Back with a Vengeance!

I ran today!!! Finally...after almost 3 wks being laid off running.
Eh, i'm gg to be a posting whore today n this shud be a pretty long post given e fact tt i'm feeling esctatic after finally finishing my last 2 essays for my academic life. Woots!!
Yeah, so i set off at 630 for a run, felt a bit nervous yet excited as i was tying my shoelaces.
It was pretty bright at e canal n there were lotsa pple at e canal this evening, lots...pple running, cycling, fishing....it felt like a mini jogathon n i was exhilarated at e festive like atmosphere.

Started off by jogging reallie slowly....cuz my right side of e ribs ached a lot frm excessive coughing n i was prone to coughing fits every nw n then. Then i increasingly stepped up my pace..bt by e middle of my run,after 5 km, the ache at my side was so bad i was crouched in pain on e bench plus i was in e midst of a coughing fit then which onli made it hurt even more. Eh, din wanna gif up cuz wanted to do 8km so kept at it then e pain gradually diminished though it was quite a challenge hving to suppress my cough cuz it limited my lung capacity n affected my breathing. Then after dg 8km, decided to jus go for 10k to commemorate tis day, much like wad i did a few days after e breakup last yr...i ran rounds ard e sch track under e hot noon sun in last April's heat wave. Then...after dg 10k, i realised i wasn't tt exhausted yet n decided to break my record...bt after 11km, my legs were seriously wearing out bt 11 is such an ugly number so yeah, pushed myself harder to complete 12.

By e time i finished 12km, i cud hardly feel my legs, all my pent up coughs was threatening to explode my lungs n i was jus shagged man..plus half of e lampposts along e canal were nt lighted up n when darkness descended, i was running in almost complete darkness for half of e canal n when i saw someone cast a fishing net into e canal (tt's nt allowed! shud ask Ching Ling to gif them a lecture!), i tot of e fishing presentation i did, abt fishers fishing by their hearing rather than sight n there i was a runner groping abt in darkness, running by my sense of touch rather than sight. Almost tripped, actually cuz din see a depression bt thank gawd e usual klutzy me managed to scrape thr without any falls or bruises.

Lotsa little stories, actually...haha, there was tis little Malay boy who was pushing a bike n crying after his father, felt so sorrie for him, wanted to gif him a little hug to comfort him though i dun think he wud exactly appreciate tt given my sweaty, stinky state then, hahaha..
Then there was another cute little Chinese boi who was on a mini bike n he gaf a little yelp when he saw me behind him...i hv no idea why too..but he jus giggled n rode out of my way.
Saw tis weird guy in his 30s who was wearing a sweater whilst he was running.
I gaf him an incredulous look e first time.
Then when i saw him on my run back, he was wearing the hood of his sweater n i almost flipped!
He either imagines he's in North Pole or he has e misconception tt wearing more layers n hence sweating more equates to more wt loss...tt's onli water loss, sheesh... though yeah, he did need to lose wt, hahaha..
Yeah, then an uncle on a bicycle passed me n said Jiayou! to me, he was off before i even registered n hence i was leftin smiling stupidly to myself ltr...nice encouragement like tis always warms my heart.
Lotsa pple there when i started my run n as usual by e time i finished my run, there were none of those pple left.
Looked up at e skies, saw a lone star, it may hv been a planet, actually...n....tot of ....dinner!
Hahha...wad's e connection? mebbi i'm hungry..

Telly on nw, Quan Yifeng has nice shoulders n sexy legs though i dun like her n i think she has a mooncake face...

Yeah, so i finally scaled new heights in my runs....so happy! Had to limp back, n it was a lopsided limp cuz my right side ached even more after e run so i looked like i had a crick in my neck... Saw the papers today...The Big Walk in May.....so many yrs since i last went for the Big Walk, onli went twice before n tt was cuz it was compulsory for the cross ctry team. It's 10 km...fun n race category...hmmmm....May 22nd...wondering if i shud join jus to get a feeling of hw it's like to race again, though i'm actually those slow, steady runners..haz, i can't do speed, esp nt tog with distance. Mebbi i will if i can grab a fren along..
okie, hoping to break 14k next time n then 16km...cuz to do the half marathon, 20 km, read tt one muz at least be able to do 16km....Standchart marathon in Dec...agst all odds, i shud be ready by then...

N yeah, though it was a gd run n i felt accomplished after tt....well, there was a price to pay too..battle weary legs which ached so much i cud hardly believe it....n yeah, tt painful ache at my right ribs...n then, gt nagged by Mum for sneaking out for a run whilst I was still a sickie...n hee hee, i indulged in my fave post workout drink...Iced sugar cane juice with lemon n it tasted so good! Even when i was nt nursing any cough in e past, sugar cane juice wud make me cough, haha...so nw, i guess it shud be worse bt i'm sick of being unable to eat or drink anything. Plus, after all e medicine n remedies, perhaps i shud go for a more controversial healing mtd, using poison to counteract poison...yi du gong du! Okie...so it din work...at least i tried. So next time, dun try it!

okie...I'm physically exhausted nw...taz..