I used to marvel at people’s courage and will to run in a marathon. 42 km seemed like an impossible distance to run for me. After sticking to 21km for quite a long time, I finally decided to stretch it further by running for a marathon at Penang Bridge International Marathon in Penang last year. Seriously, it took me a lot of courage to even think about doing it. In fact, I still couldn’t believe I actually did it. I…
So, I did my first run this year – a half marathon – if the one that I did at KL International Jazz Earth Run about a month earlier wasn’t even considered a run. This time I did it in Muar, or at Muar Cross Country Half Marathon to be exact. It was also an overambitious plan of conquering Mt Ophir and running for a half marathon back to back on a single weekend. Erkk! Muar that I found out…
So, I finally did it. After sticking to HM for 4 damn years, I finally did something that I thought I could or would never do. I really thought running for 21KM was already crazy enough so I thought I would never go crazier by doubling that distance and saying to myself that I’m ready to do it. Somehow after doing 21KMs for quite so many times, I suddenly felt like the thrill was no longer there. You know, it’s…