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My Singapore Marathon Report - by Larry Lai, Pm38

Running a marathon had been my ultimate dream since I started running in March 2006, a runner can only be called A TRUE RUNNER after he has completed at least one marathon in a lifetime. In my opinion, it is really an achievement for those who have the guts to run and complete a marathon regardless of total time spent.

After running for more than 1 ½ years, I believed it is the right time for making my debut appearance in marathon. Without the slightest hesitation, I signed up for Singapore International Marathon in July 2007 and targeting a sub 4 hours finishing time. In order for me to fulfill the objective, I planned to have 5 long distance practice run of 30km with at least 2 attempts of 35km. However, I could only commence the first session on 14th October 2007. From the period of 24th June 2007 until 25th November 2007, I have participated 26 events without a proper rest. I went for races almost every weekend, thus I found it difficult to have time for long run.

Due to the time constraint, I have applied half-day leave every Tuesday in November to start my intensive 30km-training program at 4pm. I was satisfied with the result in view of the tough and hilly route which covering 5 loops of Carcosa – Planetarium. In fact I planned to run 42km on 11th November but leg cramp at 35km mark, left calf was so painful until cannot walk properly and got to go back by taxi.

Date - Distance - Timing
14.10.07 - 34.90km (Customised Bt Aman – Sri Hartamas) 3h26m58s
30.10.07 - 31.10km (5 Loops Carcosa – Planetarium Route) 2h56m01s
06.11.07 - 31.10km (5 Loops Carcosa – Planetarium Route) 2h53m25s
11.11.07 - 35.00km (Customised Bt Aman – Sri Hartamas) 3h22m38s
20.11.07 - 31.10km (5 Loops Carcosa – Planetarium) 2h48m43s

My running friends from pacemakers asking me what will be my targeted time in forthcoming Singapore Marathon? I just answered them as “I wish to complete the race with injury free and less suffering, no specific target for the timing.” I won’t have any pressure and disappointment by answering this way in the event I cannot perform well. However, my “inner voice” still has a strong desire to a sub 4 hours or even subs 3h45m-finishing time. I believe I can do it!

I could not sleep the whole night on 1st December, too excited for my maiden showdown on marathon! Reached the Padang at 4:50am, check in my baggage, did some warm up and stretching, met Ferdinand and greet him good luck, then I proceeded to starting line at Esplanade Drive. I squeezed to Sub 4 hrs zone because that would be my ultimate target. It was extremely crowded but I still managed to meet Kenny Tan, Yip Kit Weng and Victor Chua. We chit chatted for a while before the horn blew. Kenny asked whether we will pace together and I answered yes.

The organiser flagged off at 5:30am sharp, I started at a very comfortable pace. Approximately after 1km of slow jog, I have to go for a pee stop. (Drink too much water!) I asked Kenny to go ahead and I will catch up with him later. I kept reminding myself DO NOT run fast at the beginning stage, I must conserve energy for the later part. I got to stay on the road for nearly 4 hours, still long way for me to go. Finally I caught up with Kenny again at 10k mark, my stopwatch showed 55m31s. I thought we would be pacing together from there on. Surprisingly, he did not follow my pace; I have to run on my own again. Never mind, there were still a huge crowd of runners running side by side with me, I can treat them as my pacer too, and I won’t feel boring throughout the journey. I decided to eat my 1st power gel after reaching 15k mark; suddenly Keven Bong overtook me from behind and says hi to me. I told myself, let him overtakes, don’t follow his pace now, still too early to push, later sure I can catch him back. I still maintained comfortable but steady pace, breathing smooth, and enjoy the scenic routes. Just before entering the East Coast Park, I heard familiar noisy footstep approached from behind. Those runners in front turned back and curious to know whose footstep is it? Without turning my head, I knew for sure it was the well-known dinosaurs man, Mr. TPC. His pace was getting faster and faster, it was very noisy and uncomfortable to run together with, so I slowed down a bit to let him go in front. I found it enjoyable running along East Coast Park without the dinosaurs man, so many cheering teams, tourists and local folks motivated us to continue running. Moreover, we could see those elite and fast runners on their way back from opposite direction. At 22km mark I bump into Keven Bong and TPC again! I have increased my pace to 5’00 – 5’10 per km; they slowed down a bit due to speeding at the earlier stage. But very soon, TPC get near to me again, whenever I sayur him, he will push harder to chase me back then slow down in front of me. (FARTLEK) He might needs a pacer (only myself close to him at that moment), but that is not the proper way to pace with! He repeated few time, caused me in great discomfort, it was damn pressure when I heard his noisy footstep. I knew that it would definitely jeopardize my run; I must either stay behind or pull away from him, I have chosen the later. I speed up to chase runners in front, pull them away until it was safe, only then I switch back to my normal pace. Yeah, finally I managed to pull him (TPC) away! The person behind me would be the unlucky one. I still maintained 5’10 pace until exit from East Coast Park (32km). I had my 2nd power gel at 27km mark, met few familiar faces along the way like Mohd Azali, Eric Teo, Singapore Uncle, CB Leow, Ngae etc.

