2010/10/10 St.George Melbourne Marathon

July 24th, 2010

Date: 10th October 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 7:00am
Venue: Batman Avenue, Melbourne, Australia
Distance:

  • St.George Melbourne Marathon 42.195km
  • Flight Centre Half Marathon 21.1km
  • The Coffee Club 10km
  • ASICS Run 5.7km
  • ASICS Walk 4km
  • Kids’ WB Run 2.5km

Entry Fee:

Early Bird
Online:
Tues 1 Jun - midnight on Sat 31 July
General
Online:
Sun 1 Aug - midnight Wed 22 Sept
Late
Online:
Thur 23 Sep - 5pm Fri 8 Oct
In person at MCG:
12pm Thur 7 Oct - 3pm Sat 10 Oct
St.George Melbourne Marathon AUD110 AUD130 AUD140
Flight Centre Half Marathon AUD85 AUD100 AUD110
The Coffee Club Adult - AUD50
Child - AUD30
Adult - AUD65
Child - AUD40
Adult - AUD75
Child - AUD45
ASICS Run Adult - AUD35
Child - AUD25
Adult - AUD50
Child - AUD35
Adult - AUD55
Child - AUD40
ASICS Walk Adult - AUD30
Child - AUD15
Adult - AUD40
Child - AUD20
Adult - AUD50
Child - AUD25
Kids’ WB Run AUD20 AUD25 AUD30

Closing Date: 9th October 2010 (Saturday) before 3:00pm
Race Kit Collection: 7th-9th October 2010

Prize: 1st-3rd
Medal: Every competitor from every event who crosses the finish line will be able to collect their commemorative Finisher Medal
Trophy: Overall winners will receive a trophy

Organizer: IMG Sports Technology Group

Email: genevieve.dunn@imgworld.com
Contact: +61 3 9864 1118
Website: http://www.melbournemarathon.com.au

2010/09/24 Koh Phangan Full Moon Marathon

July 23rd, 2010

Date: 24th September 2010 (Friday)
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Koh Pha Ngan Ferry Pier, Pha Ngan Island, Thailand
Distance:

  • Marathon 42.195km
  • Quarter Marathon 10.5km
  • Fun Run 3km

Entry Fee:

  • Marathon USD40
  • Quarter Marathon USD20
  • Fun Run USD20

Closing Date: 24th September 2010 (Friday) before 8:00pm
Race Kit Collection: 24th September 2010 (Friday), 3:00pm-10:00pm

Medal: Every participant will receive memorial medal when crossing the finish line
Trophy: The winner and 2 runner ups will receive trophy

Organizer: Tourism Association of Kho Pha Ngan

Contact:

  • Tourism of Thailand, Suratthani Office 0 7728 8817 - 9
  • Tourism Association of Kho Pha Ngan 081 4441322

Website: http://www.runningthailand.net

Source: http://2009tonton.blogspot.com

2010/11/21 Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon

July 21st, 2010

Date: 21st November 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 1:00am
Venue: Sanam Chai Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Distance:

  • Marathon 42.195km
  • Half Marathon 21.1km
  • Mini Marathon 10km
  • Micro Marathon 5km
  • Fare well Party

Entry Fee:

  • Marathon THB2000, THB2500
  • Half Marathon THB1500, THB2000
  • Mini Marathon THB900, THB1500
  • Micro Marathon THB700, THB900
  • Fare well Party THB600, THB600

Closing Date: 20th November 2010 (Saturday)
Race Kit Collection: 20th November 2010 (Saturday), 10:00 - 19:00 hrs

Prize: Cash prizes for winner
Medal: Participants will be awarded a medal upon crossing the finish line
Trophy: The 1st-3rd winner for two categories will receive trophy from Excellency Privy Councilor General Pichitr Kullavanijaya
T-shirt: All marathon applicants who are able to finish the limited-time will receive reminder T-shirt
Certificate: Only runners who complete the actual course within time limit will receive a certificate

