Wednesday, July 21, 2010

We're running in the rain...and we ain't complaining

the rain came early at about 1345
1630...no one send any msg or IM to ask if the run is on
wierd..

1700...margaret IM me..."run on"?
rain check: drizzle still but no more downpour
jason walked over and asked "run on boh?"
rain check: heavy man!!
"heavy rain...cancelled" i told him
1705...margaret again.."run on boh"
i IM all hot runners..this is final call...
msg: raining still...run cancelled...
deluge of messages comin in, "ok", "sui", "going home to sleep better, good call"
seems like all dun feel like running but waiting for someone to bring up the topic...
and one funny one: "very light rain, let's proceed"...
followed by "cuckoo la...are you even aware rain is heavy"
1715..its official...RUN IS OFF
hweechwee: ok..going to gym then, bye!

1730: margaret: "no rain liao, how?"
margaret, francis, HT, bobby and myself...
adamant that the spirit will not be easily conquered by some water droplets
decided to proceed...HC joining us as well...
another crazy runner :) but we like him

HT & bobby decided to run all the way to Upp Thomson Road...rain or heavier rain also dun care
margaret, francis & myself...hehe..pump room route for us...
can come back faster if it starts to rain crazily..

went off to a quick pace...motivated by the rain
steps were light, nimble...felt shiok on our forefoot running shoes
(margaret on newton, me newbalance 800)
fancis is running so much better and efficient now, he was not far behind when we turn around

HT & bobby were enjoying themselves...by the time they came back...
we were chatting happily, under the shelter of course
Tue is special for hot-runners, for me as well...
its like a ritual, akin to sun must attend church, tue must run
we like running, but more importantly, we love the companion of fellow runners

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." says John Bingham

1 comment:

HT Ng said...

The drizzle helped. I was cool enough to tackle the slopes without stopping. It was fun indeed to be running in slight drizzle.