Met Tang Chee Choon at km34, we both chatted and pace together for 1km. He told me he got to slow down to conserve energy for the final push, as the last 5km will be the toughest. He doesn’t want to end up walking for the last few km. Temperature is getting hot at this moment, my breathing still ok but both of my legs very tired. My split time at 35km was 3h06m, I assumed even I run at 6 minutes pace for the remaining 7.2km, I still on course for sub 4hrs or even sub 3h50m finishing. All I need to do now is continue running and no leg cramp! I started to do count down, 7 more km to go! 6,5,4,3 more to go. Every km I pass by, I really motivated and very high spirit. Reached Suntec City at 40km mark, my stopwatch showing 3h33m38s. By now I could foresee a quality finishing time of approximately 3m46s, It is almost there, just need to suffer for another 12 minutes, need not to push, just to maintain only. Lai, you can do it, my inner voice convinced me every second! My mind convinced my legs to run.

Finally, I saw a sign board saying 150m to finishing line, Justin Lee & Khoo Yit Kiat were there to cheer me for the final hurdle. I push toward finishing line and recorded the timing of 3h45m33s, official gun time 3h46m09s. I felt great to be able to cross the finishing line, completed a marathon without walking. It was the happiest moment in my running life since I started in March 2006, and also the best present for my coming birthday on 4th December. All my earlier effort really paid off,

cheers!
Larry Lai, Pm38

Family Trip to Pulau Pangkor 8th to 9th December 2007

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der Tulangman Rock! Pushing thru der limit...

Picture taken at der beach side

@ Pangkor Beach

Oitz! Wat der kok are u doing har?

Der Family Photo

Der Pacemaker Network Run 2008 - Update

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Training @ Lake Garden

Der Pacemakers Network Run is coming soon for those who want to improve their running skill in speed and eudurance. You are most welcome to join der PM's gang @ Lake Garden on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6.15pm to 7.30pm. All this is FOC! Runners must help fellow runners, that is der part of motivation. Nothing to be selfish of, if you improve we will also feel happy for you.

We also have experienced runners like Lai Fong Sang, Kenny Tan & KP Tan to guide you for der training session. However training with this master must be discipline lah. If 'syok-syok come, syok-syok no come' attitude, it will be very hard to give u a proper lesson. So pls help us to help yourself too.

Regards,
Captain of der Pacemakers

Der Pacemakers Network Run 2006 Result

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Best of Marathon PRs for der Pacemakers!

der Sub 3 hrs
2h 58m 58s: Richard Habeya PM26 (Putrajaya '06)

der Sub 3.30 hrs
3h 18m 00s: Jack Toh PM14 (KLIM '05)
3h 25m 28s: Ben Swee PM50 (Penang Bridge 2006)

der Sub 4 hrs
3h 30m 00s: Choi Chik Choy PM42 (Penang '87)
3h 30m 05s: Vincent Tiong, New PM (Singapore '07)
3h 30m 09s: Adam Loh Kean Teong PM29 (KLIM 1990)
3h 33m 08s: John Tan PM30 (Chiang Mai '06)
3h 35m 52s: Thorsten Chen PM8 (KLIM '07)
3h 36m 29s: Vincent Wong PM10 (KLIM '05)
3h 38m 13s: Dr Mohd Yaziz PM7 (PBR '98)
3h 43m 16s: Shine Teh PM34 (KLIM '05)
3h 45m 33s: Lai Fong Sang PM38 (Singapore '07)
3h 49m 28s: Eng Seok Jiun PM11 (Penang Bridge Marathon'07)
3h 51m 19s: Saiful PM45 (KLIM '07)
3h 52m 44s: Hairul Azwar PM3 (KLIM '04)
3h 52m 48s: Kenny Tan PM27 (Singapore '07)
3h 58m 15s: Mohd Azali PM46 (Singapore '07)

