procrastination the mother of all &^*%$#@

my friend told me :

no need to write about procrastination now ... u can always do it another day

how appropriate...

Thoughts from other guys

After the 2nd race.....

Rolf have an idea. Let's have beers waiting for the participant who can finish the run. Heehehehehee....
~~oh my growing tummy....

Khor said this today :
Run 4 or 5 day per week for a stretch of 3 months will make anyone an average runner. Run frequently and for sure, you will improve.
One saying. NEVER GIVE UP!!
~~'we are the champion' song playing in background....

Chua : I will crack open some energy bar next run.
Haahahahhhha Pinky! With this new plan, I will be as fast as 'Flash' and no one can stop me. I will take over the world!!!!! (Lighting and thunder in background)
~~He was chopping behind Khor last week and seems to improve if compare to the first run...

Zhen : I will not bet lunch with Khor again. I will not bet lunch with Khor again.
I will not bet lunch with Khor again. I will not bet lunch with Khor again.....

Hitesh : (to be continued)

2nd jogathon around TPM

Date : 24-7-2006
Venue: Technology Park Malaysia, Bkt Jalil, Malaysia
Participant(s) : Me, Khor, Zhen, Chua, Hitesh, Rolf
Winners in order:-

Khor
Shirlene
Rolf
Hitesh + Chua

Story:
Almost immediately, Khor and Chua speed on up ahead on the left side of the road. I follow my own pace on the right. Hitesh and Rolf were entailed behind me.

Right after CarPark C, we began the slow ascend pass the kelapa sawit trees (Elaeis guineensis) from Afrika. That's when stamina is evident. Rolf and I broke away from Chua and Hitesh, slowing into a walk.

As expected, Khor still leading 50m in front of us. According to my plan, I had to maintain a constant speed. Suddenly, I heard swishing sound and to my amazement, Rolf overtook me with determination. However, he lost his stamina and slowed to a walk just 4 meters in front of me. HAHA! Now is my chance!!!

I lost sight of Rolf and Razif (in the car) over the 3rd hill. My left leg is stiffening up by then. Catching up with Khor this time is like MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

Personal finishing time : 37min(s)
Khor finish about 10min earlier.
~~Very bad considering I did better on the first run.

P.S. Rolf is our MD. He runs quite frequently too.
Razif was trailing Rolf with the water supply in the company car. Really not a common sight...hehehehehe...
Razif will join us next week...Raziff was playing national football for malaysia once...this will be most interesting.

4.5KM Around TPM

It began when our IT department heads had the idea of a run around Technology Park Malaysia (TPM).(yes, difficult to believe but 100% true) A jogathon! How i marvelled at the idea. Eager participants were me, Khor, Chua, Hietesh and Zhen. The next day on 18th of July 2006, five of us changed into our awkward jogging suits and started warming up at 6.25pm. Imagine an group of odd ducks wobbling toward the front of our building. Mind you, there were lots of curious stares directed on to us. But we shrugged those off and continued our adventure.

I was already a frequent runner around my condo block which is about 1km on perimeter and was running averagely 4km per session. So, I'm excited to try out this new terrain.

The TPM run started with a 500 meter dash on leveled stretch and continue with a steady climb for another nvr-ending slope. One can hear our muscle crying about tat time. Then we have steep 4 or 5 crazeeee hills to run up and down. i'll try to catch a picture or two and post em up later.

Chua and Hietesh
**Chua is small framed and was a state swimmer.
**Hietesh is older with a belly. He is my company GM. Plays golf i guess.
They ran up for about 1km then started walking. No competition there. But maye given time....who knows

Zhen
**Zhen is lean and tall plus he was quite fit awhile back as he was active in taekwando or karate
For the first 2km, Zhen gave me a good competition. He had me tailed and i felt the pressure alrite. My running was a little disturbed too. But then his stamina lets up and i had the peace of mind to concentrate catching up on Khor.
~I beat him, yeah...he is my immediate boss hehehe~

My competitor
Khor
**Khor is tall and slightly muscular too. He is seriously a good runner a year or two back. He seem to be bless with good genes.
Khor who runs averagely less than once in a week, was a checkpoint permanantly stapled 100 meters in front of me.(Teng!{cantonese}) I tried a steady run up hills and using the downhill advantage. But to no avail, Khor won the first jogathon. Khor had tat strategy up his sleeves too.


I feel success at the back of my hand. If only turning my palm down can be so easy.
Khor will be my next short term goal. But i know he will upkeep his run to make sure i dont get to overtake him.....a bit 'kiasu'. Malaysians and Singaporean will understand this word. Meaning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiasu