Marathon after thot: we like powergel, 100+...but we also like bbq!!

the marathon was finally over...

the rookies: cat, edwin, francis, bobby & HT had a blast of times
yes...legs were aching, muscles sored, feet blistered, arms & thighs abrasion-ed,
some darkened toe nails...and a fabulous tan even..
but what the heck...YOU DID IT!!

john bingham, running writer & speaker wrote:
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

we revel, even the most seasoned of runners, the sheer excitement of starting our runs
"am i ready for a long run?"; "i think i am not feeling well today"; "looks like its going to rain"
we hear these everytime, but deep inside, we know that we are ready to start
dying to go, just that we hate the waiting part.
so kudos to you for taking the plunge...its a big leap..but one i am very sure that will get you talking over kopi, teh, wine, beer and even BBQs for years to come


BBQ evening was great as everyone was more than happy to trade carbo-loading for ca-loading (calories for that)
thanks to edwin for graciously offering his place for the bbq & the 2 bots of wine
the bbq area was great just by the pool and the place was awesome
chicken wings, suasages, bacon, satay, otah, fishballs, stingrays, sotongs, fried beehoon, curry
eric's bought some heineken, which was godsend for killing the BBQ heat
we had wanted to stay till 10pm...we left after midnight

we even had a birthday cake, HC & Charlene gave a surprise to their daughter Vanessa who was having her birthday!!

check out more pictures here

was funny that cat's sister, who came down to help us finish our loads of chicken wings & satays,
exclaimed to her:
"they do not look like marathoners to me leh"
and i was like asking her back "we look too good to be running marathons???"

i always told pple who visited my cubicle and saw the numerous medals that I so "hao-lian-ly" displayed
that anyone can run a marathon...as long as you are willing to start
but it takes an even stronger person to really decide to wake up at 3am and show up at the start line at 5am
so its really not about the time...
time can wait...
as long as you are willing to start,
time will be there at the finish line
waiting to celebrate the miracle with you

Back to peace

Today, we welcomed Andy Toh who came to join us for the first time in his lemon yellow luminous hotrunners tee. He is searching for a way to get back into running... his knees were giving pain. Let's hope that he will find a way to overcome it for good probably with a new running technique.

MJ, Bobby ran back to the office from UPR. Interesting to note that they still have the run intensity right after their Full marathon 2 weeks ago.

Francis gave Andy company and ran towards the pump house.

Bokz and I did our thing to get ourselves into good mood.

Cooling weather, sponsored 100-plus and great company ended the evening nicely.

1st run together after the 5-Dec Stan. Chart. marathon event

After a week break, the hot-runners started the weekly Tuesday run again today. About 10 people turned up. Weather was good and cooling. Slight drizzle when we start the run but the light rain went away in a short while. Everyone had a great run today. Cheers.....