Limping Marathon Runner

Had 2 days of sinful lunches with partners. A day buffet lunch at Merchant Court and today, a wonderful thai lunch at PaddyFields. Tom Yum soup is yummy. But, still... it could be better. *stares at my waistline*

Going to the chalet with the guys and gals!! Promise of more photographs for those who are going to miss this event. More BBQ food.

Shall think of new year resolutions too. Maybe diet or something. Later.

Meet and makan!! I was suppose to do a slow jog to Al-ameen to meet some runners for dinner. When I was ready to go from home, the sound of thunder left me thinking twice.. nah.. I shall take public transport there. True enough, it poured!! When I reached there, Tiwazz and Bug were already there.. drenched.. Obviously, they ran in the rain. Flip looked comfortable in her seat. We ordered some food and drinks. Tiwazz and Bug had just finished round one. Flip ordered nasi mutton... which looked like a heap of rice. She didn't exactly finish everything she ordered. TLR and Fd soon arrived.. and they ordered some more food. Sxuanjing arrived several minutes later too. Sxuanjing did surprise everyone by polishing her big plate of chicken rice, clean. We chatted about the recent events and other up coming ones. Spending time, laughing a lot. I had some prata. *Slurp*

I shall never forget how I spent my time on Christmas day in Year 2005. Many would choose to shop around the malls or some might even stay at home to catch some T.V. programmes.

I had two wonderful slots in my organizer today, not forgetting to mention meaning ones too. Start with Event Number One, shall we?

Event Number One: Ultramarathon 2005
Christmas eve .. I tried to sleep early. No, .. I only managed to doze of at 0200hrs, lying on the bed all the while. I'm not sure if I was excited about the event or anything else. I wasn't even going to run at the Ultramarathon!! Oh, due to my ankle. Its been good for now. Nevertheless, I just want to rest it. I will be the support staff for tomorrow's event.

With only 3 hours of sleep, I SMS-ed Seal to tell him to go ahead to the Ultramarathon. I needed a little more sleep to see me through the night event on Christmas day. By then, the skies turned red and was accompanied by rain and lightning. Heavy downpour! Through SMSes, updates told me that the race started by an hour late. I woke up at 0900hrs with Kops21's SMS asking for Don Pies address. The skies cleared. I got the address online and posted a live update for Brokenrunner. Getting out of the house, I bought some pratas with sugar for the guys to "power-up" during refueling. Jamessoh was there already and Sotong started the ordeal just when he felt that the weather got better.

I reached MR and saw Jamessoh. Some of them already finishing their 3rd round. As a support staff, I help in getting drinks, food and stuff for the rest of the runners, making them as comfortable as possible. Kops21 bought Don Pies and I got them some pratas with sugar. Ultraman and
Jamessoh supplied 100Plus. Jamessoh went on to support some of the runners by doing a few laps with them. I stayed behind. News of DO came when Dreamrunner finished his 3rd round. DO's old injuries came and he had to stop his race. He joined me as a support staff. I ran around taking pictures of runners as they came in. Refueling and taking a couple of minutes of deserved rest. It was around this time, where Kay and Dasher appeared in MR as pacers too. Run.run.runaway is strong! She has a rather quick finishing time of 5 laps. I bet she can do more. "Enough!", she said. Weishan looks really tired but determined. The late morning weather was great. It turned a little nasty by 1400-1600hrs. The sun was punishing runners. TLR was doing his 6th round already. Taz was doing his 5th and still going strong. Astrogirl looked strong too! Sotong, Superboy82, Tiwazz, 136Fallschirmjäger, Cokiee, Seal, YankeeII and many others did well too.



What fascinated me most, would be the 80+ year old uncle who ran the Ultramarathon! He was slow and steady, taking his coffee between breaks. No power bars and stuff like that. He was just taking biscuits. He completed the 5 laps and everyone cheered. The applaude was as loud as the morning's thunder! Simply amazing stuff!! He made anyone of us looked like a senior citizen, anytime!



Several surprises of the day. The 80+ year old uncle. TLR did 8 rounds, Taz did 7 rounds, Ultraman and Garfield did 7 rounds too. Astrogirl, Dreamrunner and Philip did 6 rounds. Most completed the 5 laps.

Alvo2102 and Meteor went on for a romantic walk around the 10.5km route. Came back hand in hand. LOL!

