k r i s a n d r o

It’s my 5th week into RT and I am starting to enjoy sweating it out, especially during the 3km runs and interval trainings.

Even though jogging is one of the best forms of cardiovascular exercise known to mankind, I do realize like most people that it is also one of the most boring exercise ever. Depending on how hard you push yourself, one can probably jog for hours before fatigue sets in. Unlucky people like me who wants to avoid breathing in exhaust from automobiles and live far from stadiums and huge parks, have to resort to jogging in tiny ‘gardens’ that the NEA disguises as parks. Jogging 6km for a session in my nearby public ‘garden’ means seeing the same tree, bench, sleeping ah pek on bench for 19 times. I am not quite looking forward to the day when I run a full marathon around that ‘garden’.

132 rounds! *wails*

But I do discover that once I get past the reluctance of jogging and do it regularly for at least twice a week for a month, I get pretty much in the groove and I look forward to running faster or covering longer distances each time I take the road. And this new love for pushing my body to new distances came at such a good time. It’s about 7 months to the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 and it’s about time that me and my team train hard to be able to complete the grueling 42.195km.

Just let me get past the IPPT test next week so that I can rally my hibernating teammates and get them into a running mood as well.

Okay.. that's a lot to un-hibernate....