The Running For Life Project 2006
April: Hi! Interested in taking part in the Shape Run? It’s organized by the Shape magazine for women only, in July, either 5km or 10km run. 15 dollars to register.
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No, I have not forgotten that one of the promises I made almost a year ago was to complete a marathon. Make that train for a marathon and running one and actually completing it in *gasp*, respectable timings. April was the girlfriend with whom I made the pact, and I’m not exaggerating when I said it’s akin to a solemn blood oath.
We swore then to see beyond depressing, mediocre, run of the mill work and to attain/achieve something that was entirely within our control through our effects. Not something hazardous, capricious and whimsically dependent of external forces and parties that we had no rein over.
Thundering through a marathon seemed a very good channel to display (displace) character and to make good all the ill ennui and boredom that arose from the general dissatisfaction we are not going anywhere in life. At least for the competitive run, we are heading in a certain direction, and I have a specific goal.
I can only be stopped, by myself.
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In a moment of madness, I declared we shall sign up for the 10km run. Yes, somehow Angelinesque thinking is able to reason that sheer self-will and stubborn tenacity can take her through 10km, even if she does minimal training, assuming she does any. As her Best Friend rightly pointed out, yes, that might be psychologically and humanly possible, but what happens right after the feat has been accomplished? Will Angeline still be physically mobile; will there be any irreversible consequences that ensue as a direct outcome of her belief in mind triumphing over body (and the refusal to run any more than she should, especially when training time means time less for shopping)?
This morning, sanity prevailed, and I modestly suggested that we downgraded to 5km.
Me: Wah lau, the Runner’s Kit only given to runners who complete the run okay. Skarli I don’t finish 10km how. Or worse I’m amongst the last. Biangz. Please. Let’s downgrade. I just want to complete the marathon with decent timings. And bag that Runner’s Kit.
Here we go again & again. I shall run everyday for next week.
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No, I have not forgotten that one of the promises I made almost a year ago was to complete a marathon. Make that train for a marathon and running one and actually completing it in *gasp*, respectable timings. April was the girlfriend with whom I made the pact, and I’m not exaggerating when I said it’s akin to a solemn blood oath.
We swore then to see beyond depressing, mediocre, run of the mill work and to attain/achieve something that was entirely within our control through our effects. Not something hazardous, capricious and whimsically dependent of external forces and parties that we had no rein over.
Thundering through a marathon seemed a very good channel to display (displace) character and to make good all the ill ennui and boredom that arose from the general dissatisfaction we are not going anywhere in life. At least for the competitive run, we are heading in a certain direction, and I have a specific goal.
I can only be stopped, by myself.
*
In a moment of madness, I declared we shall sign up for the 10km run. Yes, somehow Angelinesque thinking is able to reason that sheer self-will and stubborn tenacity can take her through 10km, even if she does minimal training, assuming she does any. As her Best Friend rightly pointed out, yes, that might be psychologically and humanly possible, but what happens right after the feat has been accomplished? Will Angeline still be physically mobile; will there be any irreversible consequences that ensue as a direct outcome of her belief in mind triumphing over body (and the refusal to run any more than she should, especially when training time means time less for shopping)?
This morning, sanity prevailed, and I modestly suggested that we downgraded to 5km.
Me: Wah lau, the Runner’s Kit only given to runners who complete the run okay. Skarli I don’t finish 10km how. Or worse I’m amongst the last. Biangz. Please. Let’s downgrade. I just want to complete the marathon with decent timings. And bag that Runner’s Kit.
Here we go again & again. I shall run everyday for next week.
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