Runner's Tales - The Inspiration

It is 2am on a Thursday morning. I am still awake. For the past two Thursdays, I have been awake till 4am. So why is it so? I just ran 36km few hours back (Wednesday Nite Run) together with KK Pacers’ friends.

Having registered for SCKLIM 2009 42km, I have done the darnedest thing by running 4 hours non-stop. Don’t you think it’s crazy?

Any experienced runner would understand why I can’t sleep that night. It had to do with that feel good hormone that generates in my body after 4 hours of extreme workout which is called “endorphins’. It is more potent than “Kopi Kapal-Api”. “Betul-betul Kaw”. How I wish I could be ejaculated to the moon like the ad shown on TV.

My legs were extremely soared and being in a aircond room, I was lying down in the most comfortable position. My legs were heavy and being so comfy I was like a log lodging firmly to the ground.

I told myself, This time is different. I will sleep. I have been telling myself to sleep since 12pm and I am still awake. My mind became more and more active as I started to think about my runs. I started to think about my old running days. Memories kept flashing and it is like an old tale being played on video. I can clearly visualize what I am thinking about.

Couldn’t risk this sudden inspiration slipping away, I got up from my comfort and headed for my laptop. My first story that night was “Humour on Race Day” which became my first posting. There are many other tales that were playing in my mind that night and I know that I have to start blogging to tell all of them.

Actually, blogging is an in thing now. Many people speak their mind through blogging. My wife has her own running blog and she encouraged me to have mine too. I kept telling her that I have nothing to write. I can’t be recording the runs that I participate, the timing, the position. etc..etc.. It would be boring. Nobody would want to know. But now it’s different. I have 15 years of running experiences that I feel I could share with my fellow running friends especially those who joined KK Pacers recently.

My tales are real. They are revelations of my observation and thought about running experiences. And based on this theme I will continue to write. Be it “tales of yesteryears” or “tales on new experiences”.

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HAPPY RUNNING