I had my portion of fun as a support staff too. Being there for those in the race simply let me have more time to observe everyone feelings. Everyone's endurance, determination, mental power was superb! I regret not being able to stir some dust, sand, dirt and gravel in the trails with them. Not able to get muddy, dirty and wet with the puddles in the greenery. However, never did I regret spending my day with them, getting them seats, food, water and comfort stuff. I look forward and will be getting dirty with you guys in 2006!

Event Number Two: Sec Sch BBQ
19 years. That is how long we have known we have known each other since the first day we sat in the same class! Friends ... bonds that have been tested through time and for many more years to come. Usually around this time of the year (year ends), our 1G or 2G class (we always like to call it 2G, because we've grown closer by then)would organise a BBQ. Catching up on each other's lives, basically a gathering to renew ties and bonds. Of course, we would meet a few times in a year. But, year ends are usually BBQ sessions.

Great news. 3 soon-to-be mummies!! Happy for them that these guys are going to be dads too! We were all excited and talk about our 20th anniversary for knowing each other. I guess next year's event will be a grand one. $10 each for our BBQ dinner, that's pretty okay! Next year is our 20th Anniversary!! We hope to plan something grand!

Plenty of food and drinks were left. We played some games to make each other finish up the leftovers before we head home.



My thoughts for the day ....
The heavy downpour early in the morning might have dampened our Asics, New Balance, Saucony, Nike, Adidas and more... plus Mizuno (Tiwazz's) Wahaaha
But, it will never dampen the Ultra-Completion-Spirit!!!

Congrats!! Job well done to all Ultramen and Ultrawomen that have been through transformation today!

The Korean movie is on cable T.V. again. Sometimes, lame movies can take one's breath away. At least, mine.

Went over to Sim Lim today with OCS, sending his PC for repairs. At the carpark, I saw someone in SGR Tees. It was Kay. He was with his friends. Runners world .. damn small.

Tomorrow, Ultramarathon event. I guess I will only be there for support. Not sure if I'll be running though. Evening time, it will be Sec School class gathering!! Woo-hoo!!

Year 2006 is just around the corner. Have you reviewed your achievements in Year 2005? Your goals? Resolution for Year 2006?

For now, Merry Christmas to everyone!!

I remember the days when Karloong and I were kids.. as a sweet tooth baby, she would finish all the candy portion of the Sugar Gems biscuits. Next, she would dump the biscuit portions back into the cookie jar, hoping that I would finish them. Only then, we would get fresh supplies again.

Last night, she bought a pack and asked me if I remember our childhood days. T_T

I screwed the white balance for this. Oooops.

After work today, several of us (colleagues, ex-colleagues) met up for the movie, King Kong. As one of them said, "I would like to see King Kong beat the prehistoric dung out of T-Rexes". I kept telling myself that I'm not watching Jurassic Park, when dinosaurs appeared. This movie has several scenes that I like. Well worth the 3 hours, I say.

C'mon baby ... next one .. Naria Narnia. All right, all right.. typo mistke.. Uncle Conan was screaming over IM.

Anyone?

Trips. I mean really, truly holiday trips. Recreational, work tossed aside. I have not been on one for a really long time. It seems like I have a few trips that is going to happen in 2006. Some long, some short trips.

Due to my plans, I have been rather conservative about trips materialising. It seems like, I can relax a little now. Of course, I have thousands of places that I would want to visit. But, I need to be realistic. As 2006 approaches .... I hope I can get to travel and add more stamps on my passport. Do some photography on trips, maybe even drawings too. I think I've lost a part of me ... *really?* .. from battles and fire fights of recent years. Battles that are only necessary. I've gained battle scars and grown slightly wiser.

There is always this saying ... Gimme a break.

Long day!! Really long day.

Got out of bed at 0550hrs, did my usual rituals (showered, changed, etc) and sprinted out of the house. I missed the recce run yesterday. I'm definitely not missing today's, which promises a bigger turn-out. Aarrrraggg.. better get going.

I reached MR and found Dreamrunner chatting with his friend. I stretched a little.. accessed my ankle. Pretty okay, for now. Most arrived at 0700hrs. After some stretching here and there, we went off in an anti-clockwise direction. Slow and easy pace, we stopped a few times to gather. At the split junction, we parted ways. Some doing the 15km air-con route, while I took the usual 10.5km trail. Just to be conservative, not to overstress my ankle. 6 of us, did the 10.5km. meteor, alvo2102, violet, tiwazz, cokiee and balasing. We did run - walk - run throughout. violet almost did a 50km. :p

Once we reached the car park, it wasn't too long before the 15km runners came back. Some showered and changed. We took a some photos, before heading out to the Prata cafe. Everyone was tired and hungry. Service came a little slow. Food was just okay. Me thinks Al-ameen is better. After the prata session, most of us went off to renohtaram's place for house visiting. Poor guy got bitten by a bug (not our Bug) and has caused serious swelling. He was still limping around. Yeah.. he's another limping marathon runner. When we're about to leave... it rained, heavily!! Lucky thing, TLR dropped me at my place along the way.

