Whispers to the Deaf

Here we are… At San Francisco Airport. Survived the long haul trip! Got the Muni Passports to tide us through the next few days here!

老天爷是在考验我吗？

Forecast for today – Showers with thunder over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon.

Here is the plan:

Monday – interval training: 5 x 600m sprint followed by slow jog
Tuesday – 5km run
Wednesday – rest day
Thursday – strength training with a personal trainer
Friday – interval training: 5x 600m sprint followed by slow jog
Saturday – run outdoors, work up to 12km from 8km
Sunday – strength training with a personal trainer

With this, I hope I can complete the half marathon (21km) within three and a half hours with as little pain as possible.

Today is Friday and I did the full set of interval training in the gym. What a good start! (Ha ha… with much difficulty it is.) I was so afraid that I will collapse on the treadmill when I was gasping for air while trying to make the stitches go away. The sprint ended up a not-too-fast sprint, although it is still faster than my usual relaxing pace. I doubt I will be able to clock 8km tomorrow morning though… Logistics problem, as I always say.

Stretching is hard work.

转眼间又超过十一点了，明天又要像个僵尸似的去上班。:O

刚才以为会开始集训，没想到又是去活受罪！痛得我那刹那觉得老毛病比较好受，不治也罢！Orz 真的是太痛苦了！全都是为了那只死鸭子… (切，还不是自找的！)

还是快把“功课”写下来，免得睡了一觉什么都忘了。

Hip stretch: Thrust hip out after pelvic tilt with 1 knee on the floor and the other knee 90 bent. Left 2 right 1.
Quad: Following previous stretch, bend knee and use hand to hold knee and stretch quads. Left 2 right 1.
Chest: Arm bent at 90 degrees and stretch. Left 1 right 2.
Abs: Lie on stomach and stretch back
Traps: Bend arm behind back, lower head to opposite direction and use the other arm to hold down the head

Need to get 3 tennis balls; 1 to use as is and the other 2 to put into a long sock (to be used for stretching traps).

临时抱佛脚是我的一个生活习惯。这是我今天突然涣然大悟的一个事实。做功课是这样，考试是这样，现在连跑马拉松也是这样。以前喜欢生活有规律，什么时候做什么都要事先安排，甚至有人觉得我不够爽快。但是现在却什么都一般不安排，连邀朋友吃饭都经常是临时才决定的。是我累了还是天性就是懒的？什么都懒得想，真是人生的一大悲剧。该睡觉了，可能明天再说说我会怎么临时准备马拉松吧。

Finally got to install the WordPress for iPhone app from AppStore after much difficulty. Wonder if I will keep penning my thoughts down now that it is more convenient in a way…

Let’s try uploading a picture! My wallpaper on my two phones.

Hello world! Haven’t played with the D3 much after loading it with Android Gingerbread last month. Finally got around doing something with it, and I can’t even remember what got me started. Right, so now I have $10 credit in my Skype account, Skype software loaded on this and the VoIP app working… Ready to put this in use, possibly next week when I’m out for a holiday! Installed Facebook for Android as well… Let’s see what else can be loaded.

IF I can get my ass off my bed early in the morning, I will be going to ECP for a long run (and that is if I don’t give up 5 minutes into the run). Planned route: Fort Road to Bedok Jetty and back. *keeping fingers and toes crossed*

Perhaps a little swim in the afternoon to shake off the fatigue? Or more like add to the fatigue…

And possibly give my son a wash in the evening if the weather and myself are up for it.

It is times like this when I ask myself if all the sacrifices are really worth it.