Thursday, June 25, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
1 hr 8 minutes
Second attempt at grouse grind this year took me 1hr and 8 mins, way better than my previous time of 1 hr and 30 mins. This time though, my friend motivated me to go go go, so she was behind me the whole way to make sure I won't keep on stopping. Hehehe
Narealize ko nga eh, ang dami kasing nag hihike dun, and well, disadvantage ako. Primarily for the reason na maliit ako. So shorter legs. Eh para kang umaakyat ng hagdanan dun eh. So yung 1 step ng matatankad na mga caucasian, eh 2 steps ko na. Kaya lagi nila akong na oovertake sa grouse grind.
Haha.
Nonetheless, big improvement.
I'm still targetting less than an hour.
Narealize ko nga eh, ang dami kasing nag hihike dun, and well, disadvantage ako. Primarily for the reason na maliit ako. So shorter legs. Eh para kang umaakyat ng hagdanan dun eh. So yung 1 step ng matatankad na mga caucasian, eh 2 steps ko na. Kaya lagi nila akong na oovertake sa grouse grind.
Haha.
Nonetheless, big improvement.
I'm still targetting less than an hour.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Shopping @ Seattle Premium Outlets
Joined some of my officemates yesterday to cross the border to the US and go shopping at Seattle premium outlets. There are tons of stores there that offer a lot of discounts. Plus, one of my friends has VIP coupons printed out which gave some stores additional discounts.
The only item I wanted to get were new runners. Since I've been starting to do some running, my nike free just doesn't feel right to running anymore. And since I hear rubber shoes were cheaper here, a went and well, ended up getting a nice Adidas running shoes. And because things there were cheaper (plus you can use coupons!), I ended up buying a lot more other stuff.
For instance, I went to Calvin Klein and ended up buying a couple of shirts for the rest of the family. CK is usually expensive but they were selling these polo shirts for 50% off, and then using my coupon, I had an additional 30% off on top of that sale item. I ended up paying just around 13$-15$ for a shirt (original price value might have been around 49$).
And then there's the Reebok Dry fit shirts who were already 40% off, and then I got an additional 20% off I think because of the coupons. Not bad.
I think I did pretty well and I was able to buy stuff for my family. Pretty nice. Though I did spend quite a bit of money there too. haha
The only item I wanted to get were new runners. Since I've been starting to do some running, my nike free just doesn't feel right to running anymore. And since I hear rubber shoes were cheaper here, a went and well, ended up getting a nice Adidas running shoes. And because things there were cheaper (plus you can use coupons!), I ended up buying a lot more other stuff.
For instance, I went to Calvin Klein and ended up buying a couple of shirts for the rest of the family. CK is usually expensive but they were selling these polo shirts for 50% off, and then using my coupon, I had an additional 30% off on top of that sale item. I ended up paying just around 13$-15$ for a shirt (original price value might have been around 49$).
And then there's the Reebok Dry fit shirts who were already 40% off, and then I got an additional 20% off I think because of the coupons. Not bad.
I think I did pretty well and I was able to buy stuff for my family. Pretty nice. Though I did spend quite a bit of money there too. haha
Sunday, June 14, 2009
5km Run
I joined and raced my first 5km race last June 12, 2009. My two friends went on to run the 10km, but for a beginner like me, I opted to go for the 5km first.
Since it was my first time, I think I did pretty well. Though not the fastest, but my biggest accomplishment was that I didn't stop! I jogged slow and steady, but continuous. My final time - ~35 minutes. Not bad.
Since it was my first time, I think I did pretty well. Though not the fastest, but my biggest accomplishment was that I didn't stop! I jogged slow and steady, but continuous. My final time - ~35 minutes. Not bad.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
More excercise
Last Saturday my friend convinced me to go jog in the morning from Telus Science World area, to Granville Island. Originally she had planned a Sunday morning 17km run! Geeze, of course I had to backout. 17km?? My legs will fall off if I'd run that. So to compromise, she mapped out a new route for us to take. This route is actually a very nice area to jog around. You're actually jogging beside a lake/creek/river or whatever that body of water is. It's very nice, plus a lot of other joggers and bikers are there as well.
So we originally planned to do around 3km jog to Granville Island, and back. So that's around 6km in total. But by the time we reached Granville, we decided to run more so we ended up near Kitsilano Beach area, which is also a very nice place. So all in all, we ran around 10km (ok, I did run-walk combo! hehe). But I was dead tired afterwards. My legs were killing me.
But it's good though.
In fact, this morning I did another 5km run from my place to Queen Elizabeth Park. Beautiful. I love how you can just do about your stuff here. Clean place, nice run paths, and very environmental feel to this city as you see sooo much green here.
My next task is friday night, my first 5km marathon. Well, my friends are going for the 10km. I will only do the 5km. :)
So we originally planned to do around 3km jog to Granville Island, and back. So that's around 6km in total. But by the time we reached Granville, we decided to run more so we ended up near Kitsilano Beach area, which is also a very nice place. So all in all, we ran around 10km (ok, I did run-walk combo! hehe). But I was dead tired afterwards. My legs were killing me.
But it's good though.
In fact, this morning I did another 5km run from my place to Queen Elizabeth Park. Beautiful. I love how you can just do about your stuff here. Clean place, nice run paths, and very environmental feel to this city as you see sooo much green here.
My next task is friday night, my first 5km marathon. Well, my friends are going for the 10km. I will only do the 5km. :)
Friday, June 5, 2009
First Grouse Grind in 2009
Had my first Grouse Grind today!
Took me 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to the top.
At about the halfway mark (they post 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 marks along the way), I was already wondering how the hell did my officemate drag me into this horrible activity. My legs were killing me by then. My few weeks of exercise did not help at all. Anyway, the good thing about this hike, you lose around ~1k calories (more or less, depends on your heart rate I guess).
Anyway, I'm planning to do this every other week at the least, so I bought this timer card to track my times every time I do the grind. It's a good exercise, will keep me at least a bit stronger before I balloon again here.
Took me 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to the top.
At about the halfway mark (they post 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 marks along the way), I was already wondering how the hell did my officemate drag me into this horrible activity. My legs were killing me by then. My few weeks of exercise did not help at all. Anyway, the good thing about this hike, you lose around ~1k calories (more or less, depends on your heart rate I guess).
Anyway, I'm planning to do this every other week at the least, so I bought this timer card to track my times every time I do the grind. It's a good exercise, will keep me at least a bit stronger before I balloon again here.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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