carpe diem

230711 Marina 21k

tahan92 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:06:39 +0000

This was run in much difficulty. It was my birthday. Mark didn’t want to run for me because of the Women’s Wave start. Reg fee: $45.

TAG NO 40060 NAME AI LING QUEK WAVE 1
WAVE RANK 52 OVERALL RANK 54 of 100 Women’s Veteran Finishers
GUNSTART 19:26:36.06
5KSPLIT 00:42:03.72
7.5KSPLIT 00:58:02.66
10.5KSPLIT 01:20:01.11
15.5KSPLIT 02:01:09.62
18KSPLIT 02:18:19.07
NETTIME 2:38:34.00
GUNTIME 02:40:40.92

(Photo: BTing)

170711 Tri-Factor Run 21km

tahan92 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:46:22 +0000

I didn’t run this. Mark Zhang did it for me. I am not participating in the other events for this series so my points is not used. Prizes to the first three only. I also did not get any prize for this. Registration fee: $42.90 (medium late).

The last km was a confusion. From the results, Mark could have finished in 1:30. But they were diverted to run an extra 3km.

Pos5
Bib No 1701
Name A Quek
CP1a 2Km 00:08:09
CP2a 4Km 00:19:51
CP1b 5.5Km 00:31:39
CP2b 7Km 00:44:03
CP3 13Km 01:03:03
CP4a 16.5Km 01:23:56
CP4b 20Km 01:24:32
NetFinish 01:45:13
GunFinish 01:45:13
Rank Cat 5
Rank Gend 6
Run TF Pts 150

(Photo: Tan Kim Lai. The trekking pole, I borrowed from Fia. This was a week after the foot surgery.)

100711 Jurong Lake Run

tahan92 — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:22:28 +0000

Photo by Thomas Eng

Philip Kho passed me his tag and his son’s tag again. So I let Kim Lai run for him and I ran for his son.
It’s a very pleasant morning 10km run. A last one before I go for my foot surgery.
MJ0025 KHO ZHONG CHENG SHAUN MALE 10km Junior Men’s – MJ
52 net1:00:39.03 gun1:00:00.51 4k0:23:41.31 6k0:36:08.14
MV4047 KHO CHUAN KOK PHILIP MALE 10km Men’s Veteran – MV
151 net1:12:23.79 gun1:11:44.93 4k0:26:18.27 6k0:41:26.11

030711 Great Eastern Women’s 10k

tahan92 — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:43:05 +0000

218/3541 155066 A QUEK Singapore Women Open 01:01:14.20 01:02:09.80
Position base on guntime.
I feel young. Why am I in the Women’s Open category?

This time I did not cross over to run the 5k. The 10k started at 730am and the 5k started at 815am. I wasn’t that fast to re start again. Also, I will be made to run the 10k because I was wearing the 10k tag and I didn’t want to run 10k again. I was to report to the stage area to claim my POISE Feel Free to Laugh prize. So I spent the time going around taking photos. I came in second under the voters’ choice.

Fee: $30

180611 LTA Cross Country

tahan92 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:47:17 +0000

Only 15 turned up in this rainy day out of almost 4000 staff. It is free but everyone gets bananas, 100 Plus to bring home. We thought 50 people will turn up.
Women’s run the 3.6km and men’s run the 5km at MacRitchie.
I finished first, first to reach the end point in 20mins.
Tag no. 54. I have a friggin’ painful corn on my left foot.

120611 National Vertical Marathon

tahan92 — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:19:13 +0000

Race fee: $26

I didn’t train for this at all. This is the only climb I did this year though my new flat is on the 27th floor.
I have a corn on my left foot and I have rashes all over my body. Again, it is dread at work, drafting my resignation letter which might as well mean retirement. It is too early to retire. But no other choice, no one else build bus interchanges. So, hardly being able to move and in the midst of clearing up junk for the move that gave me rashes and nights and nights of itchiness, I just couldn’t keep up with the training.

Stop watch time: 16m25s, don’t think I stand for any chance of winning a prize.

We get a nice goody bag with a t shirt, a timing bib (no W2175), a lot of discount coupons, the most we ever seen these years, a certificate and a nice medal (first time).

Official: Position 19/18 Time: 16m16.79s

2011 Results

2010
Rank Name Timing
1 Hui Ping Kok 11:34:73
2 Vanessa Smith 11:53:81
3 Sumiko Tan 12:16:74
4 Roda M Ramos 13:44:46
5 Anne AhoEagling 14:02:86
6 Li Pea Lim 14:33:54
7 Roshidah Karyeo 15:12:46
8 A Quek 15:14:44
9 Yim Pui Fun 15:14:64
10 Frieda Levycky 15:17:16
11 Kin Ping Joscelyn Kiang 15:18:19
12 Sek Ling Chew 15:33:93
13 Elaine Lee 15:39:15
14 Tay Chiew Guat 15:54:60
15 Ang Xiaohui 16:19:54

020411 Class 95FM Stiletto Race

tahan92 — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:33:59 +0000

First 100m run in front of The Flyer in 2.75 inch (at least) heels.

