That's Life

Did a 25 km run yesterday evening at East Coast Park. PASSION RUN! Not an easy run, the route wasn't easy but at the end of it all, it was satisfying really. completed the run in 2hr33min, pretty decent i feel, and my knees aren't aching too badly, unlike standard chartered marathon last time round, 42km was really a killer then. Dying to join another run some time soon. any interested parties to run together?? I also went for a crystal jade xlb buffet at holland v right after the marathon. Was practically feasting after the endurance run i had. Haha!

I picked up running actually only in JC2. At that point the time, my main motivation was to pass the dreaded NAPFA test. i was almost a whooping 80kg then, and i couldn't pull a single pull-up. i can't remember which PE Teacher it was (coz we changed too many) but he said i ll need to lose some mass to be able to do pullups, and best way's to start running. so i did just that and cut 15kilos to my current 65kg frame, eventually i passed my NAPFA and had a deduction of 2 mths of army to serve. But little did i expect myself to fall in love with running thereafter.

i looked forward to most of the PT runs i had during army days (except those way too early in the morning and those in heavy full combat gear). Obtained Gold standard for IPPT 2.4km run at 9min45s and subsequently joined outside runs like Army Half Marathon, StanChart Marathon, Passion Run.

running actually helps me calm down sometimes and forget a lot of my worries/troubles. some of you might find it hard to believe but i actually feel refreshed and happy after every run i have on Wednesdays weekly after work and that actually helps me last through the long tiring workweek.

And it's horrible monday again. so let us all pull a long face and start the week. Anyway, here's to the song i had on my MP3 when i crossed the 25km finishing mark on Saturday!

奔 by Stefanie Sun! She rock

~Mervin