Organizer: National Jogging Association of Thailand

Email: info@amazingfield.org
Contact:

  • National Jogging Association of Thailand (662) 628-8361, 280-7667-8
  • Amazing Field Co., Ltd. (662) 277-6670-1

Website: http://www.bkkmarathon.com
Registration Form: Registration_Form.pdf

Source: http://2009tonton.blogspot.com

2010/09/19 Samui Island Marathon

July 21st, 2010

Date: 19th September 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30am
Venue: Nathon Pier, Koh Samui, Thailand
Distance:

  • Marathon 42.195km
  • Half Marathon 21.1km
  • Quarter Marathon 10.55km
  • Student Marathon

Entry Fee:

  • Marathon THB500, THB700, THB800
  • Half Marathon THB400, THB500, THB600
  • Quarter Marathon THB300, THB300, THB300
  • Student Marathon Free

Closing Date: 18th September 2010 (Saturday)
Race Kit Collection: 18th September 2010 (Saturday), 10:00 - 22:00 hrs

Prize: 1st – 5th place, Overall winners and 1st – 5th place winners, Age Group
Medal: Given to all runners who pass the Finish line before cut off time (6 hours for Marathon, 3 hours for Half Marathon and 1.5 hours for Quarter Marathon)
Trophy: 1st – 5th place, Overall winners and 1st – 5th place winners, Age Group
Certificate: Given to all Marathon runners who pass the Finish Line within 6 hours

Organizer: Bangkok Airways

Contact: Bangkok Airways Head Office 0 2265 5669
Website: http://www.bangkokair.com/samui-island-marathon

Source: http://chap-ayam-runners09.blogspot.com

2010/12/26 5th Chiang Mai Marathon

July 14th, 2010

Date: 26th December 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 4:00am
Venue: The Thapae Gate, Chiang Mai Province Thailand
Distance:

  • Marathon 42.195km
  • Half Marathon 21.1km
  • Mini Marathon 10km
  • Fun Run 3km

Entry Fee:

  • Full Marathon USD25, USD30, USD35
  • Half Marathon USD20, USD25, USD30
  • Mini Marathon USD15, USD20, USD25

Closing Date: 20th December 2010 (Monday)
Race Kit Collection: 24th-25th December 2010 (Saturday)

Prize: Finishers 1-5 of each divission will be awarded Prizer Money
Medal: The medal for every runner who complete the course
Trophy: Finishers 1-5 of each divission will be awarded trophies
T-shirt: The T-Shirt Finisher for Marathon runner who complete the course
Certificate: The Photo Certificate for Marathon and Half Marathon runner who complete the course

Organizer: Chiang Mai Marathon Projet

Email: bkk@chiangmaimarathon.com
Contact: Jogging and enjoy sports of Thialand (JOG&JOY) 66(0) 2741 1227-8
Website: http://www.chiangmaimarathon.com
Registration Form: Entry Form CMM 2010 Oversea Runner.pdf

Source: http://2009tonton.blogspot.com

Report: 23rd Seremban Half Marathon

July 13th, 2010

Date(日期): 11st July 2010(Sunday)
Time(时间): 6:45am
Venue(地点): N.S. Padang, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Distance(距离): 21km
Result(成绩): 01:48:12
Rank(名次): 32nd
Route(路线):

Link(连线):

Foreword(前言):
July really is the run season, an average of at least one race every week. I also restrict myself to participate in 23rd Seremban Half Marathon and Shape & Men’s Health Night Run ’10, for only two races. I intend to focus on the latter’s race. I feel more challenging due to the event has limited edition medals, only the top 75 runners able to get.
(7月真的是比赛的旺季,平均每个星期都有至少一个赛事。而我也忍下心肠地限制自己,只参加23rd Seremban Half MarathonShape & Men’s Health Night Run ’10两个比赛。我打算把重心放在后者的比赛中。因为这赛事有限量版的奖牌,只有前75名有得拿,感觉比较有挑战。)

