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Image Credit: Random Rant Archives Finally! Managed to participate in an in-person Run Event after 2 years of hiatus (my last in-person run was in December 2019). I joined the 10km category of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) 2021 on 5 December 2021. It was a breath of fresh air to participate in such […]
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images I started Intermittent Fasting (IF) in end November 2020. Not because of health reasons but for the sheer boredom of staying alone in a house with restricted movements (thanks to Covid19). I was just so BORED that I wanted to do something different for a change. I started with 16 hours
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images Running, as much fun as it is, comes with its packages of injuries. Have I been through any to those injury? Yes, and in many ways. Below are some of the major injuries in all my years of running from most painful to discomfort. 1. Groin muscle strain Based on my
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images I remember my first run in Singapore back in 2011 with my friend. It was a weekend after a light shower in the afternoon – weather was cool and breezy. Everything was pleasant, except for the run. Half-way in the run, I was literally gasping for air, my shins felt like
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images If you are looking for an app for a training plan, the Nike Run Club (NRC) – Running Coach is a good option. The NRC provides free training plans for running. I checked similar popular apps of Strava, Runkeeper (by Asics) and Map My Run (by Under Armour) but they provide
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images I started running regularly since the beginning of 2015 and the maximum distance I ran were half-marathons (21.0975 km). It was only during the mid-2019 training phase for a full-marathon (42.195 km) that I went past my Personal Best. I ran a distance of 27 km run. That was on the
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Image Credit: Random Rant Archives I managed to go for a run along Pandan Reservoir on 9 October 2021 (Saturday) after much planning. What was suppose to be an early morning run, started late around 8:00 AM. It seems, I have a different biological clock on weekends. Pandan Reservoir is a nice place for a
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images I started monitoring my heart rate (HR) on a daily basis ever since I got my Garmin Instinct. But what caught my attention was my resting HR of 53 beat per minute (bpm) one morning. I was not sure whether it was giving the right measurements, so I noted the measurement
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images This category involves workouts or activities, and accumulating points. There are two apps that require placing a certain amount of money for activities. If you need some motivation to work out or exercise that includes running, walking, or doing certain given task, this may be a good option but comes with
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Image Credit: Pixabay Images I have been a buying my health supplements from iHerb since 2016. It is one of the the best site (if not, the best) that host a wide range of products and brands. It includes health and sports supplements, personal care, groceries, baby and pet products. The health supplements prices in
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