The hair was still wet when I woke up at 515am. I set the alarm for this race I have been waiting for. It was raining very heavily and I called Fia and asked her, what now? Then she decided to wait out and prepare a meal more than enough for a marathon, Maggi noodles and she said, she didn’t stop there, she went on to fry an egg.

It was so early when we reach the registration counters. We had fun with the DJs and thank goodness, Kim Lai came with a very nice camera.

It was a long wait. The race won’t start until 1030am. So we went to MacDonalds for breakfast. My hair is wet again from the drizzle.

This is one crazy race. I love it. I have been waiting for this thing to happen in Singapore.

280511 Sundown Marathon

tahan92 — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:15:49 +0000

I am a pacer again. I enjoy doing this, makes me run.
Make myself a little more useful.

BIB/DIV: F0004 / FEMALE 40-44
TIME: 5h:28m:44s (gun) / 5h:28m:27s (net)

Result in Entire Field – 2073rd place
5564 finishers behind. About 27% of finishers ahead.
Result based on GUN time: 1654th place
Result in Gender (Women) – 253th place
962 finishers behind. About 21% of finishers ahead.
Result based on GUN time: 203th place
Result in Division (F4044) – 34rd place
75 finishers behind. About 30% of finishers ahead.
Result based on GUN time: 31st place

FACTS
Who’s who
Of the 7637 who finished, 16% were women and 84% were men.

Opposite Sex
For the record, you were ahead of about 72% of men finishers.

Timing Info
Your start delay: 17s.
Over the final 11km You passed 457 runners and 31 passed you

Ave mile 12.32 Ave km 7:47
Ave speed 7.7kph 4.8mph

Start -10k 8.2 1:13:27 7m21s/km 10km
10k – 20k 7.1 1:33:31 8m30s/km 11km
20k -30k 7.8 1:20:42 7m41s/km 10.5km
30k – Fin 7.9 1:20:47 7m33s/km 10.695km
Chip Time 05:28:27
5km 0:35:36.15
10km 01:13:27
21km 2:46:58.49
30km 4:07:40.00
I also ran the 10km event at 6pm. (bib no. B4735). There was alot of time to rest and prepare for the marathon at 10pm. Waiting for my time to be captured.

BIB/DIV: B4735 / FEMALE _NoAge
TIME: 52m:38s (gun) / 52m:38s (net)
Result in Entire Field – 66th place
5922 finishers behind. About 1% of finishers ahead.
Result based on NET time: 99th place
Result in Gender (Women) – 17th place
3353 finishers behind. Less than 1% of finishers ahead.
Result based on NET time: 19th place
Result in Division (No Age) – 1st place
6 finishers behind.
Result based on NET time: 1st place

FACTS
Who’s who
Of the 5988 who finished, 56% were Women and 44% were Men.

Opposite Sex
For the record, you were ahead of about 98% of men finishers.

Timing Info
Over the final 11km You passed 28 runners and 3 passed you

Ave mile 8.28 Ave km 5:16
Ave speed 11.4kph 7.1mph

1st half 11.4 26m20s 5m16s/km 5km
2nd half 11.4 26m18s 5m16s/km 5km
WINNER
The winner of the event was in division FEMALE 40-44 and achieved a time of 00:39:07.

2010

210511 100Plus PAssion Run

tahan92 — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:28:47 +0000

This is a very expensive 25km run. I didn’t want to register for it earlier. But I got into the mood and decided to ask for favour for late registration after closed.

This cost me $70.10 (I don’t know how it adds up). It should cost only $65 but I was charged more than $70. Anyway, the medal was really nice. I feel my legs cramps so I slowed to a walk for the last 5km.

Results
273 of 611 Women’s 25km Finishers
Tag No. 20816 Name: A Quek
Gun start:16:28:55.50 Time start:16:39:02.10
Chip Finish:03:16:48.60 Gun Finish:03:26:55.20

with my colleagues (photo: moon)

2010

160411 Energizer Night Race 2011

tahan92 — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:32:25 +0000

Venue: Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
Start Time: 7.45pm

It was poor organisation and short of volunteers that turned this race into chaos.
The participants robbed the organiser of goody bags, t shirts and medals. So there were no more when the longer distance runners came back. There was nothing left.
Marshals were also pulled out and rubber bands as rounds indicator were insufficient.

It was saved finally by Energizer stepping in to refund all participants of the race fee and sent everyone a goody bag including a medal, whether we ran or not.

I got a prize for this race. 5th in category E0008, Net time: 4:24:36 Gun time: 4:25:04
Alas, it is only 39.5 – 39.7km.