Team Sapphire Team Members Timings:
Full Marathon:
Andy: 3:45+- ?
Ryan: 4:05
Edmund: 4:43
Yukari San: 5:14
Lawrence: 5:20
KK: 5:25
Wilson: 5:45
Benjamin Yeo: 5:50
Jaslyn Yeo: 6:00
Half Marathon:
KH: 3:00
Sam: 3:05
Mari: 3:00++?
10K:
Christine: 1:00+ ?
Congratulations to ALL runners.
Ryan: you're incredibly fast and definitely in peak form this time so please don't over train and get burn out! Time to relax for a couple of weeks before starting to train again!
Andy: You run on batteries.. so get more duracells ok :P
Lawrence: You've proven to us that age is no limit to endurance sports by outdoing your younger coach in a race! You're the inspiration to every one of us in the team so please keep up the great work!
Yukari San: You're born to be an athlete. Enough said. I look forward to your success in your first Singapore Biathlon!
Wilson: Your strong will and optimistic determination (new word sioll) have brought you to finish the incredible torture with new Weight(not height ar. :P) and I am superbly proud of you as a coach and as a friend. I hope you have time to train more consistently next time to prevent injury!
Edmund: I look forward to racing you with my best effort in the singapore Biathlon. =)
Benjamin & JasLyn: You guys have great potential and willingness to learn and go the distance (literally) will definitely help you excel in sport as a hobby or a passion. My advice to you two is to pick up some sprint distance as experience then work on getting lighter and faster instead of joining longer distances for now. JIAYOU!!!
KH: To have you as my brother is either your unfortunate happening or my proudest moment in life. I have literally seen you pick up swimming from nothing to a "easily" attain 1.5km swim in the pool kinda guy in less than a year. Thank you for your trust in me and thank you for your willingness to try to better your health. I know sometimes I do things that seem to make you suffer but then I hope you look further into your future and see that health is the greatest asset, fitness gives you ability to use your time fruitfully and wealth only comes last. Going to races together with you is both stressful and exciting for me because you're my only brother and I only hope for the best to happen for you and not some freak incidents that we can't control. Whatever it is, I am very very proud to have you as my team mate, my friend and my closest brother on earth. CHEERS =)
Sam: I think being my girlfriend is really tough. Tougher than doing a marathon or iron man. Because you have to battle laziness that all girls are entitled to.. Because at the same time when you train, you have to take care of tired and easily falling sickly me. Because you've been an incredible soulmate in my life. I hope you've enjoyed your fitness and physical gains nonetheless despite hating the trainings somehow... You're the proudest achievement in my life in terms of the benefits you've drawn from the fitness trainings... and I'm super happy that at that same time, I am so in Love with You. =)
Mari: Time to lower the mileage and go faster la!!! So sian to keep doing longer and longer eh! Need to up the timing! Not the distance liao!!! haha.. Hope you have a great time in Sweeeetzerland! And please sign up for sing bi!!! Really hope you can go with us as a team!
Christine: I think you're a very very very fantastic wife who goes out of your comfort zone to do what you feel is needed to accomplish the task of motivating Lawrence. It is something that not every women who're married can and will do. Your love for Lawrence inspire me to be a better man so I will continue to get support from my love one too.. More importantly, keep running and try to pick up cycling if possible! Takes away the boredom la.. JoJo and you can both come to sam's class to learn swimming!!!! =)
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What I have to say.....
Whatever your timing is, your effort can never be discounted and everybody hurts the same way during and after the run!
It's been a great 2010 of racing with this team and I will like to thank all of you for being there for me in my toughest races and all the trust and faith that you've given me have encouraged me to become an even better coach than ever... the learning must go on and i do the readups, you guys do the listening ok? =D
Once again, thank you for letting me have the honour to know a great bunch of people like you. I am referring to WHOLE TEAM SAPPHIRE... not just those listed in the marathon running!
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
TEAM SAPPHIRE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
KK
Dear KK,
ReplyDeleteWithout doubt, the Team Sapphire spirit motivated us to propel further. Your profound knowledge of sport has helped us a lot in our shortcoming and understanding our body limit.
I am very glad to have known you as a coach, friend and buddy for many races (Sing Bi,HIM,SCM).
For the year 2010, it has been a very fruitful year for me to reflect upon. All these wonderful sport activities has changed my perspective of life as well.
For instant, as you have mentioned, Christine and me really enjoy a jog together every weekend (to prepare for the Marathon). This simple pleasure is really "priceless".
I am looking forward for Year 2011.
Thank you Coach KK and Sam (Because you handled all aspect of logistics for Coach KK, so he can concentrate on us)