.... the jackal rides and run....

10km PB Decided to go for a 10km 'go for it' run! After some weeks of not doing speed training (eg. trying to better my 10k), I went for it today. Took (reluctantly) the Kinvara's out as I feel its the right shoe for the occasion or I just being pussy and needed the pads below my feet. Let's just see if my speed has suffered after all these long distances. On the go, I just went at the fastest I could do 'comfortably' ...... stride was lengthened a bit, focus on a natural relaxed forefoot strike, which I do anyway. Strangely, the Kinvara did not feel as squishy as before...perhaps after 100km it has broken in (?). Managed to keep good pace till 5km. No niggles on the legs as well...they felt ok throughout. Breathing was consistent and HR was steadily moving up, as expected, over the distance. At 5km point, it was not even the best time but its still under 26m and I felt relatively better compared to other attempts....the 2nd 5km was only slightly worse and t...

Ah, what a good 3 days.... Certainly 2 highlights was 1) Run350 with my Wife 2) Both my kids can ride the 2-wheel bike! On Saturday, to give my legs from the Faber torture the previous day, I opted to go for the 'an hour or less of moving time challenge to Siglap kopitiam" something Ryo and me cooked up while riding at those ungodly early hours just to kill the boredom. This was to be the last time I will use the MotoACTV (until they clean up their act on the website and the TCX export). The best time for this was done in January with Ryo where as a team we averaged 33.1km/h to cover that 32km of start and stops (with some slopes). I set the virtual partner on MotoACTV for 32km distance and 1hr time. This time out I was solo and did not expect much from this ride except, just do it. Started out ok at the service road and just managed to pip the VP but lost out again at the park area leading to the coastal road...however at Coastal, I turned it on and went to 35km/h avera...

Completed the highlight of this week today. Took the opportunity as I was clearing my leave anyway and went out for my 33km run on Friday. Started out mundane...the plan was to run around ECP to get the 33km done but approaching Fort Road, I was thinking if there was anyway I could do this more interestingly since I've been looping ECP all this while. Right before the u-turn at the end of ECP, I decided that I should run to Mt.Faber, following my usual cycling route. Pace was decent in the beginning but I was getting annoyed by the music skipping on the MotoACTV which started along Nicoll Hway. I gave up on the music and just kept the phones. Legs were feeling strained already and it was only about 10km going into Shenton Way. The streets of Shenton Way, as expected, were deserted. Running along the streets there, I could smell and feel the air conditioning, escaped from all the crevices of tall buildings. I also notice that the streets were strewn with coffee shops....the arom...

I used this for all 3 workouts over the weekend. The first 2 was for cycling and this morning for my 12km run. Cycling For cycling, I set the catch mode to 'extended' meaning it the GPS updates every 2s to save batteries. The 50km ride took about 2.5 hours to complete and I had still about 60%-70% battery left. Not bad I thought and it was paired with my speed/cadence and HRM units. Worked flawlessly. The smallish screen is not a problem too and its looks less intrusive compared to the humongous Edge 705. I could see the reading clearly, in fact better than the Edge 705 even without backlight on. At home, it was easy enough to sync via wi-fi to my Motoactv account. Almost as good as my forerunner wireless sync (because its syncs automatically whereas on the Motoactv, I had to sync manually). There are max of 6 metrics and I think that's sufficient. I have the tendency to max out all and on the Edge I had 8 metrics displaying, which can be dangerous when you are strug...

I received this in a parcel yesterday. This is meant to be a replacement for my Garmin 405 and Edge 705. Despite all its flaws from many internet reviews, this device is so-THE-future. It can be worn as a really cool watch software customizable faces, has GPS, WiFi, BT and ANT+ support as well. The device is running on android and is just way cool to use and look at. Really smooth responsive touch screen....just like a mini smart phone minus the cell support. Really a Garmin killer IF Motorola gets the entire ecosystem right. They need to do a lot more and learn from market leaders 'the good things'. I've not had the chance to test it out for workouts yet. Probably over the weekend for a bike ride or something. Here are some shots...