1st 2009 run

Decided to have my first run today. I had always wanted to hold off till end Feb or even March 2009. But with the Newton Active Run 10km on 1 March, I figure I better start sooner rather than later.

3:07km in 24min: 45 secs. 8min 4sec per km. Not fast. But I was feeling the strain within the 1st km. Need time to build up my fitness level.

Look at the Son

Max Lucado
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV

More mornings than not I drag myself out of bed and onto the street…I run because I don’t like cardiologists.

Since heart disease runs in our family, I run in our neighborhood. As the sun is rising, I am running. And as I am running, my body is groaning. It doesn’t want to cooperate. My knee hurts.
My hip is stiff. My ankles complain…

Things hurt. And as things hurt, I’ve learned I have three options. Go home. (Denalyn would laugh at me.) Meditate on my hurts until I start imagining I’m having chest pains. (Pleasant thought.) Or I can keep running and watch the sun come up…If I watch God’s world go from dark to golden, guess what? The same happens to my attitude. The pain passes and the joints loosen…Everything improves as I fix my eyes on the sun.

Wasn’t that the counsel of the Hebrew epistle—“looking unto Jesus?”

Probable 2009 Run events

I think I will do much less running in 2009 compared to 2008.

My tentative events(@23 Jan 09):

01/03/09: Newton Active Run 2009 [10km]

16/08/09: AHM/Singapore Bay Run [10km/21km: TBD]

13/09/09: Mizuno Wave Run [10km]

06/12/09: SCSM 09 [10km]

Plus: 1 more run, preferably from April ~ July period.

As it stands, 4 compared to 9 events in 2008 is a major decrease. In 5 months from Aug ~ Dec 07 in my first year, I had 5 run events liao. We'll see how it goes. Recession means got to be prudent.

Banana Relay 2009

Nope, I didn't run this year. Still resting and hoping my knee muscles/ ligaments will recover as much as it can. I signed up as a volunteer. Was allocated to handle baggage deposit. Arrived by cab at 6:30am. Signed in and got my XS yellow event tee. There was a hectic period when a lot of people came to deposit bags before the race started. Only 4 of us instead of 6. Not sure how come. But it was okay. (I got to meet in person sgRunners.com webmistress who was helping with the baggage too) Asked for the bib number, write it on the card, tag the babbage with the plastic cuff and place it behind. After the race started, me, GTR, Dr Tan arrange the baggages in rows (0-93, 100-193, 200-293, 300-393, 400-433).

I didn't help much with the baggage redemption cause I shifted to help the ladies at the registration counters who were giving out goodie bags and finisher medals. I did the simple job of putting the medal into the goodie bag and handing it out. Great day. I ended the day wth helping to pack the tables and plastic chairs before going to the bus stop. I took bus 403 to Pasir Ris Interchange, changing to bus 88 to go Sengkang and finally transferring to bus 83 at Punggol Road to get home. 1 hour journey though the buss 88 from Pasir Ris interchange to Punggol Road was less than 30mins.