Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sports Bra: Why Wear One?

关于女生运动内衣的文章:如果说到跑步,我是绝对不赞成穿普通内衣跑。适合的运动型内衣(Sport Bra),可以令你跑得舒服。

Sports Bra: Why Wear One?

You would not run in just any old shoes, so do not run in any old bra. A good sports bra is as an essential a piece of kit as a good pair of trainers. The breasts need to be held firmly in position to minimise bouncing around which is uncomfortable, but more importantly, causes stretching of the Coopers ligament which is the only ligament that stops the breast from sagging (once stretched it is irreversible, sagging breasts forever!).

A bra should fit snugly without the rib band restricting breathing, it should give a smooth outline without unsightly bulges over the cups or around your back, and the straps need to be wide enough to support the breast without causing ridges on your shoulders. There is an excellent choice of styles available, traditional style bras that are designed for different levels of sporting activity, crop tops designed to be worn as outer or under garments and vests with concealed support. Quality sports bras are manufactured from high performance fabrics such as fabrics designed to wick moisture away from the body and minimize the effects of perspiration while exercising, or special fibers incorporated into many of the bras for anti-bacterial and anti-odor protection, or also superb high-tech fabrics which are quick drying, crease and abrasion resistant yet with a soft smooth feel against the skin. A good sports bra will be so comfortable you will forget you are wearing it, leaving you to concentrate on your sport.

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* 原文

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE: That beautiful run


看到跑友们的照片在报章上出现,他们都跑得好开心哟. 面子书上的留言更令我笑爆肚!

阅读以下文章,以下十个公园都曾有我的脚印,练跑+比赛,原来不知不觉中我都跑遍了雪隆大型公园。

如数最爱我还是选择Taman Tasik Permaisuri, 因为它是我的开跑之地,对她有种莫名的感情,哈

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WE may not have long rivers like Boston’s Charles or Paris’ Seine. Neither do we have a park similar to New York’s Central Park nor London’s Hyde Park. But that’s no excuse not to lace up our trainers because running, like living, is about making the best of what we have.

1 - Bukit Tunku

On weekends, when the city is still asleep, serious runners run along the slopes of Bukit Tunku, lined with vintage bungalows and shaded by greenery. You can find them in groups or running solo, coursing through the upscale housing area, which starts from the National Monument near the Lake Gardens and goes all the way up to the Jalan Duta/Segambut roundabout. With few cars zipping through, it’s a fairly safe place to train. All you need is a pair of very strong lungs and the will to take you the distance.


2 - Lake Gardens

A favourite among runners, the Lake Gardens is a weekend haunt. The carpark near the mosque in Bukit Aman is often full by 7am. You can run in the park, through terrain and rubberised tracks on the 2.3km loop. But it can get crowded with both runners and families taking a stroll.


3 - Taman Tasik Titiwangsa

If you live near the city centre, Taman Tasik Titiwangsa is worth the drive for a morning run. The outer loop is flat and along the 2.5km stretch, you also pass City Hall’s stable for its horses, the remote controlled car circuit which is a hit on weekend afternoons, and the lake, which is the focal point of this city park. The route is recommended for beginners.

4 - Taman Lembah Kiara

This park is popular with the residents of Taman Tun Dr Ismail and those living nearby. Facilities include a children’s playground, an exercise area and an aerobics area. And the sights include a beautiful lake, hill and waterfall. The small loop around the lake is 1.1km and is pretty flat. For a more challenging run, try the larger loop through the hill for variety in inclination. Watch out for the friendly monkeys that roam freely here.


5 - Taman Rimba Kiara

This park is bordered by Taman Tun Dr Ismail on one side and Bukit Kiara on the other. It’s hilly, challenging and a good place to practise your hill runs. It’s a 5km road and the peak takes you through a 2km loop. And, it’s my favourite place to run. The views you get of sunrise and sunset from the hill as you descend are beautiful. The tarmac road can get crowded during peak jogging hours, between 7am and 8am in the mornings, and from 6pm to 7pm in the evenings.


6 - Taman Metropolitan Kepong

I wish this park is closer to my home. It’s a large, sprawling area just next to the MRR2 highway in Kepong with synthetic and tarred routes. It has a 3.65km loop, quite big for a park. Bikers can cycle along its 5km bike loop. I like the sprawling green where people can fly their kites and the children’s playground. Although this place is spacious, if the car park is any indication, this place can get crowded.

