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Taitung in the South Eastern part of Taiwan is a beautiful and scenic place to be if you like nature. First heard about Lisong from this travel show in Taiwan. Hot springs are in abundance in Taiwan, from Taipei all the way down south there are many famous places for hot spring such as Chi Ben. But wild hot springs has became a popular topic for travellers now as they unfold the beautiful nature of Taiwan.
This race is held in Taipei, Yang Ming Shan by the Chinese Taipei Association of Ultrarunners, the race categories are set as 5K, 10K, 20K and 42.195K. There are also longer ultra races 50km and 66km. The one I took part is full marathon of 42.195km, to speak the truth this is more like a hilly road race than a trail.
First time came here in 2016, when I was back here for a marathon in San zhi , Taipei, as usual in the winter cold. Dazzling is a studio ran by very professional teachers and I must say the students are no joke either, though the studio is small and sometimes the number of students are few, many of them are quite advanced level themselves.
Joining the Rayong Marathon is actually not part of my plan for this year. Went to Thailand only once this year for the Koh Chang Marathon, I felt I need to do one more in Thailand. It is always enjoyable to race in Thailand because as usual the race is relatively cheap, with good after services and many good after rest and relax.
Busy Bangkok : First Stop To Rayong
What is with a runner’s mind and mentality ? Often we talk a lot about the runners’ physical body and injuries and not much about the soul and mind. It is also an important part for the mentality of a runner so that he can continue keeping up with the motivation and joy of running and also achieve the best results.
The North Run 2017 was held in the One North area, Bouna Vista on 5th Nov 2017 ( Sunday). Categories are 5k, 10k, and kids dash with parents of 800m.
Its been sometime since I took part in Singapore races, the last one was POSB kids run in September. My results was not what I had expected, but it was a nice run with my Tortoise running club friends.
This time round for the North Run was because it is near my neighbourhood and it is about one of the cheapest runs I can find in Singapore.
Been quite a while since we got back, the bad news was our site actually got hacked and it took sometime to get it restored and back in action. Still a noob in website management, I admit there are still much to catch up with the digital age. Just as we are on the topic about digital age, the wide use of computers and digital devices has somehow caused many of us to be less sporting and more like a potato couch at home.
After my fall last year, my running alignment has been greatly affected and has not been able to get back to a good form. Although I do practice yoga once a while but never thought that it can actually help to improve my back condition. Actually practicing yoga helps not only with your body alignment and increase flexibility, it is also good for better posture and breathing.
Here are some of the Yoga poses which I found was really useful to alleviate your back pain, especially so for the modern office workers.
The longest distance that I have done in a real race so far is a full marathon. The Thailand Ultramarathon, which I wanted to do the 50km race, had been cancelled due to the King’s death. Nevertheless, I went for the trip since everything has been arranged. Fortunately, I met a fellow countrymen there, and also at the lodge itself, we met a couple of others who were there to just “run the place”. So technically speaking, I do know what the taste of ultra is like. To speak the truth, I personally feel a full marathon is not that tedious but of course, I am still unable to run that distance everyday. So physically I was able to finish a 50km rather comfortably.
This trip was really done out of some crazy idea. One night when I could not fall asleep ( do not know why as I am always easy to snooze), I youtubed for “Holy Mountains in the World” , and turns out Mt Kailash or in Tibetian: Gang Ren Po Che, shot up to be one of them. I never knew such a mountain existed. I have always wanted to visit Tibet for its Potala Palace, but now it is becoming a very commercialized place.