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4 months…. that’s how long since I put on my running shoe to go for a run…. (beside the recent IPPT test)…. and man!!!!, It was damn shag but at the same time it was a great feeling!!!.

I met up with a friend of mine to go for a run tonight, as we had not been running, we set a short distance for ourselves, just to test out where had my standard of running had drop to.

We decided to run from Downtown East to a canal just after the Loyang Temple, the distance, 6km. Ha, and guess what, just above 1km plus, I already start to feel my leg getting stiffen up, and even before I cleared Pasir Ris Area, my singlet was already wet and i’m already panting…. In my mind I was like “Gesh, can’t believe it… am I getting old or what? I had yet to reach the turning point and I already going to shag out…. ha, you must be joking.”

Determined not to give up, I started to think about my purpose of running and my missed opportunities in the past two marathons. I reminded myself that my purpose of running was not only to keep fit but also to use it to remind myself that whenever I stopped running, my fitness will start to drop, and that’sserve as a reminder to my life too, whenever I stop working hard, things will start to deteriorate, at the same time running also remind me that, as long I continue to work hard, I can increase my distance and timing as time goes by and it’s the same when it come to our life. As long we continue to work hard and improve, our all aspect of life will improve as time goes by.

Next, is my goal to run my marathon, twice in the past two years, I had fallen ill at the last moment and thus failed to attend the annual running event. Is time to break the cruse, and for this year, I’m determined to start my training early and set my physical condition right so that I will not make it 3 times in a row that I will miss the marathon.

Amazingly from the few seconds of self-thoughts, I managed to gather my energy to finish the run and in the end, I was able to last the 6km run and not feeling tired at all. Yes, I was totally soaked with my perspiration but I feel great and refreshed!!!

It’s really great to be running again, now I just can’t wait for the next run and this time round I will go for a further distance and trust me, sure and slowly I will be running a longer and longer distance in no time and of cos, when MARATHON 2009 come, I will ensure that  I will be fully prepared!!

Total points earned 22pts, 5 pts from Sit-up, Shuttle run and 4 pts for Chin-up, Standing Board Jump and 2.4km run.

Above is my result for my Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) test today, and for that I got a silver award for my fitness. Yeah hey!!!! Celebrate!!! hahahaha!!!

Frankly speaking, a silver  is ready an okay results but at the same time, I’m aware that the results is way way way off my standard.

However, I am still happy and that’s because it is a well-deserved results,why? It is because, I had not been training for months!!! Ever since December 2008 when I was down with cough that cause me to miss the Standard Chartered Marathon, I had not put on my running shoe to go for a run. 

And in fact, the only sport or exercise that I had been doing is soccer and that had only happened 4 time for this year and at most I played about 60-70mins per match. Playing soccer alone does really improve my overall fitness..

So with the lack of training and I still managed to get a silver is really not so bad.

Whats more important for me now, is that I’m know where are the shortfall in order for me to get a GOLD standard. and this time run, the shortfall wasn’t my weakest station in chin-up, it was actually my pet event RUNNING!!! This morning I clocked my third “career” slowest timing at 10mins 49s, and people, guess what, that’s what 3 months with running can do to you.

Anyway, it is a good thing to just get a silver as it turns up to serves a motivation to get me moving again towards my Gold Standard. The good news is that the silver results is for my last year window and therefore, for this year window starting from 10th march 09 to 9th march 10, I will go for my  GOLD.

SO, needless to say more, is time to put on the running shoe and start my training again, and in the near future, the Gold award will be in my hand. HA, are there anyone care to join me in my quest?