RUNNING

On 16th the Sunday, I finally ran after 2 months. As the distance which we planned to cover this time round would be twice as long as the usual route, I paced myself slowly for this first attempt. In the end, we clocked in 40 minutes. The younger brother says I'm the slowest runner he has ever seen. PUI!

On 21st the Friday, stung by the remark - and now armed with a sound gauging of my finesse - I upped the jogging pace. We clocked in 25 minutes.

This evening - 28th the Friday - we clocked in around 20 minutes.



Think I hit my ceiling today. About 3/4 into the route, I was feeling as lethargic as I usually do at the end of each run. I still had 1/4 to go; and I was already panting like a cat mercilessly thrown into a washing machine.

I had half a mind to quit; but I didn't want to. It'll be hard to get back the momentum; but more than that, it is akin to giving up. Giving up - more often than not - is not a very nice option; especially when one knows that this is not really the stretching point - yet.

I remember reading in a blog that someone said to a friend, with respect to running a marathon, "Move those legs, swing those arms, and always keep a smile on. You'll never know when a photographer would snap a picture of you. You don't want to end up looking grumpy."

On personal and deeper thoughts, the friend later improvised, something to the effect of, "Move those legs, swing those arms, always keep a smile on, and keep going. You'll never know when God would come and give you the breakthrough. Won't want to end up with a grumpy life story."



Same principle. Shoot me , but I would rather be caught jogging - however slow - rather than walking.

Ok. I take that back. Don't shoot me.



Anyway, I'm not really in the best of state to blog. Sleepy already. The brain feel too lazy to restructure these sentences to make it into a nice and smooth short article. The structure of this entry is short and choppy, I know. Off to bed soon!

Anyway, I don't feel like giving tuition tomorrow morning. Saturdays are so packed from early morning all the way into the night. Grrr... I am sooo tempted to cancel the tuition session tomorrow. Arggghhh, 加 油 and be faithful and work harder, girl!