Collin Ng's Blog

What a year, 2010 the year of the roaring Tiger...I couldn't have asked for more, really. Achieved few firsts in this year, the Medoc Marathon in September in France (minus that unpleasant incident in Paris), the scaling of Mt Kinabalu in September and last but not the least, the 100km LTAW event in December. Of course, there were some disappointments too. The failed business venture, only managed to survive for 6months...sigh, among the few! Hmm, what will year 2011 bring? I don't hope for too much but there are few personal goals in the pipeline. Among others, to cover under 5 hours in Adidas Sundown 42km marathon in May after missing that in last Medoc run and to walk 200km to Malacca for a charity cause. As for career development in my next phase, I will get certification as a trainer of sorts and ACTA, I must work hard to achieve too. Good bye 2010 and welcome 2011!

What's the difference between running a full 42km marathon and a 100km walk, which one is actually tougher? I experienced both recently. Most runners will hit the wall at 30km mark (for some even earlier) and at that point cramps around the calves and thighs will start to build up. Much as I would like to run, I had to pull to a complete halt to stretch my muscle for it to loosen up, to apply ointment, whatever it took to relieve the pain and cramps, period. I had to walk, then ran some distance and then stopped to stretch and repeat the whole process again & again to the finishing. The last 10km was always torturous to the point of no return and this is marathon as far as I am concerned. Walk could be a piece of cake, but to walk 100km, it is not a piece of cake no more. The 100km LTAW event on 18 Dec was by far the longest walk I had ever attempted in my entire 48 years, another first for me if I could complete the route, i.e. Our adventurous group, HTTB sent two teams to pa...

Indeed, it was a race like no other. Since 2007, I have been participating in the annual Stanchart Marathon event, from 10km to 21km to 42km and if any, it is my report card of sorts detailing my entire year performance. This year is no exception. As I had already participated in the full marathon in September in France this year (only intended to run full marathon in a year), I’d decided to run the half marathon in this year Stanchart Marathon with a personal target to clock a sub 2 hours time. In August last year, I clocked 2 hrs 15 mins plus in my first 21km event in SAFRA Half Marathon and in May this year, I barely missed the 2 hours mark by a little over a minute in the Adidas Sundown event. It was that close for me and it only fueled me to train harder, with a vengeance to slash it down in this year end Stanchart Half Marathon. Prior to the 21km half marathon which was scheduled on 5 Dec, Sunday, I have been training regularly with my buddy, Long Chua (who also completed hi...