Trying ... trying ....

I spent the last 2 weeks doing very short runs on the treadmill, just to get myself accustomed to running again. Sure running on treadmill is nothing like running on the road, but it beats not doing anything at all.

Got to work today, so I planned to do another run to office. In the past that was such an easy thing to do, but now I had to muster enough courage & determination just to get up and run that distance.

How I motivate myself to wake up to run? By adding one new song in my ipod, wanting that song to accompany me along the way. When I got down to stretching, I realised that song wasn't sync to my ipd! ()#*$(@* Had to rush back home to sync it.

After the super heavy downpour the evening before, the weather seemed to be still a bit cloudy. I overheard a couple telling an elderly couple that it seemed to be drizzling. I groaned internally and hoped the weather would hold for my run.

The same route, just cut short, and without all the added distance and loops (since I could hardly cover the shortest distance to ofc!). I was able to hold out slightly better than the last run to ofc, guess the treadmill runs.

As I got to Fullerton, I saw a mother-and-daughter pair with their race bibs, prolly walking to the starting of the GE run. So glad I was almost done with the run coz the sky was darkening by then.

Stopped at Lau Pa Sat for a 100+ rest as I was feeling really tired by then. Finished the run in about 1hr 10mins, covering at max 9km. My left ankle, which prolly still did not recover fully from the sprain, starting acting up after my run. Note to self, I really ought to go see another sinseh to have it fixed.

A long way to go to cover the distance I used to cover. sigh. Long road ahead. But I'll try, and keep on trying. Wish me luck!