For the past 2 days, it has been a shiok morning as it started to rain at 3am and lasted till around 7am. Shiok for those who is in bed. Definitely not for those ready to go to work and because of that, we actually had to cancel our monthly east side run on Sunday....:(
Haiz.... I went back to bed on Sunday morning after my alarm rang at 6am. Woke up at 8am and it was still drizzling!!! Win already loh...cannot go run.... By the late afternoon, the king & queen is here. Yeah...it's my dad and mum. So I can't go for evening run also loh. Dad and mum is here for this week to help me put on weight...haha.... I probably have to workout harder for I surely have a sumptious dinner this few nights. Dad called this morning and already let me know what's the menu for tonight :-
- bitter gourd with chic
- home made sharkfin soup with mince chic. It's vegetarian shark fin lah but it's as good as real one loh.
But before that, I got to go burn the extra cal before I head home....:)
http://www.marathonmovie.com/home.html
This was indeed a truly inspirational movie clip. Probably it’s even more appealing to me as I’m working towards a similar goal. I am not mentally prepared to take up a marathon at this point of time but I truly understand the emotional struggle that one have to go thru throughout the 42km that will probably last for at least 5 hours as a non elite. Because……this is exactly how I felt on every of my long distance run. You are tested on your endurance of pain, cramps, emotional struggle……. But.. the after effect of running...you will have to try it yourself. It's simply 'high'..
One of the comments from the clip: “When you complete the marathon, there is nothing in life that you can’t try to do after that”.
I would probably want to agree to that to a certain extent. You will definitely be a stronger person, not only physically but mentally. I can never believe that I can run a 10km 2 years back. On my first attempt to do a 10km run in 2005, you can never imagine the excitement and sense of achievement I had upon crossing the finishing line.
“When you cross the finishing line, no matter how fast or how slow, it will change your life forever”..... I'm yet to find out myself….. I may not even have the guts to make the decision...:)
I always try to associate running a marathon & giving birth. Every woman who has been thru labour before will surely comment that it’s the most painful experience they have ever had.
Some similarities that I’ve been thinking about:
The 10 months of pregnancy is something that you may not enjoy (water retention, backache, lethargy…)
The training period prior to the marathon (strict diet, intense training schedule, abrasion, blister, black toe nail)
While in labour, the pain is beyond description. You swear that you do not want to go thru this again.
The pain and struggle you went thru in the 42km run. Cramps, stitches, emotionally and physically worn out. You question yourself why are you going thru this.
BUT
When you finally see your baby and holding close to you, you felt that you’re the most blessed person on earth. Month later, you’ll probably consider to have another baby :)
When you cross the finishing line, you felt that you are the WINNER, overcoming all fear and struggle. There’s no other thing that can stop you. You will want to do it AGAIN!!!
THIS IS SO TIME CONSUMING!!!! I gave up....for the day.....Wait till I'm free and feeling bo liao...I'll beautify the blog ok......
Siao Liao....happily hand itchi go change this template...now got to dig inside the code where to place back my shoutbox and hit counter :( ke kiang lah!!
I'm getting a little bored with my blogs. Not much pictures, theme is boring.
I'm lazy...Anyone want to volunteer to help me revamp?.....free meal from me :) Or at least...point me to some site that can help me do it with a few clicks lah. I search also lazy....:(
In my past experience, when our bosses are not around be it on leave, on mc, all of us will be utterly happy. The whole department will be a “boh jing hu” department. Things are never the same again ever since I join my current company. I have a strong bonding with my boss. She is the best among all the bosses that I’ve had before. As she is currently away for 2 weeks, ‘semi’ officially, I became the “tang jia” of the department.
It was a little stressful but I guess I’m doing well. How are you able to respond to certain situation in a professional manner, ensuring that you are not offending anyone and is not giving an impression that you are running away from responsibilities and at the end of it, you gain respect from ppl….Hmm…..that needs quite a fair bit of experience as you go along…. Cannot learn in school loh….
Last year, I had an agreement with Calvin Chin that if I were to go for a half marathon at this year end SCSM 07, he must go for a full marathon. I guess he must have never thought that I will go for it..hahahah…. On Sat night, I received a sms from him asking if I wanna to join him to run at east coast. Well…I was considering quite a while with the fact that it’s in the evening and it’s at east coast which I’m not so in favour of. Also, he is going with his girlfriend who have just started to run (maybe it’s because of him :)) and could not run far/fast. And they both need some motivation to run long distance. After a bit of hesitation I agreed to meet up with him, requested that he pick me up from Bedok.
