Run RUn RuN!

ok quick upDate! Me Ju Alia starting line. BANG! Run run run! through the streets in the dark at 6 half morning. Ok my strategy today was to pace a strong girl runner. Coz i know i did not put in enough mileage for my training. I gotta pace a runner. And a girl runner is usually strong, but not as fast as the other gung ho guys. C0005 was this girl with a ponytail. She got a steady pace so i paced after her, sometimes overtaking her, and sometimes slowin down for her to overtake.
i started to feel the tension building after the Subang flyover heading towards Subang airport. That's where the fight began. The struggle. The agony. AAaaarrggh! C00049 another woman beside me started ripping open her powerGel and gulping it down. I was like how'd she do it without water?? no matter, keep pace with C0005. Lost her at the Terminal 3 U turn. And then the real fight began. The long road home. i ran i walked i ran i walked i chatted with people along the way i encouraged people who stopped i ran. Reaching the stadium entrance Cecil was already there sitting down cheering people on. He shouted at me to GO! i went into a sprint 'What's a 400 metre to me man!' ha ha that's what i said to myself and sprinted cross the finish line in 2 hours 10 mins, position 204. Same as my number A00204.

PD triathlon is next. Wonder how i'd fare. But Putrajaya in September, i am gonna be good and do a 1 hour 50min or less game.

Take pride in your run, Joe Henderson thought me this, it's hard to brag you are the 204th finisher or the 312th, there's glory in those numbers, coz if you want to know where you stand, turn around and look behind at the people you can't see: those who trained for a marathon but didn't reach the starting line... who race but not at this distance... who run but never race... who used to run but don't anymore... who never ran and never will. Don't call yourself "slow" bacause you aren't. You're fast enough to beat everyone who isn't there.