7 - KLCC Park

In the middle of the city’s concrete jungle, there’s a small green sanctuary where office workers escape to for a run before or after work. The park is a big statement in a small space. Well-managed, it has a synthetic track that covers 1.3km per loop. Running in the morning is a better option as most office workers are out in force in the evenings.

8 - Taman Tasik Permaisuri

Located in Cheras, the southern part of the city, this 48.8ha park was built around a former mining pool and has gardens and floral arches, making it a favoured picnic spot for those living nearby during weekends. For runners, the park has three jogging routes loops of 1.3km, 1.8km and 4.7km. The terrain makes running even more challenging.


9 - Forest Reserve Institute Malaysia

Also located in Kepong, the 600-hectare site is surrounded by the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve Park. The 5km and 10km trails are filled with joggers arriving as early as 5am. For workouts on short distance (sprinting, circuit or intervals), the nature trails are another option. This park is also favoured by cyclists.


10 - Taman Jaya

Just off the Federal Highway in Petaling Jaya is Taman Jaya. This park is frequented by PJ residents. It has a beautiful lake and a jogging track within. It is easily accessible via LRT, and Amcorp Mall is just across the road, so you can schedule mall and park time together.

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* Read more: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE: That beautiful run

Monday, April 4, 2011

我的选择 - 2011超马100km


看了某些跑友在第一,二届日落超马的比赛与照片等
我对超马
产生了兴趣

总觉得
跑步的境界 是可以超越全马的里数
尤其是自己也跑了这么多年
所以
也是时候 把脚步跨更高的里数
踏上了超马的列车
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超马?我看四年前的我
想都不敢想

但是另一个角度
我也记得
六,七年前的我
也是不敢想全马

结果四年前
在结束了第一个半马(2005)后
给自己设了个目标
两年后
跑了自己的第一个全马(2007)

其实超马的目标该是去年(2010) 就想实现的
自己也默默的为自己打好基础
从零九年的十月到一零年的三月
不间断的给自己参与共五个全马 还有无数次的练习
希望可以借此机会,挑战来临五月尾的八十四公里日落超马 (那时才算是第三届而已)

结果老天好像觉得我时机不对
我在零九年的新加坡马拉松比赛中
自己给弄伤了

莫名的失落
脚只有一双 跑步生涯还有很长很长
朋友们的建议
加上身体的考量
我暂停了这个心中默默期待的计划

也因为这样 我告诉自己
明年(也就是今年2011)
日落超马
我始终没有放弃过你
我今年参加十公里
明年 (2011) 我来

心中期盼已久的日落超马在十一月尾公开报名时
一个措手不及
这个超马的距离
竟然从八十四公里 延长至一百公里

一百公里? 好长哟
心中的那个很想挑战日落超马的欲望
可以在杀那间 变得无言以对
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最后...
Sundown Marathon 2011
参赛者名单里
还是看到了我的名字

祝福我 chooiwan :-)

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Winners is decide by GUN TIME, not CHIP TIME

原来 GUN TIME 比 CHIP TIME 更重要
但只是给那些要排名的啦, 如果你想跟自己比较, 只是需要看自己的 GUN TIME 就行啦 ^_^

Reminder to all runners who got potential to win prize in running races, please remember stand infront as you can,cause winners is decide by GUN TIME,not chip time.


read the rule from IAAF Excerpt from the IAAF Road Race Handbook - Pg 196 RULE 240

Note: For road races and road walking events, the official time will be the time elapsed between the start gun a...nd the athlete reaching the finish line.

However, if an athlete crosses the start line after the start gun, his time elapsed between the start and finish line can be made known to the athlete but will not be considered as official time. The order in which athletes reach the finish line will be considered as the official finish position. 196 RULE 240 .

N explain from race experience runners: Gun time is usually used for placing -- it is a race after all, and you determine order of finish by, oddly enough, order of finish. It wouldn't be fair to the leaders if you didn't use gun time for placing. What's the use in busting your butt to cross the line first, if you find out later that some guy who got to the race 6 minutes late is called the "winner" because his pace was faster?

