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Char and I took a bus to town after church service this morning... we went there to meet up with Uncle Wee Boon (her dad) who's running his maiden full marathon at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon this year. Boy am I inspired! (: His sole purpose was to complete one... and he's done so at the age of 50!

Mmm looks like I should start putting words into action and aim to complete my first marathon in time to come... next year's Singapore Marathon bah. My longest thus far was the half marathon done in 2005 in the same event... Guess it's time. :)

If you've noticed, there's this Nike+ widget that I've been displaying on the new templated design (have since taken down!) - I've recently bought the Nike+ device that tracks the distance one covers using iPod... and they've this "challenge" section where you select personal running challenges to motivate yourself to run more... I've chosen this challenge set by another person to run 170km before the year ends. So far I've covered 100km or so... and so after witnessing so many runners doing their thing in the afternoon, my heart felt itchy... went back to boarding apartment where my running stuff are and set out to do a half marathon.

The sky was threatening to rain... and the weather forecast said so too. But I went anyways... and as I began to run, I just had the sense that He would hold back the rain till I'm done. It was a rather good start... then something happened halfway through. My iPod jammed. 6.22miles (approximately 10km) of record lost just like that... meaning that the 10km I just ran wouldn't be registered. For a moment I felt a bit sian hoping that I could recover that data... gave up in the end and restarted the device. Ran another 5km before returning to the apartment.

It would be great if I can continuously shave off my timings with each run... but for now, I'll be really contented if I can complete my first marathon next year... Mmm. Anyone wants to work towards completing a marathon next year too? :)