Nike+ Human “Blister” Race

Yes the blister struck again. For the second time in my short marathon career, I had to resort to walking because of a painful blister that grew on my left foot…decided not to take a photo to show it as it is disturbing. Currently it is a nice 3cm length and 1.5cm wide jello-feeling blister. Ouch.

The weather was threatening to spoil the party but the grey clouds sort of held its water and kept the whole evening cool and pretty enjoyable to run. By the time we got to the starting point, the first batch had flagged off and we were only able to join in the race at a quarter to five. (see Qik video)

It was literally a sea of red when we join in for the start of the race. (see Qik video of the flag off) If you stare long enough at the crowd in front of you, it becomes a pain as the RED sort of fuse your eyes. (see Qik video of all the RED people)

For most part of the race, the route was pretty well planned. The only problem occurred at the junction of One Raffles Quay and NTUC building. The route was only a lane wide for each direction, and there was a jam and some of us decided to run across the ORQ courtyard instead of waiting in the jam. (see Qik video of the jam)

We ran/walked through the Esplanade Bridge where we saw the Fa Lun Gong’ers having their meditation/protest, through Boat Quay and Clarke Quay where people watch us while sipping their beers and eating crabs and then end back up alongside Padang. We had a “media-whoring” session when we run the final stretch hand-in-hand…sweet right?

At the Padang, they put up a concert featuring local and foreign artists and the hosts also threw some iPod nanos into the audience, which were mostly young teens. As the girlF had me in the race as Media, we decided to rest our tired feet in the VIP tents watching those teens sweat it out in the crowd, cheering on some local and foreign acts. (see Qik video of post-run concert)

We ended our evening after having a good shower at FF Cathay before sitting down for a sumptuous dinner at Astons. Wagyu beef ribeye stick…yummy!

Here’s a visual track of my run using the Nike+ iPod gear. I did the run in 1 hour 47 mins and 19 seconds (un-official timing)…not as good as the StanChart run two years back. But at least I know how much I need to work before the end-year StanChart run.

Now, I need to let my feet heals…ankles hurts, in-steps hurts, plus blisters on both feet.

That’s why I’m a geek and she is the word smith - go read her account of our run.

Video shooting with DSLR

When I first read that the new Nikon D90 will include video filming, the first impression was that it was just one more fancy feature that Nikon added just to add the price of the camera. But after viewing the examples taken by the D90, I changed my mind.

I think it is revolutionary.

To have a video camera with access to the various lenses, aperture and iso setting, definitely gives an edge to video cams that are available to consumers out there. Although the sensor in the D90 can shoot up to 1280 by 720 pixels, it won’t be long before HD video shooting is available on the DSLR.

I won’t be surprised if Canon and other DSLR follow Nikon’s footstep and add them in.

See for yourself.

Nike+ Human Race # 0766519

That’s me number for the Nike Human Race later today in town. Haven’t done much running since the RT ended a month back, it will be … fun aka torture for me.

Just to make it more enjoyable, I’ve prepared my iPod with a list of songs that will make the run more enjoyable. From Muse to The Killers to DragonForce U2…there will be songs that will hopefully pump me up to last the 10km. I’ll also have my Nike+ iPod sensor ready to record the run…I can imagine there will be lots of flat lines…:D

See you after the race!

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