Being a Runner (1)

When you are serious enough about running, it will

consume you and turn you into a totally differet

person, and the identity of being a runner

takes precedence over everything else...


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My son asked me what is my "hobi" when completing

his BM school assignment about the particular of parents,

the FIRST and ONLY word that came

into my mind is "berlari" and I had such a tough time

convincing him to put that in (somehow he thought

that the norm is to put in something like "menonton television",

"membaca", etc).


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I had forgoten when was the last time I bought any new T-shirt.

It seems like all my casual shirts is race Ts. Oh, had I

told you that I even wore Race T to wedding dinner and didn't

feel anything wrong with that (BTW, I especially like the SIM marathon

Finisher).


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When my company management announced that the dress code could

be casual, I quited wearing any long sleeve shirt, working pants, etc.

From then onwards, I go out in Brooks Addiction, Jeans, and Racing Ts.

Who knows, I might sneak out secretly and

fix myself a dose of running during lunch.


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One day, my colleague asked me something about running, and the words

like "tempo", "interval", "vo2max", "gel", "long run", etc

immediately pouring out from my mouth. However, it seemed that I was talking

a foreign language to my colleague.

Talking about gel, I remembered I asked a pharmacist about the availability

of power gel, somehow, he thought that meant some kind of gel that you rub on your

private part and have a boost of power...

Oh, dear...


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When I was hungry on setting a marathon PR, I found that my life actually

centers around my running.

A few years ago, I signed up for a evening course. The class

was scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However, due to some reasons,

they wanted to switch the class to Monday, Tuesday, and Thurday and I was the

only objector. The reasoning was simply because with the Monday,

Wednesday, Friday schedule, I would have a nicer fit to the hard-easy training

schedule and not otherwise. Of course, everyone else frowned on this silly and

unacceptable reason and I didn't have my way.


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Talking about marathon training, I (and everyone else) found that I was extremely

well tempered when I started marathon training.

Wouldn't marathon training stressful enough? Who wants more?

I certainly wanted to avoid any stressful conflicts or situations.

And it would be total insane of me if Icreated that myself.


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