Second appointment, no time to lose. I bathed, changed and left home. Meeting my cousin and his wife. Oh. I saw a book, "Pilates for men", which seems interesting. I injured my lower back before, while working. I hope this book can help me in strengthening my lower back. I think I would love to take time and browse the book store! I'll come back another day. I met up with my cousin, we all had a drink before leaving for dinner. We had dinner near their love nest before dropping by to check out their newly set up apartment. I toured their place and we watched LOTR (second part) on T.V. while sipping coffee. Getting late, I wanted to go back on my own. They insisted on sending me back. I reached home, download some mails, and did the usual things before sleeping like a log.

These running guys never fail to light up my day each time! I wouldn't know what I would do without them!! Life would be so different!

Fall in for the run!!!
leica, cosmic_wind, yulan, cheow12, violet, leh-lio girl, dreamrunner, 136Fallschirmjäger, sotong, superboy, TLR, DO, meteor, alvo2102, tiwazz, cokiee and balasing.

Fall in for renohtaram house visit!!
Plus .... cyberkinetic, kops21, Fd and penguin.

Woo...there was a rather big turn out today. But, I failed to wake up. My alarm rang.. but, my bio clock switched it off. My hand, I was trying to say, my hand. Had a late night, last night, attended a funeral wake. By the time, I got back, replied mails and work stuff clearing. I think I had only like 4 hours of estimated sleep. Still!!.. I'll try to wake up, which I failed. I think they had quite a fun run today. I believe I would be able to join them tomorrow. Okay, back to testing and more work in office. =.=



Took this pic when it was raining outside. Alright, I was getting bored from all that testing.

Not much of a Jay Chow fan myself. He's a great singer and all. I just don't like some of the songs he mumbles. His style. But, I have to say that I like this recent song, Coral Sea. Maybe because I relate so much to the lyrics. Drifting off to sleep with this song.

珊瑚海
Jay Chou feat. Lara

海平面远方开始掩埋 悲伤要怎么平静纯白
我的脸上始终夹带 淹没浅浅的无奈
你用唇语说你要离开 情不在
那难过无声的留下来 汹涌潮水
一定明白 不是浪而是泪海

转身离开 认真说不出来 你有话说不出来
海鸟跟鱼相爱 只是一场意外
我们的爱 差異一直存在
给你的爱 差異一直存在 回不來
永久真爱 竟累积成伤害
等待经历几次伤害
轉身離開 分手說不出來
蔚蓝的珊瑚海 错过瞬间苍白
当初彼此 不够成熟坦白
你有我的 不够成熟坦白 不应该
热情不在 笑容勉强不来
你的笑容勉強不來 爱深埋珊瑚海

毁坏的沙碉如何重来 有裂痕的爱怎么重盖
只是一切 结束太快 你说你无法释怀

贝壳里隐藏什么期待 等花儿开 我们也已经无心再猜
脸上海风，脸上海风，咸咸的爱，咸咸的爱，沉不出还有未来

转身离开 认真说不出来 你有话说不出来
海鸟跟鱼相爱 只是一场意外
我们的爱 差異一直存在
给你的爱 差異一直存在 回不來
永久真爱 竟累积成伤害
等待经历几次伤害
轉身離開 分手說不出來
蔚蓝的珊瑚海 错过瞬间苍白
当初彼此 不够成熟坦白
你有我的 不够成熟坦白 不应该
热情不在 笑容勉强不来
你的笑容勉強不來 爱深埋珊瑚海

I would like to blog down every detail in life, but I can't. At least, not these days. I was SMS-ing Kitty, Lambie and Beng for dinner. I stopped halfway through co-ordination. Overwhelmed by work. Sorry guys. My fault. Will catch up with you guys soon.

Battle plans. Started (at long last and at last). I know it might even take me foreover, okay, months to complete this. But still, I would proceed. In the process, I would receive more. Carry on, soldier!