Looking at his gf, my first reaction was…..this is a typical Calvin Chin type of gal…J If I were to see this gal by the road side, I do think that CC would like this kinda gal…99.9%. Anyway, STOP commenting abt ppl’s gf. And so we started off our run somewhere near MacDonald toward the seafood restaurant, which is merely 1.5km. U-turn back and head all the way up to Fort Road. I have no idea how far, maybe just less than 5km one way. I dunno what happen but my performance sucks on the day. I was pacing CC for the first 3km and he soon departed further from me and chiong his way to the front while I slow down to do some stretches and enjoying the breeze along the jetty before I start to run again. I just dun have the ‘feel’ of running that day. Nevertheless, I continue to do a slow one towards Fort Road and bump into CC when he is on his way back from Fort Road which according to him it’s about 200m away.
I decided to u-turn and follow him back. He looks tired but continue to move on while I continue my slow pace back. Got stopped by a siau mei mei standing right in front of me with her arms open wide to stop me asking me to take a group pics for them. I was like……&E*#^e*#^e#r^(*!!!!!! Cannot see I running izit?!?!?!? Break my momentum only!! And so…I walk towards that group of siau mei mei, unwillingly snap a few pics, return them the camera and run my way back. I heard a few ‘thank u’ here and there but ANGRY….dun want to say “welcome” leh!!! Give them a black face..hahaha….. The fact that there are sooooo many ppl strolling along the path….of all people out there, why approach someone who is running!!! AIYOH….siau mei mei…..haiz……
We ended at McDonald again. Checked my time, it’s merely a 50 mins run. Given the pace that I run, I doubt we hit 8km…probably less. Hmm…..not a good and enjoyable run for me. CC looks very tired. He hasn’t been running that far. I’m feeling alright cuz I did not put in much effort throughout J Hmmm…sometimes running also must depends on mood…cannot means cannot. Just hope that I won’t have this kinda ‘mood’ on any upcoming raceJ
I am demoralized on Tuesday when I happily changed my work attire to my running attire, head up straight to Tanjong Pagar to meet the running kakis for our usual Tues CBD run. Having high hope that the drizzle will stop at 7pm by the time we start our run. Who knows…..it’s getting heavier and heavier as I reach TP. It was still bearable, still can run when I met up with the kaki and hide underneath a shelter. But by 7pm, it started to pour….don’t talk abt run. Walk out also a bit difficult. Our spirit drops…..wanted to give it another 5-10mins before we decide to call it a day. Haiz….we gave up by 7.10pm and head off to Marina Square for makan. Not happy loh L
Feeling real dissatisfied, Michiy asked if I’m free on Wed. I say yes. And the question pops up, “Wanna run?” **Wink wink***…eyes open wide…Of course!!! Cut the story short. To replace the CDB run, we met again on Wed at Suntec and start our run towards Marina South.
Suntec -> Sheares Bridge -> Sundial -> Steamboat area -> Jetty -> Tanjong Pagar (DBS building) -> Esplanade -> Suntec.
While Michiy is nursing a mild flu, she took her time for a slow one while I was slightly infront of her, trying to chiong a bit and to improve my speed. Not forgeting to check out from time to time to make sure that she's alright. It was a real satisfying run:
1st, there’s only 2 of us of similar speed. There is no speed monster in front forcing me to chase after them and ended up panting like nobody business and ponchet half way.
2nd, nice weather after a slight rain.
3rd, for whatever reason, I am so into the spirit of running on that day. Dunno why.
No ache, did not run out of breath, in good form, we completed an approx 11-12km in 80 mins. Not a fantastic timing…but ultimately…I feel good!! Woohoo!!!
I have been earnestly looking at other ppl's blog every day without fail, not realizing that I haven't been updating mine for quite some time :P
The past 3 weeks at least have been a real busy week for me. At work of course. Where else can I get so busy... It's always the trend. When u get busy, suddenly everything seems to be coming together. When u start to slow down a bit, you literally have nothing to do throughout the day.
Being a public holiday today, went up to the pool at Suntec for a swim. Wuahaha!!!! shiok ah..I had the entire pool all by myself throughout the 45 mins. The sun is blazing right on me which is what I wanted. I like to swim in hot hot weather :P Being very new to swimming (since there's no one in the pool), I tried something silly. So that I am the only one who can laugh at myself...muahahahaha....!!! I tried to swim free style. Yeah..u knew it. All I know is just the froggie style and I still haven't master it. Now, trying to be a little ambitious, I'm trying free style :) Since nobody around, I can just twist and turn whichever way. My last few attempts in the past doesn't seem to give me any results. 1st, there are ppl in the pool. I pai seh lah. Secondly, water seems to get in to the nose right after the 1st stroke.
Anyway, cut the story short. After a few try, I managed to swim just 1 lap in free style without stopping. Quad super tied!! Don't talk about posture, stroke whatever lah..I know, I can feel that it's pretty awful. My body is crooked while doing the stroke..hehe...need more practice. But it's a good start :)