Post-run

Hehehehe xiao proud after yesterday woohoo

Reported early and roamed around the stadium area - went to the toilet but couldn’t get anything out so I got abit worried 

After downing the last bit of water from pama, off I went to the start pen and commenced the run with the second wave of runners 💪 

The start was much slower than I expected as we were running w a huge group of people 

As it reaches the end of the Nicoll highway  uturn ard 2-3km, we started having more space and continued on our own speed 

Into this open tunnel and the Kallang reservoir stretch, f1 pit, Esplanade drive w a turn at WDA, Marina Bay Sands, barrage, Golf course, ecp garden linkway, back to my usual and lovely house area, and back to sportshub 

Got to say it didn’t feel as intimidating as I envisioned it 

And the hydration points really helped a lot cause it really refreshes you to go on to the next bit 

Along the way I even considered is it that short lol - but 16-18km was a real test cause the knees started to ache and my stomach got increasingly queasy since about 8km into the run (thank you body for being so 爭氣 hehe)

Thankful for:

- No rain 🙌

- The songs that kept me going on - crowdlu youzhangjing lironghao wuqingfeng hehe 

- The organizers for the well-planned event, ample hydration, timely encouragements on the distance markers, and safe steady routes + volunteers who brought smiles to us along the way w their waves and cheers 

- Xintian for making the run less boring and keeping my pace such that I don’t overly tire myself out - the run ended up to be quite doable because we had a good slow and steady pace yay

- Myself haha for everything and everything you’ve done this year that made a resilient and positive wei 做得好!! Hehe 

- & most importantly, papa and mama who have been very supportive in my trainings leading up the run (while being worried about the condition of my knees and bunions), not to mention my dad was the one who brought me to the old stadium and forced me to run to deal with the 1.6km napfa test in primary school hehe 希望小徒弟讓你驕傲了～

沒有人知道你付出了多少努力來換來這個值得紀念的時刻

沒有人會想到你忙著上課寫稿時還一直念著你有多久沒跑步訓練

沒有會在乎你下了班還硬是留在公司的健身房跑步到晚上九點十點

可是這一次次的努力 一次次的失敗 一次次的堅持 

成就了一點點 再多一點點的進步 

積少成多 讓五公里為限的你 成了在2小時40分鐘內完成二十一公里的xiaowei

如果只專註在結果上 我或許會因為一次次跑不足五公里或十公里而放棄

可是把注意力放在你嘗試過 你努力過 下一次會更好的你 

得到了世界 成就了你自己

一年來的改變真的好大 

我好為你驕傲 

世界上有好多好多難關 

但保持純粹善良堅持拼搏的心態

我們可以再繼續完成更多更多的挑戰

把曾經的不可能 變成現在的我可以 

未來的結果只是10%的bonus 

現在的90%才是真正的你自己

你 由你自己定義

你 好棒 

努力的你 超級棒

In addition...

I initiated a bbq party for my momma’s birthday cause it’s her 60th hehe 

But we held it 2wks in advance so that aunt could join us and glad she did 

So glad and thankful that it had about 80% attendance (despite us thinking it was only gonna be 50%) and everyone hopefully had a good time here 

The fire was Super difficult to control despite being up w 3 matchsticks (proud girlguide here hehe) but luckily the grill machine could work and helped w cooking most of the stuff haha 

And happy that it’s something diff from the usual family gatherings of catered food and 各做各的 yay

Thanks to pama for cleaning up the house before the event cause I was busy running around outside (literally haha) 

And thanks to papa for agreeing w this idea cause we know momma will like it (and she did yay!!) 

Change is never easy 

Not to mention a change in outlook 

Loads of great new stuff happened this year w a new attitude towards life

And I’m glad it is so hehe 

過程最重要!!

Good job xiaowei - super proud of ya ❤️✨