Although the website says that the route was 12km, I personally felt that the route was much shorter. Maybe only about 10km?

The run was delayed for some reason. They only started deploying the marshallers at around 7.45am when the run was scheduled to start at 7.30am.

I heard a lot about this RunNUS because apparently, the route consisted of a lot of upslopes and these upslopes are so steep that they’re almost vertical. But seriously, how bad can 12km be?

So I underestimated the 12km. I started out on a rather fast pace and by the time I hit Pasir Panjang Road, I was already out of breath. It got worse when I hit the upslope at Pepys Road (Go check it out, it’s insane!!).

I started walking and was taking a short break at the water point when suddenly this guy in sunglasses ran past me. It was Mok! Then Colin Tung was a short distance behind him, also sprinting his way up.

Then it started raining. It was my motivation. I don’t like running when the weather is too hot, which explains why I usually run at night.

The rain helped me a lot and so I continued running and completed in approximately 1h 10mins.

I don’t know my exact timing because I forgot to stop my watch after I crossed the finishing.

Not a bad run, but not a good run either. Good scenery though. There was this part at the top of the bridge which offered a good view, and of course, the plenty of NUS girls who were there..

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed– always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

Gosh, I just realised that my last entry was 8 days ago.

It’s been really long since I last blogged, especially since I post most of my stuff on Facebook now.

I’ll be back up in a bit.
I just renewed my domain until 15 Aug 2010, so 40stripes.com will still be around for another year, and for many many more years to come!

Just reached home from Army Half-Marathon.

In my opinion, the route is very nicely planned but there are too many people running at the same time. I had a very difficult time overtaking all the slow runners because they were jamming up all the pavements.

I was aiming for anything under 2 hours, but I finished at 2h 10min. 🙁

Still quite ok, I guess.. Since it’s averaging 10kmh.

Quote of the day:
RT: Don’t underestimate 21km.
Tim: No, don’t underestimate me.

I was on board a bus where the air-conditioning in the front of the bus was freezing cold, but the air-conditioning at the back of the bus was spoilt. As a result, all the commuters on board squeezed in the first half of the bus.

As the journey progressed, more commuters came on board and being unaware of the situation, they made their way to the back. A few of them soon realized what was happening and quickly made their way to the front to squeeze with the rest.

A stubborn handful stayed at the back, suffering in silence.

I learnt a lesson about conformism.

There is a reason why things are done a certain way. It’s usually the simplest and easiest way, hence it’s popularity with the masses. The majority will only follow a certain method or practice because it is proven effective.

However, a special breed of people called the non-conformists would prefer to do things a different way, probably a creative but tedious method which requires more resources. Perhaps it’s their non-conformal dare-to-be-different mentality, but really, at the end of the day, why don’t they just take the proven easier way out rather than suffer in silence?

I must do this by November.

Looking for water might be a pain in the ass though.

Some latest happenings:

Drove Pastor Derek’s car from Jurong West to Expo. Very stable, powerful and comfortable ride!

Observe the speedo. 😉

G8 branch photo-taking for the AHM banner.

Go sign 3!

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