Day 4: 21 kms evening run - Take on the notorious Outer ring road again. The pain on my upper thigh is now unbearable. Its either taking a break or missing out on Stanchart. Research on how to handle such pains - ice for about 20-30mins, heat up to improve blood flow and tie it up to reduce the swelling within. I hope that will do, I am glad I am not limping yet. Take it easy - 1:47 end time.

Day 3: Training for 42km - Tuesday 2nd October, 2012:  Weight myself - 73kgs! that's a shocker although I am fully dressed in official clothes, shoes, phone and even with a novel but that ain't right. This is disturbing with only a few 3wks to go i gotta dump 3kgs in the next two weeks!

21km in 1:48 - I can feel my weight - The road is too crowded with all types of pedestrians - I have to keep dodging, nudging, shoving, pushing, squeezing to find my way through. The fumes from vehicles make breathing continuously uncomfortable coupled with the relentless wind blowing against me. The pain on my upper right thigh isn't making things any better but i gotta push on.

Day 2: Training for 42 Km - Sunday 30th September, 2012
Leave early at 5:40am: 4kms - 19mins, 7kms - 33mins, 10kms - 47mins, 12kms - 58mims (The upper hill climb takes a toll on me I guess its coz I didnt do much running during the week and gained some extra weight in the process.
15kms - 1:13, 21kms - 1:41, 27kms - 2:09 - Struggle to have a repeat of my personal best time on this route.So my P.B. still stands at 2:09:51.
Vow to have two 21km runs during the week so as to improve my agility on this route and come up with a better time. Develop an injury on my right upper thigh -I strained myself in the last two kms. So far so good.