Normally organiser just need to ask elite who have chance for prize stand infront,i think runners who worry their finisher medal,can stand second roll ? Chip also use as check point mah,if use manual,sure got more problem if u r organiser,u will know।
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*转载自 TeyET 面子书

[文章篇] 愛上跑步

为这位读者打开自己健康第一步而开心
抄下这段"跑步的好处", 愿意与各位分享 ^_^

"跑著跑著,慢慢感覺到跑步帶來的好處。它讓我身心放鬆,心情郁悶前去跑跑步更讓我在一步步地踏出去時,猶如把煩腦卸除,我得以以輕快的身心,朝終點邁進。"
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心底很清楚,情況持續下去,不只毀了自己,更會讓這個家走向破裂。

我自小個性懶散,是媽媽口中的“懶骨頭”,平時無所事事時最喜歡窩在沙發裡,學校的體育課是我最討厭的科目,年度運動會更是我避而遠之的盛會。從來沒有想過,我也會成為競跑的一份子。

去年3月,婚後一年的我為家裡添了個小寶貝,由於工作關係,小寶貝只好委托給家鄉的母親暫時挑起照顧的工作,而我和丈夫則留在都會裡繼續為生活打拼,每週再回家鄉與小寶貝及父母團聚。

生活看起來幸福美滿,然而,也許是荷爾蒙在體內作祟,產後的我心態卻逐漸改變,很容易便陷入低落,特別是在丈夫忙碌的日子,放工後回家對著四面牆,更是不懂得如何自處,在寂靜的空間裡,內心的焦慮日益擴張。

曾經試著通過追看連續劇來打發時間,通過劇情讓自己的腦袋停止胡思亂想,無奈劇情只停留在電視熒幕前,隨著戲劇的結束,回到安靜時思緒就怎麼都無法平靜。想好好地看書,腦袋卻不聽使喚,總不能集中精神走進黃金屋。而朋友也各有自己的生活,無法常常相伴。

跨出腳步,把心打開

心底很清楚,情況持續下去,不只毀了自己,更會讓這個家走向破裂。在同事的邀約下,我嚐試跨出腳步,把心打開,走入大自然,邁開腳步,到公園跑步去。

開始時,腳步沉重,不到半小時已汗流浹背且氣喘喘的停下,隔天更是全身酸痛,腦袋萌起放棄的念頭,可熱心的同事不停鼓勵,讓我不好意思一再拒絕,只好硬著頭皮繼續下去。

跑著跑著,慢慢感覺到跑步帶來的好處。它讓我身心放鬆,心情郁悶前去跑跑步更讓我在一步步地踏出去時,猶如把煩腦卸除,我得以以輕快的身心,朝終點邁進。

我漸漸愛上了跑步,更和同事一起報名,參加我人生中的第一場競跑,雖然只是短短的5公里,在完成的剎那還是很激動,為自己可以堅持跑到最後感到高興。

跑步逐漸成為我生活中不可或缺的活動,我決定繼續讓自己跑下去。而跑步讓我獲得的,又豈止是學習如何堅持而已。

星洲日報/副刊‧文:何詩雅‧2011.03.23
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*转载自: 愛上跑步

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

[10/05/2009] 今年的第一个三十公里

1st 30km Practice Run 2009
日期: 10/05/2009 地点:Bukit Aman --- Hartamas

这个是我今年的第一个三十公里练跑,其实我信心不大,但是觉得有了跑全马的目标,就要练,所以答应了跑步 uncle们的邀请,准时出席。

今天我们有恩爱两夫妻Uncle Tai & Kim , Uncle Fai (我也称他为AirCond佬),哥哥明,MC,加上其它不认识的跑友们,就这样准时五点开跑。

我们六人一边跑一边聊,而且Uncle Fai 刚爬KK回来,很多东西分享,整条街都是我们这班跑友的笑声,哈哈哈。

最重要我以为我跑到五公里就没有气跟他们边跑边聊,可是今天却很顺,一起聊到 Petronas 油站 (十公里休息站)呢。哈。

在Petronas买了水喝,跑回去KWSP Building , Uturn, 再跑多一次Petronas, 当时我也在Petronas吃了包Powergel。跑三十公里我会吃一包Powergel因为我知道我跑全马的时候也会最少吃两包,这次算是给自己身体 习惯下。但不鼓励大家平时练二十公里吃啦,觉得不需要。

之后回程的后五公里有点停停跑跑啦,总结来说今天的三十公里我跑到很开心,觉得自己也跑得蛮好的,跑来临全马信心也增加了许多。

[09/05/2011] 卫塞节 14km Practice Run

日期: 09/05/2009 地点:Double Hills 11km + Lake Garden 4km

大约五点半到达Bukit Aman Car park,慢跑了个Double Hills 后回Bukit Aman。
休息一下,再跟Runnersmalaysia跑4km,身体冷下来了比较辛苦跑,还有点头晕,搞到要Jassy等我,总结今天不算跑得很好。