Marathon and Golf.

Firstly, I'm glad I've undone the codec mishap that happened last night. The codec package was simply not helpful at all.

This morning, after a moderate sleep, I made my way down to Esplanade bridge for my 12 km mini-marathon. Surprisingly, my CO was there and alone stretching, so I went up, " Eh! Morning Sir! "
He's a nice guy who doesn't really bothers much on formalities. =)
He was running the 12km too and waiting to meet up with his crew.

The defence minister flagged and the whole contingent went off with a slow start.
I probably walked for the first 100 m because it was too packed for me to run.
CO was out of sight and fresh faces swept past me every ticking second but towards the middle of the run, those around me kept close around me till the end cos we had the similar speed and stamina.

It'd be good to have a friend to jog through this marathon but doing it alone ain't that bad either.
The first few km were long and unmotivating to run.
I had a stinging sensation on my left abdomen and after a cuppa of ice water, the stretch of my lower abs started stinging too! Luckily it faded off after a few metres.
As we entered the expressway, rovers carrying photographers and camera men travelled alongside the running contingent while occasional shots were taken. I was tired up on that expressway and I thought, " It's probably 4 km already. " I stared in disbelief as the 2km sign came into sight.

I found it easier to jog while being relaxed and be happy. I didn't bother to note how my stride and pace was and applying the above method made me go even faster!

As I approached the Sheares Bridge and the esplanade came into sight, I've seen what I wanted to see - the Esplanade and Swissotel phallic combo. Ya know the 2 balls and a pole resemblance ? =)

Soon, I approached a downward slope, I simply strided wider so as to compensate loss time while walking and go faster without being too tired. At the end of the slope, we were diverted into a road with private estates leading to the indoor stadium. I expected Fa Lun Gong members to protest here again, cos I think they like to show their presence during major events. The army personnels and traffic police probably kept them at bay. =)

Nothing much to say anyway cos I'm damn tired. Anyway, I just tried out the golf driving range and boy, it is painful. Painful in the sense that wrong strokes makes you hit the ground hard and injure your upper body and palm.
Satisfying when the ball flies darn far.
I think the addiction is due to the perception that hitting the ball is chicken feed but why am I hitting it wrongly ? I MUST TRY AGAIN ! kind of idea. Haha.