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Twin City Marathon 2017

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Having already done this marathon last year, this is just a brief update for this year’s edition.  Basically, the route has been improved to a relaxing and easier route.  There were less turnings and funny turns.  The water points were well replenished and there are also banana stations and sponge stations around.  In terms of slopes, there were not many steep ones and all were easy.  The race starts at 4 am as usual, which means it is still pretty dark at at the race start, most of the routes are brightly lit and visibility is not a problem.  Just make sure if you need to go into some dark corners for toilet, be very careful and alert of the drains as some are not covered.

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Mizuno Hong Kong Half Marathon Championships 2016

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Start point

 

Taking place on 18th December 2016 at the Helipad in Tai Po(2016 MIZUNO香港半馬拉松錦標賽)

The race is very enjoyable as the day was well and sunny.  The best part is, the location is a nice natural attraction with views of the mountain and the reservoir.  Very tranquil and nice.  This is hard to come by in the down town Hong Kong.

Official Website of Championship

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Hot Springs and what its effects for your body

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When going overseas for races, I tend to chose those races which are in South East Asian climate.  I am really afraid of the cold.  And to me to run in any temperature lower than 14 degrees Celsius is actually too tortuous.  But many runners have reflected that running in colder temperature actually improves their timing.  This is the reason when I chose some of the oversea races, I tend to go to those which have hot springs!

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credits:jnto.co.jp

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Marathon #19: Mandiri Jakarta Marathon

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The marathon was on 23 October 2016 at the MONAS. This was a monument in the down town Jakarta.  I had never been to Jakarta, first time seeing the monument was really impressive.  The race itself brings you to all the important sights in the city which can be difficult to go due to the bad traffic.  The route to say is not that bad as it was mainly flat.  However, this time the challenge is the rain.  There was a heavy down pour and all of us were drenched running in the heavy rain.

 

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Taking Care of Your Hair- Prevention of Hair Loss

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Sometimes I feel runners do not really care about their body when they over train or go too deep into running. I will be touching a few things about beauty and health in the next few posts.   Although we need to train hard, it should not be until that stage that we neglect our well being whether inside ( joints and organs ) or outside.

A normal, healthy person sheds about 50-100 strands of hair everyday, most of the hair will grow back.  Each strand have a life cycle of about 3-6 years.  Your scalp will start to show and looks bald when:

  • you hair drops more than 100 strands a day or a few hundreds.
  • When the hair does not grow back ( a condition known as Alopeica)

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Local Races- Army Half Marathon 2016

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The Army Half Marathon takes place yearly for the Singapore Armed Forces to promote healthy lifestyle activities and also part of the challenge for the different arms in the Ministry of Defence.  Despite most of the runners actually take the shorter distance. This year the SAFRA BAY RUN feature two competitive categories – the 21km Army Half Marathon and SAFRA 10km Race, as well as two non-competitive categories – the SAFRA 5km Fun Run and Families for Life 800m Challenge. Last year, the AHM took a break because of the Singapore 50th Birthday celebration.  But this year they came back better and stronger, with a better route.

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