How I long for each 8-ball pool sessions. Can't say that it is regular, just ad-hoc sessions. Each time, we would have great sessions (laughs included). All other tables are so tensed up and looked at us like we're a bunch of crazy students. Who cares?! As long as it helps me to destress.. count me in. Hmm.. should learn how to play 9-ball now.

Something that I didn't blog down. I bought a Canon A410 on Teh Tarik 2 Get-Together session, I mean on that day itself. Heck. I just needed a AA-batt digicam, low-res, I don't care. So far, I like it. Cheap and practical. No choice. My Canon A60 got wasted while loaned out. I loved that mean machine.

Stress. Well.. not really. Some have been asking me, my plans. Plans? About having my own family, of course. Whoa. Always sweat at these questions. Just had an IM chat with my friend who asked me. "What do you want?". Ha. My friend says the code of conduct of a gentleman is practically non-existant in males, these day. I retorted that culinary skills were once seen practised by women. Sheesh. I was interrogated if my standards were too high. In fact, they never were.

I have been waiting for Wallace and Gromit movie hitting the big screen soon! Yay!

Happy that my ankle is holding up pretty well for not. Could not say the same for my stamina. I had to trade rest for funny ankle. Bah!

Not much time to update on stuff. Just cut and paste the X'mas Template. Logout.

Here comes more arrows. 60 over mails with a bloody big arrow. I'm already handful with a few and more caught with my teeth. "Sir, I think we've got ourselves a Bloody Arrow(Not the Broken Arrow)!" Let me get my Walls of Barb wires up and I promise you a battle you will never forget. Shall stop here. *War Cry*

The only happy thing for this time of the year. 2G Glass Gathering!!! I am so thankful that each round, this time of the year, we would have our gathering. A get together session to catch up with one another. However, this year, it would be on 25th Dec. Going to clash with Ultramarathon. So, I might be turning up, slightly late. Class 2G is still the best! Looking back, 18 years since we first knew one another. Retro.

With the recent constant battles, my world is in a total different pace, order, and perspective. Chaotic, pretty much sums up everything and I am fighting to keep my life in order. I just need to bear with it for these few months, to execute my plans. Persevere.

I was pumping air into my dusty GreyHound and it breaks my heart to see it lying there, unused. Same goes for my BlackSteed. Unhappy. :(

Past 2 days... had dinner with ex-colleagues from PS... Yesterday, testing some stuff in the office and then met EndlessTrail for a movie with his friend. Thanks for the invite! Walked and spotted MindsCafe along the way. Hah!!! I saw 3 different groups of ex-colleagues from TD and a Poly classmate. EndlessTrail said, "I have lost count of how many friends you have met along the way." LOL. Relax.

Hmm... today, I did more testing in the office before heading over to Orchard for a while. Next stop, Chini & 54Brownie's baby 1st month celebration. Met several MenInGreen mates there. We chatted about another upcoming event for 3 weeks later and for the 4th week too. All.. kiddies birthday. SailorLee's little kiddo is getting cuter each day! Shy little fella. Not that shy with little girls. Just like his dad. The talk of the town was Conan & Xena being secretive. LOL. Don't look at me... I'm not in the photos. Act blur is the best policy. No interrogation please. I popped over to Borders, browsing mag before I headed home. Zonked out in the bus. The girl that sat beside be zzzz too. Dangerous man... if my head tilts and touches her, its embarrassing. Sleeping with motion control in a bus is an art. Much sought after skill. Tired.

Ahh... I like X'mas songs. I was soaking up and setting myself in the festive season moods as I was browsing in Borders. Ring-a-Ding-a-Ling X'mas songs in the air. Yeah.. its a double edge sword. Feelings working on me and against me. But, more good than bad. *thumbs up* Ho.

I did a fast 2km, then slow 1.5km today. Ankle seem to be holding on well. Seems like its back to basics. Square one. Nevermind about the stamina drop. It is not an option. No injury is a priority. Thankful.

Yeah, I had a not so great day in the early morning to noon. I tried to contain it and not let it affect me. Seems like I have to write a program using coding if then else statements to guide me through repetitions of such incidents. Later part of the day improved with me taking some initiative to utilise my time. Cleared some work.



