Running

Sandro Botticelli 1445-1510 : Spring

pegasushongkong — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:12:45 +0800

這幅畫面的情節是發生在一個優美雅靜的樹林裏，美麗端莊的維納斯位居中央，她以閒散幽雅的表情等待著春之降臨。不過，與《維納斯的誕生》﹝The Birth of Venus﹞相比較，這幅畫的維納斯顯得缺少歡樂情緒。相反的，在她右邊的三位「優美」女神﹝阿格萊亞Aglaea、賽萊亞Thalia、攸夫羅西尼Euphrosyne﹞，右邊的一個象徵「華美」，中間一個象徵「貞淑」，左邊一個象徵「歡悅」；她們沐浴在陽光裏，相互攜手翩翩起舞，給人間帶來生命的歡樂。

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Sandro Botticelli 1445-1510 : The Birth of Venus

pegasushongkong — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:26:45 +0800

"The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore (Venus Anadyomene motif). The painting is currently in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus_(Botticelli)

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Child Abuse in Hong Kong (50's & 60's)-Part II

pegasushongkong — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:28:41 +0800

Failure to provide a child with adequate clothing & leaving a child habitually unattended are further examples of child abuse. These are common phenomenon back in the good old days. I shall show you some pictures.

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Child Abuse in Hong Kong (50's & 60's)

pegasushongkong — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:05:38 +0800

During those periods of colonial rule, there were practically no child care centres, creches, nursery. So young children became victims of child abuse.

The babysitters themselves aged less than ten. They became the caregivers who should be taken care of by their parents. The infants in turn received little attention from those who were ill-equipped for the jobs.

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Kwai Tsing Athletes Show-Off Their True Colours

pegasushongkong — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:17:35 +0800

「第二屆全港運動會」戰報速遞 (成績截至2009年5月20日)

Where the action is ?

Tsueung Kwan O Sportsground .

If you will excuse my language, they are there kicking asses.

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Samuel Wanjiru wins the Flora London Marathon with PB 2:05:10

pegasushongkong — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:25:29 +0800

Widely regarded as one who is capable of breaking Haile Gebrselassie's world record, Sam (23)stormed into victory in London today. All eyes on him in Berlin to achieve this feat. To use a popular metaphor, he is now on fire.

Everyone can recall how he easily clinched the Beijing Olympic championship last year.

In any event his time is the new course record.

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ZHOU Chunxiu suffered another setback in the Flora London Marathon 2009

pegasushongkong — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:04:40 +0800

It is still a mystery she couldn't even make it to the top 10. Was she injured ? She was spent?

A time of 2:29:02 at position 12th was way too slow from her PR.

Name	CHUNXIU, ZHOU (CHN)	Club
Runner No.	103	Age group	W18

TIMES
5 km	0:16:34	25 km	1:24:10
10 km	0:33:14	30 km	1:41:57
15 km	0:50:03	35 km	2:00:46
20 km	1:07:09	40 km	2:20:00
half	1:10:54	finish	2:29:02

TOTAL
Position (overall)	12	Position (age group)	11
Position (gender)	12	Finish time	2:29:02

Looking forward to her redemption real soon.

I wonder what has happened to the Beijing Olympic champion Constantina Tomescu too? At the age of 38 should she stop competing altogether?

The winner certainly is the hot German favourite Irina Mikitenko who successfully defended her title. The first runner up is Mara Yamauchi , a British diplomat married to a Japanese. This is her personal best making her triumphantly standing first time ever on the podium of this particular World Marathon Major race.

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The 11th Nagano Olympic Commemorative Nagano Marathon 19.4.09

pegasushongkong — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:28:56 +0800

Congratulation to 黎可基!

He placed 51st overall clocking 2:38:05 (official time)

Tokyo Marathon 2009 (22.3.09)

pegasushongkong — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:15:33 +0800

According to a blogger Tanvir Kazmi :

"Tokyo marathon upped the participation limit to 35,000 this year, 5000 more than the last year. For these 35,000 slots, a total of 261,981people applied, which means 1 out of every 7.5 got selected. Last years number was 1 out of 4.7 applicants."

However, as far as I know almost every applicant here had been accepted. Perhaps this favouritism was to promote tourism.

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沙田10K 河畔 2009

pegasushongkong — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:38:04 +0800

This was my last tune-up race before the Tokyo Marathon.

The performance was a bit disappointed, almost the same as it was last year.

The start was congested and chaotic, running the risk of crashing against the bollards. So the 1st K took more than 5'.

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One Man’s View of the Disqualification of 2 HK marathon members

pegasushongkong — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:40:54 +0800

The information as reported in the press so far:

2009-2-14

【大公報訊】就日前渣打馬拉松2009中，吳輝揚掛上全程馬拉松運動員劉廣文之「4」號號碼布為弟子梁婉芬陪跑的違紀行為，大會總裁判根據終點裁判長、賽道裁判及成績組各成員所提供的資料及證據後，香港業餘田徑總會昨公布以下決定：

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SCM 2009 (8.2.09)

pegasushongkong — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:04:25 +0800

As I am injury free this year my objective is to improve my previous record. However the anxiety has been such that I have become insomaniac a week before the race day. This culminated to a point that I could not sleep a wink on 7th. So this sleep deprivation was fatal to my performance on 8th.

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Tune-up Races Before SCM09: 馬鞍山8K長跑賽(1.2.09)

pegasushongkong — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:46:20 +0800

So I have come to the last instalment of this series of tune-up races. Judging from the number of entrants this was not a very popular race. But it provided a platform to compete with the kids. It made one feel young.

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Tune-up Races before SCM 09 :China Coast Half-Marathon 2009 (18.1.09)

pegasushongkong — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:25:20 +0800

This is very much a dreaded course. It will remain as the last option of bettering one's personal record. Bearing the almost hellish experience last year in mind I looked at those wearing 3-digit 2-digit and single digit number bibs with full admiration and respect. Apart from having high regard of their awe-inspiring decision to run this route twice, I envy all these participants, the women in particular.

I have chosen to stay away from this challenge this year. Am I a coward?

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Tune-up Races Before SCM09: Mizuno Half-Marathon 2009 (4.1.09)

pegasushongkong — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:25:00 +0800

The official result is yet to be announced. Judging from past experience one needs to wait for ages before it comes. Again the first part of the race I performed better than that in 07. But overall it was 2 minutes slower.

It dealt another great blow to my chances of doing better in the coming marathons.

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