Posted by: adriantan on: August 24, 2008
Waking up at 4am, tolerating the cold and the early drizzle, getting mud all over my shoes, breathing in the body odours of the surrounding runners, getting a blisters on my feet after 10km, cramping up 500m away from the finishing point.
Part and parcel of COMPLETING MY FIRST EVER half-marathon! Woo HOO!!!
All in 2 [...]
Posted by: adriantan on: August 22, 2008
Wah. I almost forgot I had my own blog if I never check my Firefox history. The last I blogged, Ronaldino was still warming up for the Olympics. Now he is already packing his bags and heading back to Milan.
And within a span of a month, quite a lot of things happened. I completed my [...]
Posted by: adriantan on: July 9, 2008
According to my nike+, I ran a total of 64.3km so far. Maximum was a 15.19km. Pacing was pretty lousy in my opinion. But in total still quite an achievement.
The website even prompt gave me a 50km congratulatory prompt! That sure felt good.
For anyone who is also keen to take up this free sport, I [...]
Posted by: adriantan on: July 8, 2008
For those that are not aware, I have already completed a 10km competitive run and registered for another 10km and a 21km. Half a year ago, I would rather drop dead than run to catch a bus.
And if that isn’t crazy enough, we set up a football team and has already competed against two different [...]
Posted by: adriantan on: May 10, 2008
Overestimation of my own ability plus influence from Joe got me to apply for a 10km run that is organized by People’s Association.
The longest I had ever run was a 5km (or so I was told) when I was still serving my National Service. That was the first time both of my legs cramped up [...]
