It was some crazy-ass cough that took me out for the last couple of weeks, and I ran only like 6km each week. The terrible parts were running and then suddenly feeling completely breathless. Then would come the flashes of my life flashing before my eyes. Okay, well, nothing as dramatic as that, but it did occur to me how embarrassing it would read in the papers “Man dies while preparing for a marathon. Distance covered? 5km” hahaha
This week I started trying to run again and it’s been going well. I went to see my doc about the remnants of my cough that tend to bug me when I’m tired, and I found out that she’s an avid runner that’s been taking part in 10-20km races over the past few years, and that she’s going to be taking part in the marathon for the first time this year. I started telling her that I was going to be running as well, and I think she was slightly appalled that I hadn’t started training hardcore yet, and told me that I should start getting some distance on my runs, instead of just the typical 6km runs that I try to go for.
So, I found out that there’s this charity 10km Yellow Ribbon Run (www.yellowribbon.org.sg/) in support of ex-convicts and started looking for people that had signed up, but wanted to flake, so that I could take their running slot. This was to no avail until suddenly a friend called me on Friday and asked if I was going to party. I hadn’t spoken to her in ages, and it dawned upon me that she was a runner, so I asked. And it turned out that she had a friend that signed up but was not going to turn up, so I asked her to check with her friend if I could take over.
So tomorrow morning, I will be running as Gina.
My friend Gerry thinks that I’m going to be the fastest girl timing there, and I said, “Have you seen me run recently?”
I just hope I finish tomorrow.
