"kaki ayam" - barefoot

bought this pair (viabram five fingers) in new york and been wearing them a couple of weeks already. ran in them a couple of times and i have never felt so wondeful. i have found my answer! i have been never satisfied with all of my running shoes because i felt that certain muscle of my lower leg is "sleeping". when i had my feet in viabram five fingers for the first time, i felt that something has been awaken.

that's viabram five fingers. it is like a sock with five pockets for each toe and a protective sole. i stumbled over rocks but my toes are in one piece. this thing looks like something that divers wear. what the heck, i happy running in it.

what's so special about this thing? it actually give the the owner the experience of barefoot running. this new experience made me realized that i don't actually need a good running shoe to run well. i have been forgotten that when i was very young i used to run with no shoes on and i did run faster. although i only had them for about one month, i have already felt the positive effect of barefoot running. for more info on barefoot running, do visit www.viabramfivefingers.com

i hope i'll do my first 21k in viabram and if everything goes well, i might think of doing this year's standard chartered singapore marathon in them!

what's life after marathon

i am eager to start training. when i was in new york, i went to 5th ave. visited citysports and got me a new pair of running shoes. an asics. i always wanted an asics. got good advice from the store people. i have never felt so satisfied. the next morning i slipped into it and ran in central park. it was like 12 C and i felt i was in heaven. did 10 km and i barely sweat. i remember last time i experience this when i was in urumqi, china. stayed at hilton and on the way back, droped by for starbucks. good life.



i got myself a pair of vibram five fingers. yet to run in it.



was chauffeured around in a limo in new york. nice.

adidas sundown marathon 2008 singapore ...

i fumbled. crossed the finishing line at 6 hours plus. embarrassed. bound to happen. was not discipline enough to carry on trainning. i was assigned to go to detroit and new york for 10 days. i am supposed to stick on my training programme but i got distracted by the flying hours and shopping. what really made me sick is that i did not stick to the rule of thumb, don't do something crazy like wearing a new pair of shoes on the marathon day when you have been training all this while in a different pair. this was what i did! i wanted to prove them wrong but instead i was the dumb one. after the 18km mark i felt my legs are killing me. nevertheless, this new asics is da bomb! i have never felt so comfortable before. just imagine, in the early distance, i have been knocking out most runners! but that contributed to my failure. i peaked early. once again i broke another rule of thumb. so to cut it short, i underestimate the run, overconfident in my ability and being stupid enough to ignore the rule of nature. who do i think i am? superman?



did not run with the camera coz anticipate rain. true to my gut feelings, it rained when i crossed the 38km. saw lots of runners took shelter. said to myself. you guys run with your blackberry, mp3, mobile phones etc. now that equipment dictate your run. you don't waht them to get wet don't ya?



i don't think many performed well in the run. even though i was slow, i heard at one point the marshall was yelling " you guys are behind 1,900 runners ". To me it is as expected. usually i will be at the other end of the bell shape curve.



i am ready to sign up for another run. once i recover i will train for my next marathon. this time around i want to train well and stick to whatever rules...



just wanna share with you guys, i got the opportunity to do my morning runs at central park...