jogging and motivation thread

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

https://soranews24.com/2025/04/29/h...fuji-twice-in-five-days-for-very-dumb-reason/

Hiker needs to be rescued from Mt. Fuji twice in five days for very dumb reason

After helicopter evacuation, college student returns to pick up something he left behind, gets himself stuck again.

Last Saturday, at around 12:50 in the afternoon, the Shizuoka Prefectural Police received a call alerting them that a hiker had collapsed on the side of Mt. Fuji, near the eighth station of the Fujinomiya Trail that leads to the summit. A rescue team was organized and dispatched, and after finding the hiker, a 27-year-old Chinese national who’s living in Tokyo while attending university, at an elevation of around 3,250 meters (10,663 feet).

The rescue team was able to transport the man partway back down the mountain to the trail’s fifth station, around 850 meters lower than where he was found, and turned him over to fire department staff, who diagnosed him as suffering from altitude sickness. Thankfully, because of the swift response by the rescue and medical personnel, the man’s life was not in jeopardy, and hopefully he learned a valuable lesson from the experience about the dangers of attempting to summit Japan’s tallest mountain outside of the official climbing season…especially since this was the second time he’d needed to be rescued from Mt. Fuji in less than a week.

It turns out that the same man had also been on Mt. Fuji four days earlier, on April 22. On that day he contacted emergency services from a point near the summit to say that he’d lost his crampons and was unable to descend from his position, and also that he was suffering from nausea, a telltale symptom of altitude sickness. On this day he’d gotten himself stuck in a spot so difficult to access that he ended up needing to be evacuated from the mountainside by helicopter.

▼ The April 22 rescue was performed under the jurisdiction of Yamanashi Prefecture emergency services, while the April 26 rescue was a Shizuoka Prefecture operation, sparing the man the embarrassment of his rescuers reacting with “Wait, it’s you again?”

But what could convince a man to return to Mt. Fuji so quickly after being stranded on the mountain? Did he have an irrepressible determination to prove to himself that he could conquer the mountain? A need to revisit the scene where he could have lost his life for some sort of cathartic closure? No, the reason the man made such a speedy U-turn back to Fuji was because he’d lost his smartphone during his April 22 hike, so he went back to look for it.

 

[WussRedXLi]

Actually dont want to rant one, but nearly crashed late last night.

4 cyclists side by side on the cycling lane but regulars would of coz know that it is still not really enough width and the last one had to cycle on the running/cycling demarcation line on Bay East Garden. (unless you are road cycling expert and so can tightly pack 4 side by side no issue).
So was heading dir toward Marina Barrage bridge and for safety when i saw that they aren't budging despite of 2 front lights + speaker music, i had to take evasive action and shifted into the running lane to avoid + at the same time slow down.

Rear tyre slid (Continental GP 5000s no less) while threshold braking and super heng that i already have the skills/instinct since the 1990s driving track days to immediately release brakes and then re-brake lighter again so regained control. Issue is that it was still a bit wet at the sides due to the leaves (think the leaves covered areas difficult to get dry) which has very little traction.
I think if running fast, it's the same thing should you make sudden maneuveurs.

Shouted at them when they passed and after a few seconds looking at them giggling and on the phone i really had a good mind to chase them down to try explain that it is a frigging dangerous thing to do....but. Haiz.


Am sure you all already know this, but I really dont know why the F runners/walkers/cyclists can be so engrossed on their frigging important phones and closed off headphone music that they are totally oblivious to their surroundings one.


Bonus

 

[LWZ]

Actually dont want to rant one, but nearly crashed late last night.

4 cyclists side by side on the cycling lane but regulars would of coz know that it is still not really enough width and the last one had to cycle on the running/cycling demarcation line on Bay East Garden. (unless you are road cycling expert and so can tightly pack 4 side by side no issue).
So was heading dir toward Marina Barrage bridge and for safety when i saw that they aren't budging despite of 2 front lights + speaker music, i had to take evasive action and shifted into the running lane to avoid + at the same time slow down.

Rear tyre slid (Continental GP 5000s no less) while threshold braking and super heng that i already have the skills/instinct since the 1990s driving track days to immediately release brakes and then re-brake lighter again so regained control. Issue is that it was still a bit wet at the sides due to the leaves (think the leaves covered areas difficult to get dry) which has very little traction.
I think if running fast, it's the same thing should you make sudden maneuveurs.

Shouted at them when they passed and after a few seconds looking at them giggling and on the phone i really had a good mind to chase them down to try explain that it is a frigging dangerous thing to do....but. Haiz.


