So close yet so far..

21km in 6 days time.

I discovered that the injury on my shins are called shin splints. Go Google, Wiki or dictionary.com to find out more about it. I'm to sad to type about it. To know your enemy is a start. Defeating it is another story.

Revived!

Okay I have not been updating a lot like how I would on the previous post. I'm really sorry. I just couldn't have anything to give to you guys. Life has been good. Anyway, this post is about me getting excited again! I got my race kits for my Sundown half marathon today! That's one reason. The other and most important one is.. I bought compression tights! Okay, it's just compression tights. Nothing special right? We'll, I tried it on when I got home. When I had fit myself into it, I realised that the pain on my shins had actually reduced. It's definitely science. I tried hopping and walk in a manner where the muscles on my shin would hurt but it didn't. There was a little but barely. I was thrilled! Now I'm ready to run the kilometers again!














That's my bib number and the running singlet that they gave me :)




















This is the miracle that made the pain on my shins almost completely disappear :D















And this is the bag that came along with the singlet and bib. Quite cool isn't it?

I'm going for a morning run tomorrow before I start work so wish me well alright. Goodnight and take care!

Motivation

I need motivation. Most of the time, seriously. Like what Zig Ziglar said "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." I absolutely agree with him today.

Today was dekiting for those called up for the General Elections deployment. Nothing major about the dekiting day itself. Yesterday, I was deployed at Block 53 Teban Gardens for the GE. It was one of the many polling stations that was set up for the GE throughout the island. There were 5 of us deployed. We were to take over from the previous shift when we arrived at the location. I figured that it would be a long and very boring day like most deployments where we have to stand or patrol around to keep law and order. Surprisingly, my former Malay teacher, Madam Asnida, from Commonwealth Secondary School was one of the presiding officer where I was deployed. I can't remember the last time I spoke to her in person. She's a very passionate at what she's doing from what I know. She's from the media background before she started teaching. She does media productions with her husband and joins competition for the school. It was great meeting her that day. I did chat with some other presiding officers as well which helped to hasten the time I was there. Not a long and boring day after all.

We Run Our Own Races

Today was just one of those days that my run was sluggish. I really did not want to run but I had promised myself that I will not run less than 5km unless it's IPPT 2.4km. So I fought through the pain and completed the 5km. I did walk at some part of the run as the pain from my shin were really killing me. Nonetheless, I completed at least 5km. Now, as I'm typing this, my shin hurts even without me moving my leg. I don't want to see the doctor but I might need to if this pain persist for a few more days. I guess I got to stop running for this moment but I don't want to! I'm participating in the 21km category of the Sundown marathon event. It's like 2 weekends away and I'm injured now. I'm very sad really. I'm beginning to love running longer distance now. I think if I didn't signed up for the event, I wouldn't be running today.