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Bros Before '___s. Always.
Gavin Tan
Monday, 1st March 2010 @ 16:21:37 PM

As a diehard Manchester United fan, I'd never looked forward more to a Manchester City game than the tie between United's bitter derby rivals and Chelsea ton Saturday. In fact, I was even rooting for City, not so much because an unlikely City win over Chelsea would mean United would close the gap between themselves and current BPL leaders to just one point, but more for the fact that this was the first match that would see CIty's Wayne Bridge face Chelsea's John Terry in Premiership action.


 

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 68
Gavin Tan
Wednesday, 24th February 2010 @ 14:23:29 PM

Yesterday, I went for my annual army IPPT (Individual Physical Proficiency) test. Passing it was one of the main goals I had listed at the beginning of this Gavin Gets Garang blog series chronicling my journey in getting back in shape. The others were to finish the Men's Health Urbanathlon, which I'd already achieved, and scaling Mount Kinabalu.


 

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Yea, we feel the diff in our body when we put in the time, effort and sweat. Naturally we shoot for more. I am impress by the 10 pull-ups. Wow! Wow! Wow! Keep going pal

congrats my friend. keep it up.

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 66
Gavin Tan
Monday, 22nd February 2010 @ 16:28:09 PM

In the 11 days since my previous post, I've more or less kept to my workout schedule. There's been a couple of runs according to the running workout schedule I've set on the adidas mi coach Pacer that I'm still roadtesting, the usual weights workouts and futstal sessions, as well as my first training session for my trip in a few weeks to scale Mount Kinabalu.


 

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All the best Gavin!

Thanks Lam! I appreciate all the support you've given me so far.

How did the IPPT go?

How did the IPPT go?

Hey Lam, find out here:http://www.menshealth.com.sg/blog/gavintan/gavin-gets-garang-day-68

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 55
Gavin Tan
Thursday, 11th February 2010 @ 11:03:41 AM

It's been more than a week since I ran the Urbanathlon and published my last blog post. What's happened to my Garang plans since then? Not much to be honest — and that's what I want to talk to other fitness beginners about (as well as those trying to get back in shape). There's a trap a lot of us will fall into when starting to work out, and that's making the mistake of rewarding ourselves too much.


 

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Road Test: mi adidas Custom Running Shoes
Gavin Tan
Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 @ 16:42:04 PM

There's an unsung hero I've yet to thank for helping me through the 12.5 kilometres of the Urbanathlon — my customised miadidas running shoes.


 

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Is the 20% offer for mi adidas for Urbanathon only valid on race day itself. MH shld talk to sponsors to offer something serious. Who is in the mood to make shoes after the race? Even the discount offer from adidas for Urbanathon ends at 6/Dec. Huh? that's like almost 2 months before the race?

No, participants who set up an appointment to make a pair of mi adidas get 20% discount on that day. It doesn't mean that you had to customise your shoes on that day. And I think the discount offer ending 6 Dec you're referring to isn't an Urbanathlon-specific discount but one that was applicable for the marathon season ending last year.

No Gavin, the discount offer was on Urban website until yesterday. The promotion states we have to produce Urban reg. slips to get discount on all Adidas running gear. Unfortunately it expire on 6/Dec when most ppl. have not even register yet. anyway, it's over. Just a feedback for the sponsors

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 45
Gavin Tan
Monday, 1st February 2010 @ 15:38:45 PM

Did I survive the Urbanathlon? YES...I bloody well did!

"I killed it! It was easy! Other runners were eating my dust! Iron Men have got nothing on me!"


 

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Congrats for completing the race! Race you next year! :p

Thanks Shawn. Hopefully I'll be a lot fitter and faster next year when you take part!

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 39
Gavin Tan
Tuesday, 26th January 2010 @ 18:33:34 PM

On Saturday, the third and final instalment of the Urbanathlon Bootcamp with Polar took place at West Coast Park. For those who've been faithfully attending this Bootcamp series, this session was meant to be as close to a dry run as possible, except without the full distance.


 

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 34
Gavin Tan
Thursday, 21st January 2010 @ 13:01:48 PM

Now, in case any of you were wondering what went down at the second Urbanathlon Bootcamp Training Session by Polar, here are the details as promised (scroll to bottom for the video)...

 


 

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 32
Gavin Tan
Monday, 18th January 2010 @ 16:42:31 PM

Last week was a good week, training progress-wise. First, I managed to stick to my diet plans pretty much the entire week — I finally mustered the strength to wake up earlier in the morning to have breakfast, packed a small lunchbox to munch on between lunch and dinner, and ate controlled, balanced meals the rest of the time (save a couple of unrestricted ones). Here's a sample menu of my meals:

Breakfast:


 

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Gavin Gets Garang: Day 26
Gavin Tan
Tuesday, 12th January 2010 @ 10:54:18 AM

Anyone following my tweets (Search #gavingetsgarang on twitter.com/ultra_slacker) would know that I did attend the first Urbanathlon Training Bootcamp with Polar on Saturday 9 January.


 

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