i signed up for a marathon! (only 10km lah...)

hello hello... yes your eyes did not play tricks on you. emay... the one who absolutely detests running and truly believes she's simply not built for running has indeed signed up for the scb marathon this coming dec.

why? cos while i utterly can't stand the thought of running, once upon a time, back in sec 2, i challenged myself to pick up running... i was hopeless! the first day i tried, i couldn't even complete more than 3/4 my school running track (not even 400m) without having to stop to walk. it was terrible... but i kept it up, and before i knew it -tho i can't quite remember how long it took- i was running six rounds without breaking much of a sweat. the feeling was great... in fact i enjoyed running so much then, that if it weren't for my school bag, i'd have jogged home i think.. attempted to anyway. my sch was in bukit timah. and i life in tiong bahru... get the pic? lol...

so anyway, the idea of signing up for this marathon which will take place on dec 3rd, came to me while i was at a durian/famous geylang beef kuay teow feast last friday with my colleagues. The irony! Think we started talking abt it, cos someone in the group was wearing a t-shirt that said 'finisher of marathon 42.blahblahkm...' something like that. and somehow the idea clicked. altho i know it's impossible to do the full marathon this year... but i did toy with half a marathon. but given that i've got less than three months to train, it was decided that it's best that i do 10km first. who knows, am almost keen on doing half next year. for a full year of training, it ought to be attainable. =)

am thinking of doing it in aid of charity... so if i get round to getting the license, must support k?!?!?! =) will keep u updated.

anyway, was on course mon and tue, which was a nice change from coming into office. Tho things are getting pretty busy in office so actually it wasn't the best of times to be out. the course was pretty fun tho. trainer was relatively entertaining... and picked up some useful tips. =)

so since I last blogged, i thank God for

1. the boldness in signing up for the marathon
2. the strength in completing one full round after not having run since 18yrs old yesterday... one round in the park is equivalent to 800m... so the park map tells me anyway. i was pretty surprised i managed to do one round cos as i mentioned earlier, am hopeless at running. perhaps all the exercising via badmintom, tennis etc have helped... lol...
3. a nice date with xiang on sat after some quality time with mummy in the day... x and i had such a good time chatting we chatted for like two hours over teh at river valley and didn't even know it was two hours since we reached the kopitiam.
4. the bowling session with my cell mates on sunday... amazingly i bowled pretty ok with a 8to9 pound houseball... makes me wonder why i bother having my own gear... was too lazy to lug my bowling ball to church so just brought my shoes... but it was fun... my sister passed the 100th mark by a significant amount! so proud of her... =)
5. the durian/beef kuay teow outing with my colleagues and xiang last friday was fun... the durian was sadap!!!!!!!!! hope i spelt that malay word right... it was truly yummilicious!!!! *drool* and usually we eat beef kuay teow before durian, but we switched it on friday and it turned out so much better... =) yum yum yum!
6. for a tuition break this week... kid's got remedials till pretty late this week, so no tuition this week! whoopee doo... =D
7. this friday is drawing near, and it's my cell bbq!!!! fun fun fun! food food food! play play play! ought to be great!
8. it's almost 3 months since i last donated blood. this time will be going with my dear friend angela cos she's also due for a donation... =) yay... no need to go alone
9. my sis! she's booked us tickets for forbidden city!!! yay!!!!! =)

*smile*