StanChart Marathon 2005: Hills Training

This evening marked the first weekly series of training concocted by our trainer, Ong, and we were briefed that we would cover Labrador Park Hill (to & fro) and then to Mt Faber. The entire route will be 12.5km, as marked out by Ong.

There was less than 10 of us this evening. Somehow, a lot of the runners were busy. We started off promptly at 7pm, and immediately I moved close to Ong and Paul just so that we can pace one another. We were joined by Wong nearing Labrador, and there was another group led by Jimmy Sim behind. We ran up the slopes of Labrador Park, and when we reached the top, Paul mentioned that one of the runners vomitted, as he was not used to the slope running. I had a banana at about 6pm, and Yean brought a whole bunch for the rest of the crew too. Paul consumed 2 bananas, and I joked that he had used 1/2banana to climb that slope, and that he still has 1.5banana to last the later hills.

I felt good, and continued to loop Labrador Park, and ran back up the slopes in reverse, keeping just behind Ong. At the top where the restaurant was, I went for a quick drink at the toilets, and then was joined by Paul. Together, the 3 of us ran towards Mt. Faber, and climbed the steep slopes at Morse Rd. Midway, Paul dropped a bit behind. Ong and me carried on up towards Cable Car Towers, and then ran speedily down the slopes and back to ClubHouse, taking a total of 1hr6min. I felt strong throughout, and even made a dash at the last 200m.

Distance Ran:12.5km ___Time:1hr6min____Pace:5:17min/km
Average HR:154bpm___Max HR:175bpm___KCal:732KCal