Mind can work wonders

i have a feeling that lotsa people coming to my blog today, thanks to somebody.. sigh, buat i nervous laaa. hehe... anyway, i made my promise to y'all that i will finish the 15K race and i did it. i didn't sleep the night before, maybe i did for half an hour... and when i did, i have this horror dream pulak. what a restless night. yeah, thanks to the chicken rice that i had for dinner, I felt gassy the whole night.

at 4.30, i dah prepare for the race. Arrived there at around 6.30. Jumpa azwar and ingat nak settle dulu kat toilet. Gosh what a long long queue and the race almost started. i skipped it... so u can just imagine me running the race with me tahan kencing and not enough sleep.

actually, i was kinda alone at the race. azwar was in front somewhere and me kat belakang as usual. i didn't hear the gun went off, but i started with walking as people were moving forward. Aik dah start ker? Alamak i tak warm up lagi... arrrggghhhh.. nak kencing... mary stop thinking. Gelabah siot. hehe... but i followed everybody's slow pace and i think i didn't stop running/jogging up to the 4th km. That was quite an achievement for me. normally i would walk/run/walk but i just kept on running this time because nobody stop to walk. Malu lah kalau stop to walk. Yeah i know.. listen to your body... but what the heck, this time i chose to listen to my mind. Actually, it's the mind that get me to the finishing line, nothing else :

  • Mary, u better finish the race or u just quit running. Quitting is not an option.
  • In 2 hours time, the door to heaven will close forever. u hear me, FOREVER. If u don't reach there in time, u'll condemn to hell forever. So u better hurry. (and at this time, i was like huh??? MIND, u kidding me?)
  • At around 58 mins -> Sigh, Azwar dah sampai dah kot... maybe he's busy taking pictures with his fans... hehe.
  • Me: cramp, cramp.. arggghhhhh.
    MIND : stupid. ignore it.. run with your heels.
  • It’s times like these you learn to live again... It’s times like these you give and give again... It’s times like these you learn to love again... It’s times like these time and time again (Times Like These ... Foo Fighters)
  • World Cup is in 2 weeks time and i haven't choose which team to support yet... Mary, concentrate running laaaa...
  • banyak nyer monyet kat sini...
  • gosh, i thnk 3 old men passed me already.. respect respect...
  • 2 more km Mary... 2 more...

and crossing that finishing line was heaven indeed. i didn't stop smiling for half an hour after that. It was a good race. Better than my previous races. If i can do 15K, why not add another 6K for the half marathon? arrgghhhh.. my MIND already try to persuade me to do crazy thing. hmm, maybe i will register for the half marathon next month.

pictures with some superstar triatheles (click for bigger pic)

princess kissing and blessing the bib number the day before for luck... hehe thank you darling

watching a hindi movie with princess last Saturday. She watched it for half an hour and fell asleep on my hand

i love the Malay Mail new look

Ah Boy going to move to another place in 1 mth time. Not going to see her for a long time after this. Going to miss her so much.. good bye darling. it has been a pleasure to have u as my eating companion.

Mind can work wonders Mind can work wonders Reviewed by princessren on May 23, 2006 Rating: 5

14 comments:

Athaualpa said...

what a wonderful cat!
ciao
Gelato

Anonymous said...

good job on the race!!

Anonymous said...

congrats....this new hobby of yours will be quite addictive....i know..he.he...anyway..remember to enjoy doing it...the rest comes later..so when u r beaten by a girl u can still smile and laugh abt it (like me, LOL)....in short "janji habis"...nice meeting u

Anonymous said...

Keep on running. Keep pushing yourself. And before long I assure you, you'll be doing half marathons with ease. Hope to see you in future races. =)

Jamie Pang said...

well done! not easy to run this race. say, weren't you suppose to join us for the beginner's program on saturday? i'll be doing the session this saturday so if you're interested do join us.

carboman aka jamiepang

princessren said...

Gelatoallimon : thanks. they are my 2 darlings...

dsaint : that dog belongs to an aunty kat coffee shop yg i selalu frequent lah. nah they going to move to another house. i'm gonna miss both of them.

azwar : thx. u did a good job too!

z : i'm addicted alreadylah. mest ijanji habis.. that's it. this year i nak tackle all the distances. nxt yr baru nak pikir pasal timing :D

LawrenceL : thx and hope to see u too ;D

carbo man : yeah hi jamie. maybe i'll join u guys this saturday. i need some guidancelah. been running based on the internet tips all this while. so hope to see u this saturday :D

Abu S.H said...

baju sapa yg promote blog ko tu mary?

bola2api said...

princessren,

can i super-impose that pic of u with Dino tak?? :)

Wendy said...

sesi bergambar ngan superstar...jeles nye aku....

anyway, congrats...and lets celebrate...

Wendy said...

superstar powerbar lagi.....and the berpeluk-peluk... bertambah jeles...

gus said...

you're becoming the superstar runner yourself...

princessren said...

hucs : hahah.. ada ke nak promote my blog. malu weh. itu photoshop punyer kerjalah...

bola2api : oh can. why not. u need me to superimpose 4 u? hehe... after u give birth join me running laaaa... sah2 bleh jumpa dino punyer lah. hahaks.

wendy : laaa u pun superstar aper? next time i c u, must take picture with u lah ;D

agus : not really. menumpang jer. hehe... don't have intention to be a superstar pun.. just feel like running. that's it. join me laaaa....

Norliana Abdul Rahman said...

meri!!
tabik spring aaa kat ko!

princessren said...

konot : thank you konot. can't wait for u to join me ;D

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