der Sub 4.30 hrs
4h 00m 53s: Tan Kean Peng Sub-PM5 (Singapore '07)
4h 01m 50s: Alden Yap PM15 (London '07)
4h 02m 28s: Lee Tiong Hoo (Singapore '07)
4h 02m 59s: Ferdinand Lai PM24 (Singapore '07)
4h 05m 43s: Jack Ma PM9 (KLIM '07)
4h 08m 16s: Jantzen Tey PM22 (Songkhla '05)
4h 16m 07s: Chua Sang Cheng (Singapore '07)
4h 17m 44s: Kelvin Ng PM2 (KLIM '05)
4h 17m 56s: Phyllis Kok PM41 (KLIM '06)
4h 20m 14s: Tan Boon Seng PM16 (Singapore '07)
4h 26m 16s: Dr Jamie Pang PM5 (KLIM '06)
4h 29m 50s: Lee Yee Hua, PM51 (Singapore '07)

der Sub 5 hrs
4h 32m 29s: Ryan Teoh PM17 (Singapore '07)
4h 35m 53s: Abu Soffian, PM44 (Singapore '06)
4h 36m 41s: Lee Weng Khong PM35 (KLIM '06)
4h 37m 31s: Ng Ping Loong PM24 (KLIM '06)
4h 39m 58s: Jason Lim PM23 (KLIM '06)
4h 41m 01s: Abdul Haris PM13 (KLIM '05)
4h 53m 41s: Kevin Chow PM32 (KLIM '05)

der Sub 5.30 hrs
5h 05m 00s: Joviet Sim PM25 (KLIM '05)
5h 25m 29s: Dinesh Kumaran PM4 (KLIM '06)

der Sub 6 hrs
5h 35m 00s: Lee Yin Fook PM40 (Singapore '06)

Yet to Start a Marathon!
Pm01 - Ronnie See (maybe SIM 2008)
Pm18 - Newton Yap
Pm20 - Kenneth Teh
Pm21 - Rachel Lee (SIM 2010)
Pm31 - Ervinna Hon
Pm33 - Rohaizad Norpiah
Pm36 - William Chan
Pm37 - Naresh Kumar
Pm39 - Gunaselan
Pm43 - Zulazlan Shah (KLIM08)
Pm47 - Suresh
Pm49 - Saravanan

Anyway hor, I still wait for my Gege Tey to sub 4 leh. Else I wont ran marathon wan, ahahaha!!

For more PR's, kindly click der Kok Here!

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007

" Cinya thank you to Encik Justin Lee, for providing me der live result @ Singapore Marathon, really appreciate it. According to Encik Justin Lee, he cinya suffer kau-kau lat like kok. Crowd was ok this year due to staggered starting times but road to East Coast still jam packed like kok. CINYA!!"

Marathon (42.195 km)
FYI, all timing oredi updated base on timing chip & position base on age categories.

** der Sub 4.00 hrs **
3' 30.05 - Vincent Tiong, New PM (24th) PR!
3' 31.28 - Ben Swee, Pm50 (20th)
3' 40.00 - Gavin Bong (39th)
3' 45.33 - Lai Fong Sang, Pm38 (56th) PR!
3' 49.33 - Leow Choen Beng (63rd)
3' 52.48 - Kenny Tan, Pm27 (did not step at starting map) PR!
3' 58.15 - Mohd Azali, Pm46 (82nd) PR!

** der Sub 4.30 hrs **
4' 00.52 - Tan Kean Peng, Sub Pm5 (110th) PR!
4' 02.28 - TH Lee (46th) PR!
4' 02.58 - Ferdinard Lai, Pm24 (45th) PR!
4' 07.54 - Raymond Ng, Pm48 (125th) PR!
4' 16.06 - SC Chua (72nd) PR!
4' 20.13 - Tan Boon Seng, Pm16 (186th) PR!
4' 22.15 - Shine Teh Yee Chuan, Pm34 (220th)
4' 27.49 - Raymond Hee (222nd)
4' 29.50 - Lee Yee Hua, Pm51 (61st) PR!

** der Sub 5.00 hrs **
4' 32.28 - Teoh Chun Ming, Pm17 (251st) PR!
4' 39.06 - Quek Ai Ling, SG (23rd)
4' 39.39 - Tan Ay Peng, Pm52 (98th)
4' 48.12 - Kelvin Ng, Pm2 (220th)
4' 50.00 - Yip Kip Weng (379th)

** der Sub 6.00 hrs **
5' 34.46 - Jason Lim FH, Pm23 (726th)
5' 44.42 - Jantzen Tey, Pm22 (775th)

Half Marathon (21.1 km)
1' 35.41 - Gunaselan, Pm39 (8th)
1' 43.21 - Khoo Yit Kiat, Pm28 (13th)
1' 52.28 - Justin Lee, Pm19 (39th)

Quarter Marathon (10.1 km)
0' 46.19 - Eng Seok Jiun, Pm11 (Team Event 3rd)
1' 23.38 - Lim Pueh Tian, Pm1a (683rd)