Before the Race(比赛前):
Night before the race, my friend and I have been hanging out in Port Dickson until 2am. I thought I’m going to Seremban at 4am, do not sleep will be better than sleep for 2 hours, so I chose to watch the World Cup third place battle, Germary VS Uruguay. This is a really good game, both sides is having a lot of goal. After the game at around 4am, I then proceed to Seremban to meet with坏男孩, 卧虎藏龙, Malcalm, chaucky, Shirley, 831126 and William.
(比赛前一晚我和朋友在波德申游玩,一直玩到凌晨两点多。心想我四点多便要向芙蓉出发,睡两个钟头不如别睡,所以我就选择观看世界杯季军争夺战,德国对乌拉圭。这真是一场精彩的比赛,全场双方进球不断。四点多看完球赛后,我就向芙蓉出发,和坏男孩,卧虎藏龙,Malcalm,chaucky,Shirley,831126及William会合。)

During the Race(比赛中):
Race started at 6:45am unwittingly. I’m following chaucky in the first few kilometers. There are many slopes along the way and no distance marker at all. I wouldn’t know how many kilometers I had run if chaucky didn’t have his GPS watch with him.
(比赛在6:45am不知不觉地开始了。前面几公里我都跟着chaucky跑。一路上都有很多斜坡,而且都没有距离标志。如果没有chaucky的GPS手表,我根本都不知道自己跑了多少公里。)

4km - 20min

chaucky and I run constantly with the speed of 5 minutes per kilometer. After some time, my devil call me to run easily, stop following chaucky since I’m not in a very good condition today. I slow down to do easy run myself without knowing after how many kilometers.
(我和chaucky一直保持着每公里5分钟的速度来跑。一段时间后,我的心魔就叫我别跟chaucky了,跑轻松点吧,反正我今天的状态也不是很好。也不知道几公里后,我就放慢下来自己轻松跑了。)

Time has passed 55 minutes and it should be half distance covered, but me still unable to see any distance marker. The situation of without knowing how many kilometers I had run has given me the lack of motivation to move forward. I have run 1 hour 48 minutes and 12 seconds with no objective, feel the distance is less than 21km.
(时间过了55分钟,应该有半程了,可我还是看不见任何的距离标志。这种不知道自己跑了几公里的情况确实让我缺少前进的动力。我就这样豪无目标地跑了1时48分12秒,感觉到路程好像不足21km。)

After the Race(比赛后):
After the race met Ylong Lui, that he received the Men Senior 10km sixth position, congratulate him on this.
(比赛后遇见Ylong Lui,得知他获得Men Senior 10km第六名,在此恭喜他。)

After that we go to eat curry pan mee that I long awaited for only know the shop is not open on Sunday, causing me a blank mood. Fortunately, the Kee Mei Siew Pow that May introduced is tasty, luckily still gain something.
(过后我就和大伙儿去吃我期待已久的咖喱面粉糕,怎知那家茶餐室星期日尽然没有开,害我空期待一场。还好之后去May介绍的奇美买的烧包吃起来味道不错,终算有点收获。)

How Social Tools Can Help Your Business?

July 7th, 2010

Blogs… their lifespan, even on WordPress and Blogspot doesn’t seem to be very long. They were once a great tool to create your website and to interact with your visitors, but why are they dying off? We all once thought that blogs would take over the world, and why wouldn’t they? But it seems that less interactions are taking place on blogs these days. I mean, when was the last time you received a comment on your blog?

So where does all the interaction go? Facebook. There’s no doubt that it’s one of the fastest growing social tools out there, and it’s even scaring off Google, the search engine giant.

Facebook is ambitious. While Google treats you as a ‘Visitor’, Facebook treats you as a ‘Friend’. That makes a huge difference.

Here’s what I think could have happen in the future:

1. Website owners will create their websites on Facebook
2. They will direct www.mywebsite.com to www.facebook.com/mywebsite
3. They will start calculating the number of fans accessing their website, rather than unique visitors
4. They will spend their marketing budget on Facebook ads, rather than Google’s ads

And, don’t be surprised if your web developer comes to you and tells you that they’re now a Facebook Page Developer, instead of a Web Developer!