Evening came. I reached Esplanade at 6.30pm. I was early, saw DO and he told me Penguin was already here. We had to play punk in order "reserve" some seats. No choice. We are expecting a big turn-out today. I was really hungry at that time and I ordered some fried rice to fill my growling stomach. Slowly, one be one.. .. runners started to come. Daisiki shook my hand and called my nick and I didn't even know who she is. Cool! Finally, meeting her in person. Another new face, DiverRunner. Heard of, but unseen till today. When Yojanjan arrived, everyone was high! We almost wanted to queue up and give her a hug. Tiwazz went to buy Hala Laksa from IMM. Wildcat went to buy Katong Laksa from I-have-no-idea-where. BrokenRunner made special makan. Bee bought Don Pies. DO got 3 cakes from BreadTalk - one for birthday girl, Penguin, one for fastest marathon girl, Carine and one for bravest marathon girl, Yojanjan. Everyone was chatting and I move from spot to spot. We occupied a total of 4 tables in all. I have not been having such a good time for a while. Food, laughter, new faces, chit chats. It was excellent! I hope to see you guys again!

Teh Tarik Fall In:
TLR, Fd, Daisiki, Sha, LaoKaYu, BrokenRunner, Cokiee, LehLioGirl, DreamRunner, Carine, DO, Taz, DiverRunner, Mythos, Cheow12, Violet, Astrogirl, Alvo2102, Meteor, Wildcat, Tiwazz, Kops21, Cosmic_wind, 136Fallschirmjäger, Philip, Jennifery, Balasing, Yojanjan, Chpear, Sxuanjing, Novaflux, Penguin, Flip, Bee and IronmanDreamer

Great to hear that Renohtaram has discharged from the hospital. He is now on medical leave at home. Rest well, buddy. I had to drop the sinful dinner at Al-meen, just to collect LCD for Kay, else KJ and my schedules won't allow him to pass me the LCD till next week.

I just came back from trying a 3km, after my funny ankle incident. I have to be on the safe side. Starting everything from scratch.. monitoring my foot. Looks good for now.

I am proud of her. Amazed by her courage. Determination is the word. Did I mention that she's a mother of two kids, in our local running scene? Who says you can't do a marathon? This is simply inspiring for most of us. Several almost teared just by reading. I had to post her writing.

(Quote from Yojanjan)
quick report of what happened, i tripped over an ice mountain cap at 6+km (these pp should really throw the bottles AND the caps off the road *#&$^*#&), and then again at 11km (i think) when i was too close to the left of road, avoiding the fast 21km pp running up, and twisted the same left ankle again where the road slope towards the drain, ran funny after that and developed a blister.

hot hot hot weather, but i had the great support of hubby and my best friend along the way at 12km, 20km, 28km and 31km, who gave me my supplies and heat rub, and most of all, the short term target to see them soon.

much appreciated the support of various sgrunners, cyberkinetic who gave me an intro run at esplanade the week before (feels like sooo long ago liao), gentle for helping to hook me up with clive, clive and wifey (joanne) who gave me a free lift to padang in their hired cab, sotong/ yankee/ gentle/ taz/ runalone runrunrunaway/ astrogirl sorry i dont remember correctly who met up with me at pen and wanted to keep me company (but i move backed since i didnt want to go out too fast and die early), yankee who shouted encouragement, and philip who "barked" (darn fierce, but that got me giggling) at me to run at ECP.

yes i did it, running, walking, jogging and hobbling, by counting steps (run 100 steps and walk 2min) for the last 14-15km. and the adrenaline rush at the last 200m got me sprinting across the line, and then i cried.

it occurred to me just, that it didnt occur to me to "not finish", even tho my pace was off by almost 1 hour coming into the half point, and i had hoped to finish sub7 or early 7. could have been sheer stubbornness and stupidity, but i really really wanted the medal, and i really wanted to earn it properly, and last but not least i would have hated to come in and report that i DNF.

it turned out my times were 7:48:15/ 7:53:24, better than my butter fingered timing on my watch.

i guess it is too late to cancel the order for the flowers? so i'll humbly accept, with thanks to all, for your company, support, encouragement and advice in my journey towards my first marathon finish. *curtsy*
(Unquote)

We decided to send her flowers for finishing her first marathon. Yojanjan, we love you!!! *muakz*

Our dear Renohtaram is down. I hope he is okay. Just when I logged back into the forum, I saw the thread. I guess I will sms him later today. I will drop by the ward to visit him, but I seriously hope he will be discharged.

Hours back, which was yesterday, while queuing up for some...hopes, I heard someone call out my name. I thought it was one of my Men-In-Green friends. LOL. It was IronmanDreamer instead. Seems like he is having a course nearby my office. I briefly mentioned to him that we would be having a post-marathon junk loading session at Esplanade. He would be joining us. Cool!

