it's great weather to be blogging now.. apparently it's 26 degrees now that is so so nice.. i wished it could be 26 in the day... anyway, i ran 14.5km today haha.. the weather was really cool so before i ran i upped my target to run approx 13km.(i was intending to run 11k) my dad ran 30km today in 2hr49mins which is really fast man. i definitely cannot do anywhere near that for now. but so off i embarked on my run with a spring in my step, anticipating a good run. but abt 10 mins into the run, i was feeling it alr man. mild stitch kinda feeling. i was wondering to myself what is wrong?? a few days back i ran 7.5km easily without much problems and here i am now having that stitch thing. it's really quite offsetting, if that's the right word. so anyway, i went into the reservoir, the uphills and downhills didn't help. i was feeling more and more tired. in my mind i alr scrapped any plans of running more than 11km. anyway, after i came out of the uphill downhill part(i would need to describe to you my running route someday), i continued running. by now i had run like about 6km.. so i just like looked at the white line on the floor and just let my brain drift off. sort of just think about my breathing and like ya my mind was a blank. so run run run run run.. i was also thinking to myself why is today's run so crappy, when i normally do very well in the cool weathers. so anyway, it soon started to drizzle, and the drizzle eventually evolved into light shower.. as i u-turned, i realised the little stitch feeling which was bugging me disappeared. and i felt really good. like my pace just picked up, and i felt really fresh and good. haha. the rain grew in strength and with that my body grew in strength too. there was some sort of marrying between the rhythm of the rain and the rhythm of my strides. haha ok i'm being lame but anyway, it was as if i was gaining some sort of power from the rain. i then overtook this runner along the way, and when i went past him, i said hello. He was panting away and so he went like HARr LLO! strangely, i had goosebumps when he said hello. haha it felt good, i should have said all the way man or sth but ya i just ran away. with each stride i was gaining momentum and feeling better and better. YES! as i reached the entrance to the uphill downhill part, i made the decision to turn in and go for another 3.5km. so yeah i ran in. but waa the uphills was quite taxing on my quads man.. by the time i was out of the uphill downhill part, i felt shagged man. the hills took its toll on me. but ya just left 2.5 k back home so i just continued.. and when i reached my house i raised up both hands like crossing the finishing tape and pumped my fist in victory. haha.

my time was 1hr25mins..

anyway, my problem could be that i didn't warm up properly. which was why i was struggling at the start. also could be cos i'm still not up to fitness yet la.. but the second part really felt good i mean that's was when i felt like running was actually sort of enjoyable. u know, like to be able to run at a fast pace for quite long without feeling tired. that sort of top of the world kinda feeling. it sort of felt like i was running in abandonment or sth. haha ok this is starting to sound gay.

it's 10pm noww, i still haven't done much studying for my paediatrics end of posting test which is in less than 2 weeks. k i shall try to do some tonight.. but for now, i shall go say a prayer over my grandma's leg she fell down on thursday... she has a small fracture on her left superior and inferior pubic ramii but management is conservative so yup hope she gets well soon. your prayers for her would be really appreciated haha..