Tuesday, December 27, 2005

hello. today was a crazy day. i almost cried in front of the public at people's park. but anger surpassed sadness. i just finished reading percy article! share with you guys one of his phrases which he has so clearly put into words of what i feel abt cross :D

Endless running should be indulged in for the benefits derived from the sweat and pain of vigorous exercise.

(if i sound arrogant or anything, i'm not showing off or whatever. not saying i did a fab time lah. but i'm happy abt my time lah. AIYOH shh)

i truly enjoyed trg on monday. being able to keep up with runqian(an rj girl that does sub60 for 12k :)) really motivated me a lot. and the fact that i could actually go faster.. :) but i didnt lah. i was too afraid. stupid me. i was scared if i ran in front of her (how much further can i go. i was going 80% already. if i pushed it'll be abt 5-10% only), she'll overtake me soon after. or maybe after one of those markings. i'll get so demoralised. besides, i dont really like competing during trg cos theres a slight chance i'll 'lose' then die liao. try not to compete as much as i can first; comps are coming soon. so i just paced her and tried pushing her a bit when i found minimal energy from the air.

i wasnt used to my bouncy hair (it was IRRITATING) so i no choice concentrate on the bouncing. run qian's hair also short so it kept flying. i was wondering for e last 4km how short hair pple can stand their hair. my eyes were fixed on runqian's hair and that's it. slowly, the 0.5km markS came and passed. i dont know what's so interesting abt her hair but i was really 'fascinated' by them and thought i was passing the marks really quickly.

suddenly an rjguy strided past us. (i rmb he wanted to run with some taboh instead of renuka. but he was the only one that overtook us) i comforted myself; he must be damn good a runner who underestimates himself. runq suddenly opened up, seemingly trying to run with him. i thought siao liao..i'm so tired already. but i didnt want to lose her so chase lah. i was running behind her most of the time so no wind to sway me.

initially when she overtook me at abt the 2k mark, i didnt want to run with her cos of what mr q said abt. but i decided that today's trg shall be determined by today's performance and not what we've done before. i needed to prove myself and i really needed a pacer. (dan weilin n rjc girl in front were only a few steps away but it was tough to catch them. and i dont like running in a grp. personal running buddy nicer :)) i also wanted to run with her cos i wanted to shake her hand after e run. hehehee. i get this weird satisfaction when i shake my running buddy's hand and say 'good run :)' at the end. heh i was really inspired by that scene. i'm glad i took e step of faith to chase runqian before she realised that bouncyhaired mgs girl is gonna be brave to run with her. she was so encouraging;i felt so bad a partner if i didnt cheer her on(which i rarely did).

soon we reached 6km mark. sighh i was so sad it was gonna be my last 100m so i chiong kah liao. i saw grace1h and thought. i'm going to beat her. i MUST beat her. walao i sprint until like mad woman but still not good enough. from swimming and running race experiences, my timing shld be split secs slower only.ok maybe 1sec. but i was still v happy i was finally over with 6.1k w/o walking. runqian told me after the run that she thought finish at 6k mark so she slowed down but she saw me still running, so she cont ed and; 'i was pushing her a lot' :) and she wasnt sure i was able to do sub60 then since i nvr ran with her. but she's certain i could do it now as i just ran with her. then 'must have confidence! can one :)' so nice.

i was thinking, then, that athletes really take after their coaches. character, talking wise sense. hahahah. i thought mr quek got her to talk to me..but i doubt so lah. haha :) she was really friendly. great last run :) at least i made it count. but i'm gonna miss there :( i'd have 2nd thoughts if asked to go back again anw hahahaha. ok i'm gonna meet jen in 7 1/2hrs for lit 'tuition' but i'm still awake. bad me

tricia just made me excited for sch/

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