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Report: Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2010

June 29th, 2010

日期:27th June 2010(星期日)
时间:5:00am
地点:Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
距离:42.195km
成绩:3时46分48秒
名次:74th
连线:

报名前:
以四小时内完成全程马拉松(Sub4)为目标的我,chaucky和michael_wilson自2月头的Putrajaya Night Marathon后就决定选一个早上的全马赛事来奋力一搏。毕竟早上的赛事比傍晚的赛事好跑多了,此赛事很自然地成为了我们实现目标的舞台。

备战期:
这个比赛是在4月尾的Bidor Half Marathon后开始备战,前后有两个月的时间。5月尾的adidas Sundown Marathon也是我备战的其中一部分。我万万想不到我成功提早在此备战的赛事中达成了我的目标,这也使到我报名参加此赛事的理由变得毫无意义,开始萌生弃赛的念头。还好最后我还是选择留下,也要求自己做多一次Sub4。

04/26 - 05/02,74km
05/03 - 05/09,56km
05/10 - 05/16,69km
05/17 - 05/23,82km
05/24 - 05/30,95km
05/31 - 06/06,27km
06/07 - 06/13,102km
06/14 - 06/20,103km
06/21 - 06/26,22km

训练方法:
如果我说这两个月的备战期我从来都没有练过任何25km以上的Long Slow Distance(LSD),有人会相信吗?对,这是真的。我的训练方法是每天都跑,注重周里数,尽量把每周要跑的总里数平均分配在每一天的训练中。比如说我这个星期要跑80km,星期一至六我都会跑10km,星期日就来个20km。脚累时就跑慢,脚不累时就跑快。这个注重周里数的训练方法是由nayiq介绍的佐治男孩和chaucky的提点下联想出来的,我个人是觉得很有效。

佐治男孩:
Running to the Top並不像其它的書,書上沒有仔細和詳盡的訓練計劃,但有著很多很有用的理論。影響歐美以及全世界的理論,包括中長跑最重要的是練Aerobic Fitness。Aerobic Fitness跟raw speed不一樣,每個人天生的raw speed(短跑速度),可以說是不大能改變的,因爲運動時不能把身體裏的Fast-Twitch肌肉變多,只能練得強壯一點,所以練習只能對短速有錦上添花的作用。

但是Aerobic Fitness就不一樣,練習是可以一直增多Aerobic Fitness,雖然這不會是無限的增長,但除了最頂尖的跑手以外,大部分業餘跑手都可以在練習Aerobic跑中得到不斷的進步。這是一個很重要的理論,因爲800米以上的比賽都是以Aerobic System爲主,即是說,我們只要適當的練習Aerobic Fitness,中長跑就會不斷的進步。而練Aerobic System最好的方法,就是用一個不是太快的速度,跑很多,以增加每週里數。最大的結論就是,無論你是跑五千也好,跑全馬也好,你都需要跑練全馬的里數,分別只是練五千的可能會有多一點點的速度訓練而已。

暂时我也只能上到每周100km,与Mark Williams(Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2010 Sub3 Pacer)的每周150km及佐治男孩的每周160km还有一段距离。

比赛:
比赛还没开始,天就下起大雨来了,前面几km都在“雨中漫步”。

5km - 27分07秒
10km - 53分40秒
15km - 1时19分46秒

路线图上说明香蕉是在16km处,实际上在14km处就派了,还好我有拿到。

20km - 1时45分04秒
21km - 1时50分22秒
25km - 2时10分39秒
30km - 2时37分04秒 - PB!

在30km处吃了Power Gel后没有特别起劲。

32km - 2时48分06秒
35km - 3时05分29秒
40km - 3时33分54秒
42.195km - 3时46分39秒 - PB!

这次没有特别在最后10km逼自己跑快。第一次全程都没有抽筋迹象。