1/3 Marathon
Well, I managed to finish 15km before my will gave way. Actually it was more like my head was feeling woozy from not eating enough and the crazy bobbing up and down of running. My knees hurt like crazy and my muscles ache a little. I’m going to train for next year! Complete it too I guess.
I ran with Ying Chiang and William, it was crazy. The first 10km was cake, from that point to 15k I felt like sleeping, eyelids very heavy and slightly giddy from the constant impact of running. I felt like my brain was being jarred out of place. After the 1st leg (15km out and back) I had to stop because the next leg was the rest of the distance (15-42km) and I really don’t think I would have completed it at all. Somehow I felt abit loser for dropping out, especially when you’re the one who ask other ppl to join. After that I didn’t feel so bad already because on second thought I managed to run 15k without any training at all. The last time I ran such a distance was in early 2004. About 3 years and 10kg ago. haha.. I must say however, I have 2 friends (Liam an YC) who are as tough as nails and managed to finish it! I think its an incredible feat.
Also as a side-note, I was thinking about how my priorities were being misplaced and how I wasn’t in church on a Sunday morning. I did think about it the last few weeks but I pushed it aside thinking if other people were doing it why couldn’t I? Well, not so good logic there. Pastors sermon today about Caleb and how his faithfulness was rewarded a good 45 years later, even when he was not strictly speaking from the tribe of Israel prodded my very tired mind a little.
I think small faithfulness can be rewarded in big ways.. even after 40 years of suffering for a decision others made for you. I also thought about how weak my will was compared to what I believe it to be probably shows why in other areas of my life I am not able to hold to a commitment or discipline myself to do something with un-wavering faithfulness. Is that a personality trait? or is it character? I think its the latter and that I’m quite lacking in that sense.
Well, I shall act on my musings and go study for the last leg of my exams, the EE2006 paper. I shall come here and slowly build up the site to what I want it to be.. Priorities priorities..
after alot of thinking, I guess there’s really no sacrfice too big and no action too small that we can take for Christ. Easy to say, hard to implement. I think It’s really the small sacrifices that we really have difficulty with since these pleasures seem so unimportant and benign and “wouldn’t affect our walk”. Quite the annoyance it (compromise) is.
Tags: Friends & Family, marathon, thoughts