my new hobby!

Running.

It's not exactly a new thing that I've recently started to do. In fact, I've been into running since secondary school days, but it has been an on-and-off thing. It would be more accurate to say that I'm now making it a point to conscientiously adopt it as a hobby, something which I would do on a very regular basis. I'm also beginning to participate in mass runs such as the SAUCONY Passion Run two weeks at East Coast as well as Mizuno Wave Run at Bedok Reservoir yesterday.

Allow me to extract a quote from 'Time Traveller's Wife' which I'm now reading. It's a series of statement made by one of the main characters, Henry, and which I share strong sentiments with. It reads: "Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through space if not time, and the obedience, however temporary, of my body to my will. As I run I displace air, and things come and go around me, and the path moves like a filmstrip beneath my feet... I'm flying now, that golden feeling, as if I could run right into the air, and I'm invincible, nothing can stop me, nothing can stop me, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing..."

His first statement applies most to me. I run when I feel 'lardy', that is, when I feel the need to burn out. I run when I feel the need to distract myself from certain unhappiness. I run when I feel lonely and unoccupied. The best perk about running, to me and to most people, is being able to keep physically good in shape. I'm not entirely the obsessive type who runs day and night everyday, but I guess I will fall somewhere in the moderate range.

Now, enjoy some photos. =p

At Saucony Passion Run two weeks back.

My good buddy and I at Mizuno Wave Run yesterday.

(She has not grown this much taller FYI. She's just bending down from a raised platform. Otherwise, she would have been at my shoulder level. Haha)

Potential endorser for this brand of mineral water? =P