Hmm ... long story cut short. I wish I can write more.

Haven't been logging in to running forum for a week. Only places I have been logging in are work related forums and websites.

Yesterday, before meeting up with the runners for a carbo loading session, I dropped by a watch shop to Meistersinger Scrypto 1Z. Bad move. Damn.... too sexy. Got to stay away.

I ran off to join the guys at Swensens. We took up like 20 over seats. I walked around to mingle around. It was really nice meeting most of the runners here. We even had a HK runner joining us in the carbo loading session. I bade farewell to the rest, asking everyone to have an early night rest. I'm just doing a 21km. No pressure. We have quite a number of marathon virgins this year.

Today, I woke up at 4am, changed and ate before heading to the event area. At the baggage area, I saw LaoKaYu. Commando was doing his warm up run before the race. I bumped into Freddy and we decided to go together, since we are doing the 21km. However, he went ahead to squeeze in near to the start line. I usually prefer the back. *Bang* We started at 6.30am. The full marathon started half an hour early. I couldn't spot anyone during the start of my run. Damn.... first light isn't here yet and I saw the Kenyans at the return leg at 10km mark. 10km - 30mins. *faint* World class. I caught sight of SuperBoy and did quite a distance with him. Opposite side of the road, return leg, we saw TLR, Dreamrunner, Carine and Sumiko. I saw Vege, my NS platoon mate. SuperBoy had to rush to the toilet and I went ahead. I caught up with Eunice and waved in front of her before she had earphones on. "JIAYOU"! She shriek. Hahhaa... probably because she had earphones on. On the way out of the return leg, I saw Tiwazz. He was really focused. Spotted LehLioGirl, she was doing a 10km?! She can do more! Ooops... the left ankle is acting funny again. By this time, Phishy intercepted me and went ahead. She was going strong. I did not see anyone else that I know until slightly before the 21km U-turn point. Meteor still looking strong. By now, Eunice ran passed me and said, "JiaYou"! I think she can go close to sub-2hrs. I think I was compensating for my left ankle that it affects my right knee. With my right knee old injury... it just did not help. At around 18km, I think, I saw Mrs Sotong, still far behind. I finished off... and collected my medal. Disappointed that I had to do run/walk. I never did run/walk for 21km.

Next ordeal, baggage collection. I am seriously not happy. I think this year was really bad arrangement and organising of baggage claims. I stood in the sun for 2hrs, equivalent to another 21km run. When most people went in to get their own baggage, I jumped in too. Within seconds..... I found mine. Damn. I looked for Bee, Brokenrunner and Tiwazz at the last 1km mark before end point. I was looking out for our own runners to cheer them. Tiwazz paced and encouraged a few in their last 500m. I ended up cheering strangers. LOL. I didn't mind. They didn't too! A few said thanks. As a marathon runner (before), I understand how it feels to have encouragement from people. An applause will do. It certainly would help. Dont' say things like, "Run faster. Don't slow down.". Just smile and clap. People will appreciate. I saw Phoebe too. I cheered for a lot of our runners. Pretty, LittleFoot, jamessoh, True_Atlantean, YankeeII, Cheow12, Clive, Kops21, tekko, osama, Cokiee, Slacker, Flip, Slacker, Cyberkinetic, Astrogirl, CheeryRunner, Penguin, Dong, Sotong, Spectre, 136Fallschirmjäger, chpear, BigMouth, Mythos, Philip and more. I promised to run with Philip for the last 10km. But, damn, the baggage claim took me 2hrs... thanks so much. So, I only managed to cheer him for the last 500m. Running with him to the finish line at the last burst of fire.



Most had a great race. A few of them had cramps too. Nevertheless, everyone did a great job. I wasn't too happy with my results. But, that is part of runner. Injuries and all comes in a package. Stalemate, this time. See you all in 2006. Till then, the marathon monster shall be conquered.

Okay, back to reading work stuff.

Total lack of updates these days. If you ask me, I am seriously bogged down by work. Not implying that others might be idling. But, I am truly overwhelmed by the truck load full of crap that come knocking on my door. Some say, "Look on the bright side. This shows that you are capable.". I believe in quality, not quantity. I see no point in saying, "I know this. Oh that..I know too". However, all that one is capable of is fitting a screw.

I seem to be totally cut off from even my own life. Most friends say I have not been updating recently too. I hope I can, probably tonight. Update on last night's event.