December 2010
13 posts
I have a confession
I bought a weight set today that costs me $210 buckeroos to be exact. Yes, $210. *GASP!
But to the neighsayers, I have a rationale behind it. I recently am on track to quit my puffs and while technically it saves me from buying the packs, it doesn’t really mean I’m getting richer by the day. Also I started to embark on a healthy lifestyle which I hope will bear fruits one day. What...
Music makes me go round and round
I realized today that running without my music is akin to running round and round the park aimlessly. I don’t know if my mentality is weak or not but I feel much more helpless without my earpieces on. And my mind keep drifting off the fact that I’m running without much cause.
That equates to heavier strides and reminded me of my days in Tekong for those 2.4KM runs. Once it’s a...
At the beginning
In other news, I landed myself a job in the social service sector! It has been something that I had been wanting to do so I better make the most out of it. Yes, that was a note to self.
On paper - I was literally given one - my job scope looked daunting. But I hope to adapt quickly and have them all on my fingertips. It’s gonna be a new year, a new beginning. Hopefully it’ll be a...
Rounding the park
It’s gonna be Christmas Eve tomorrow and flashback to last week, it was a killer week to get myself into any fitness activities. There were unpredictable weathers and certain circumstances which let’s just say were much more important to tend to than keeping up with my runs.
It’s true. I had ran in between showers; getting caught in it while on the way home from buying dinner....
Thank (you) God
I finally landed myself a job though I haven’t officially signed on the dotted line. I don’t wanna be naive and be excited about this job, forgetting that there are reality aspects to be considered such as politics, life of being a newbie in the company and many others.
It just takes one of these to happen before I snap back to realize that this is the working world after all....
“9 laps - 27:44”
– I jogged/ brisk walked for a few more rounds after that which tallied up the duration for my run to be around 40 minutes, with the hope of slowly reaching that 1 hour mark. And my knee hurts man.
I don’t have an official medical record for this pain in my right knee but I’ve been...
What wrong did I eat?
Day 18 and I’m down with stomach flu/tummyache/wind-in-the-stomach :(
“9 laps- 28:03”
– This was yesterday’s timing, in which was a night run. Seemed to be getting worse when I felt that I gave my all in almost all the laps. I did slow down towards the end but not as slow as my initial runs, but still my timing showed as if I slackened.
Maybe my constant pace isn’t fast...
Half way point of a half way mark
Tumblr’s behind-the-scenes people are really shooting themselves in the foot, really. What promises to be a totally new concept of blogging with “reblogs” and Mac-like interface actually fail miserably in their own courtyard. Tomorrow will be my official running day but I’m having an interview in the evening; not much of a morning person either. But I’ll try.
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“9 laps - 27:34”
– I did try to run another one or two laps but they were really those push-till-you-can’t-carry-on laps. My legs were dragging me and I had to stop at the 30th minute.
Maybe I should run at a slower pace in an attempt to go on for a continuous 45 minutes.
“8/9 laps - 27:39”
Low ebb
So today is Day 9 of the personal campaign and I am quite pleased I’ve “come this far”. But perhaps I haven’t met my greatest test yet - peer pressure. Most of them are busy with their own schedules which I assume is why nobody initiated any meet-ups. But it’s good anyway ‘cause perhaps when I finally meet them, my mentality would have toughen up.
In other...