Still recovering

I had a super long week. I had been assigned to do hedge accounting for the IRS against STA Loan. This is something new to my work. Seriously, i am quite excited about this new stuff as it can be quite interesting when you know the terminology about this. LH had been very helpful as she passed me a book for me to read on. I may not quite understand but i will make an effort to finish the book.

Yesterday, i went to fitness first and saw D there. He is having personal training session with his client through the day. I am thinking of attending yoga class but they do not have early in the morning. As i am still recovering from my run, i am not allowed to do strong impect to my legs, especially the knee caps area. I swam instead. D, as a personal trainer advised me not to run or walk too much for at least 2 weeks after the marathon. Though i have no problem walking but i just cannot walk too much. Scared of the after effect.

I just love going there for my swim and relax. Took a magazine / newspaper and make myself a cup of hot drink and enjoy the swim and sun. How i really enjoy this type of life.

Thinking of tomorrow make me tired. I don’t wish to step to the office soon as i am going to extremely busy as walkathon is next. This is the coy event and i am the organizer and i had yet to settle lots of stuff so next week is sure to stay back again. Busy pre – christmas event. I need to sit down to go thru what is missing. Maybe got to ask the young man for help this time. We shall have a small discussion to settle everything once and for all.

Sianz..Hope everything turn up fine. *crossed fingers.*

Singapore Marathon 2008

Once again, the annual event is here again. I am having a mixed feelings. The reason is i am looking forward but somehow i just unprepared for the run. I woke up at 3am. Supposed to be 2.45am but i overslept. Haha..A normal person will be too excitied to sleep but i slept like a pig.

So when i wake up and see the time is 3am, i quickly rush to the toilet and wash up, shower and try clearing bowel but i had a hard time. This is a must when you have to run for the next 5 hours without toilet. I just don’t have a habit to stop and go into the toilet along the way as i find it as a waste of time. When i am almost done, i quickly make myself a cup of hot milo and pck my bread into the plastic bag and my breakfast bar as i know i do not have the time to eat as o need to catch a cab at 3.40am. Finally, i am in the cab and i reach L’s place at 3.40am but she is not there so i gave her a call and no one pick up and i knew immediately something must be wrong. So i quickly give S a call and she told me to pick her first and return back to pick L. So i go and pick S up and at the same time, try calling L.

Finally, i decided to call her home and her dad answered. I feel so “pai say” to wake her parents up. L asked us to go ahead but we decided to wait for her instead. We always go races together. The preparation time is really short as we are busying finding the bag deposit counter and failed to find toilet and my bladder is full and i started to feel irriated.

Without knowing, we hear the gun sound and the race started. I had yet to go toilet and i am feeling terrible. So S and rushed along the way to look toilet. I told is almost impossible to have one along the lau pa sat. Somehow, both of us managed to relieve ourself *secret*..haha.

I carried on the run after “clearing”  my burden. I moved well and i did like 1hr for my 1st 10km and i took 2.13hr when i am at the 21km mark and i realised that i am moving on too fast and i started to feel tired after the 1/2way mark. Both my legs are feeling heavy but i refuse to stop and walk and i struggled my way to my 30km mark. At there, i took off my socks and threw it away. I ran without my socks and i feel so “shiok.”

Without socks, i managed to run quite fast and reached 33km mark. Haha. Quite an achievement huh, from there i used the tactic of 5mins run and 1 min walk, that, i carried on for the next 7km. Finally, i touched the 40km mark. Both my legs are too painful to carry on, think those walk is even faster than my run. Hiaz.. I stopped as well and join the walk instead. haha The next two 2 km is endless. i can’t see any finishing mark nearby and i am totally flat. I just happily walk and walk till the turn into the finishing and normally, there are lots of photographers, so i decided i have to finish in a running posture so take picture also nice. yeah!! i clocked below 5hrs. haha Great job..

Tired till now, i am going to bed now…still aching from my run. I can’t even climb the stairs.