Am sure you all already know this, but I really dont know why the F runners/walkers/cyclists can be so engrossed on their frigging important phones and closed off headphone music that they are totally oblivious to their surroundings one.


Bonus

this is why I always keep left as much as possible when running outside, sick of cyclists veering to the middle when distracted

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

this is why I always keep left as much as possible when running outside, sick of cyclists veering to the middle when distracted

Actually it's pretty standard everywhere...... MRT long tunnels, escalators, shared paths also. Just keep left and everyone's fine. Even cyclists and runners on dedicated cycling lanes still ok if on the same lane coz the differential not super high even at 6:00 pace (10kmh) vs even 30kmh cyclist dont say 5:00 or 4:00 (15kmh) pace....just dont make sudden changes in direction. If going against direction, the speed differential is so much higher.

 

[kaixax555]

Actually it's pretty standard everywhere...... MRT long tunnels, escalators, shared paths also. Just keep left and everyone's fine. Even cyclists and runners on dedicated cycling lanes still ok if one the same lane coz the differential not super high even at 6:00 pace (10kmh)....just dont make sudden changes in direction.

Ah as a runner I really hate those ginnas who weave and zigzag on cycling path and eating onto running path

Almost wanna thanos snap these people everytime I run at Punggol waterway

 

[WussRedXLi]

Ah as a runner I really hate those ginnas who weave and zigzag on cycling path and eating onto running path

Almost wanna thanos snap these people everytime I run at Punggol waterway

Fixies ba..... I saw one time with outstretched hands trying to grope females. heh.

 

[rECKleSSfElla]

Bmai Jingtan 3.0 Turbo cheap cheap in Malaysia

 

[basic___]

Bmai Jingtan 3.0 Turbo cheap cheap in Malaysia

Damn the Bmai Turbo much cheaper compared to if I ship in directly from Taobao.

Nowadays I dont feel it is that worth it to buy from Taobao due to the increased shipping fees, GST and misc fees

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[endo5x5]

Getting back into the groove with a 7K on a chilly evening. Heng no rain at my side, though observed lots of lightning in a distance.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

@xllms

Really smells like Hifi back in the days. Young chaps and middle aged groupers loaded with $$$ dont know where to spend. (dont go pub/club hang flower can liao)


Used to be siao going to all these things and that Hifi show at that time if i rem correctly what Le Meridien Singapore. (now is called Concorde i think)
I started off with Sennheiser back in early 90s when i was a teen with my first paycheck via part time.....that time still nobody playing with cans

 

[xllms]

@xllms

Really smells like Hifi back in the days. Young chaps and middle aged groupers loaded with $$$ dont know where to spend. (dont go pub/club hang flower can liao)


Used to be siao going to all these things and that Hifi show at that time if i rem correctly what Le Meridien Singapore. (now is called Concorde i think)
I started off with Sennheiser back in early 90s when i was a teen with my first paycheck via part time.....that time still nobody playing with cans

good morning. wah seh, you wake up very early @WussRedXLi

yah boy, you have just refreshed my memory that i used my first pay cheque to buy a pair of Paradigm Titan speakers in mid 1990s

you started cans in early 1990s, super lao jiao! From my memory, in 1990s period, not much choices in the cans scene. most of us ginna then, just use whatever earphones that come with our walkman/discman

 

[kaisin82]

Just completed 1000km (treadmill/outside run) for January to April 2025. Hope this inspires likeminded running folks! Let’s all get moving~

 

[sph777]

https://mothership.sg/2025/04/run-death-2025/

RIP. Wasn’t even a local but sad nonetheless

 

[kaixax555]

I really hope from the consecutive incidents we can learn a few things:
1. Train for your race, doesn't matter 5k, 10k, half mara or full mara, don't go in unprepared cause you are looking for trouble
2. Monitor your body, you can always run another day
3. Have better medical coverage in races to be able to reach more runners quickly, and also give sufficient space on roads for medical staff to access in a crowded race

 

[rECKleSSfElla]

Damn the Bmai Turbo much cheaper compared to if I ship in directly from Taobao.

Nowadays I dont feel it is that worth it to buy from Taobao due to the increased shipping fees, GST and misc fees

Yeah TB prices used to be attractive during certain sale events with good bank vouchers available but nowadays not only all the fees and tax increase, bank vouchers are also damn crappy with higher min. spend and lower discount value. Unfortunately, Bmai only has 1 outlet in malaysia and its in KL so its not exactly convenient for us to head north to buy.

 

[songboh9696]

Going to rain again ... GG to outdoor runners.