蔚蓝的天空: Run in the rain~~

Phew... Jogging is a good exercise, that is no doubt of it. But how about jogging in the rain? Surely you would say no!! haha ^^ I did jog in the rain at 5/7/2009 on 7.45 morning... haha~~ you must be suspecting that I am quite a weirdo... Actually I was participating in Ipoh International Run 2009~~

I woke up at about 4 that day... Rain pelted the awning of my house and "Pitter Patter Pitter Patter" I hurriedly prepared myself for the run... "Sports shoes, ok!" "Number tag, ok!" "Water bottle, ok!" "Extra shirts and pants, ok!" I mumbled to myself and after changing myself, my parents took me off to Ipoh by 5.30...

Almost reaching the Stadium Indera Mulia, the white hue of the spotlight can be seen at a distance. But, the sheeting rain made the run impossible. My parents kept telling me not to jog and give up in this run as it is bad to health.... "You will get cold, boy." I nodded but my willpower to get top 150 was burning in my soul~~ I could not give up now.. To get a medal for this run is one of my dreams.. So I insisted to go... Bringing an umbrella and got myself tagged, I went into the stadium...

The entrance of the stadium was packed like sardine as all the participants were there to shelter themselves from rain. However, I had to squeeze through the crowd to the registration counter in the stadium to get the black band so as to certify that i had registered... At about 6.45, all the runners of category H, J, K and L were gathered at another gate of stadium... Due to the torrential rain, the whole run was postponed to about 7.45 before we were let out to the starting grid... Poor girls who were in front of the crowd, due to the pushing and pulling, fell and nobody was there to help them... The falling girls were just like the resistant, blocking the current and I was nearly fell with them too... Luckily I managed to root myself to the ground... Phew~~ sigh a relief... I think they had to stand up themselves..

"Bang!" We were flagged off and immediately there was a mini jam of sorts. It took me a couple of minutes to get sorted... Holding an umbrella, I jogged in the rain, with cold breeze attacks every single nerves of mine. The cold rippled down my spine and immediately I shuddered as I jog. I jogged with the speed that I was used to... It was rather interesting as some of the runners splashed the water to me and vice versa by stepping on a poodle of water.. Woot~~ Quite fun anyway... ^^

"ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!" I shouted out to boost myself almost before the finishing line and managed to get 67 ( mlm ).... huh.... Quite happy and satisfied with my results... Getting the certificate of participation was quite a hard time for me. Owing to my fin weight, I lost to grab a certificate and was squeezed out... Haiz... But still, I managed to get it later.... hehe~~ It was indeed a thrilling experience.... The impact of jogging in the rain was terrible... I was sneezing and my muscles were aching.... Ouch~~ It was quite painful anyway... Some of the runners fainted at the finishing line. It could be seen that everybody was trying hard to run.... The determination was clearly shown via this run.