...your shoes have more miles on them than your car does.
...you need a magnifying glass to see your name in the paper.
...people say, "You run three miles...at once?"
...all your socks are either stained or torn.
...you run farther in a week than your bus travels for meets.
...your mom tells you to run to the store because it takes too long to drive.
...you find yourself running between classes just because.
...you combine phrases like "10 mile run" and "Easy Run" in the same breath.
...you can eat your weight in spaghetti.
...the paint from the bathroom walls peels when you leave.
...your spit strings from your chin and you don't even care.
...a meal involves more than 3 servings.
...you spend more on training clothes than school clothes.
...you wear those same training clothes to school regularly.
...your christmas list includes more than one pair of running shoes.
...you feel lost without your water-bottle.
...you have running withdrawl if you don't run everyday.
...you eat spaghetti three times a day.
...the mile in P.E. becomes your warm-up.
...your Saturdays for the next 4 years are ruined.
...you can see your ribs thru your shirt.
...you have to run around in the shower to get wet.
...you are always hungry.
...you are running in your dreams.
...you have no life besides running.
...your weekends are shot.
...you wake up with cotton mouth.
...your are as skinny as a twig.
...you can sharpen an axe blade on your calves.
...you can maintain a 5:30 pace while throwing up.
...you can count all your ribs.
...you own spandex in more than 1 color.
...track is the other "sport".
...a 12 mile run is an easy day.
...pizza, pasta, pizza, & pasta are your four food groups.
...your watch is more expensive and complicated than your car.
...you're running and you don't know why.
...your spit hits everything but the ground.
...you have 3% or less body fat.
...you laugh at sprinters while they run.
...you talk to your coaches more than your parents.
...you'd rather run than watch T.V.
...watching the New York Marathon on T.V. made you get up and go for a run.
...more than half the people you know don't know what X-C is.
...your calves are bigger than your biceps.
...you can't go a day without some little brat saying "Run Forest Run."
...some little kid wants to know why you're running in your underwear.
...you refer to puke as a bodily function.
...people always ask you what events you are running.
...you can say more names of your runs than names of your friends.
...you always win in your sleep but never in a real race.
...you drink more water than Free Willy.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 @10:24 PM
New personal best for 2.4km run: 8.49
Time is running out, gonna push more for next month's Nationals X-Country.
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Monday, March 24, 2008 @8:16 PM
12 x 4oom interval sprint. Hitting an average timing of between 1.19-1.25. almost went to the hospital..
'girl with the puma shoes..' ______________________________________________________________________ Song Of The Day: The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (Piano Solo)
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Friday, March 21, 2008 @9:46 PM
3.3km relay race tomorrow. I am sooo excited for it. Hope it doesn't rain.
(For trackers out there, I am currently designer the track t-shirt. Design will be ready by Monday hopefully)
Did 4x1.2km pace interval for thursday training. Timing for 4 sets are as follows: 4.34 4.36 4.35 4.26. Hope to reach 8.40 flat soon as the timing shows that I am capable to reaching below 8.50 for 2.4. Finally got my new running shoe: A beauty isn't it? (thanks dad) ____________________________________________________________________ Song Of The Day: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance Great song from a classic rock band..creepy video though.
Lyrics: She grew up in a Indiana town, Had a good lookin’ mama who never was around. But she grew up tall and she grew up right With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night.
Well she moved down here at the age of eighteen, She blew the boys away; was more than they’d seen. I was introduced and we both started groovin’ She said, “I dig you, baby, but I got to keep movin’ - on. Keep movin’ on.”
Chorus: Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain. I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again.
Well I don’t know but I’ve been told, you never slow down, you never grow old. I’m tired of screwin’ up, tired of goin’ down, Tired of myself, tired of this town, Oh my, my, oh hell yes - Honey put on that party dress. Buy me a drink, sing me a song, Take me as I come . cause I can’t stay long.
Chorus
There’s pigeons down on Market Square, She’s standing in her underwear. Lookin’ down from a hotel room, Nightfall will be coming soon. Oh my, my, oh hell yes, you got to put on that party dress. It was too cold to cry, when I woke up alone. I hit my last number, I walked to the road.
Qi Xuan will make a good hairdresser Gonna do well for maths test tomorrow..
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Sunday, March 16, 2008 @6:28 PM
Was busy playing AruaRose and thus don't really have time to update the blog.
Running form has been rather poor these few days and hopefully it will turn for the better when training resumes on monday.
Finally listened to Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. Definitely a classic album... ____________________________________________________________________ Song Of The Day: Led Zeppelin - Kashmir Classic song from their album, Physical Graffiti
Lyrics: Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear Oh, oh.
Oh, I been flying... mama, there aint no denyin Ive been flying, aint no denyin, no denyin
All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land Trying to find, trying to find where Ive been.
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream My shangri-la beneath the summer moon, I will return again Sure as the dust that floats high and true, when movin through kashmir.
Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear Ohh.
When Im on, when Im on my way, yeah When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when Im down... Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well Im down, so down Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there
Let me take you there. let me take you there
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 @9:23 PM
Heavy rain caused the Wing X-Country Competition to be canceled/postponed. Missed out this good chance to compete with the top runners =/ Will also be fun to compete with runners from unseeded schools. ______________________________________________________________________
Song Of The Day: Kamelot- Abandoned A MUST LISTEN!
'an ocean between us....' ______________________________________________________________________
Song Of The Day:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Greatest song ever made...
Lyrics:
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed With a word she can get what she came for
Woe oh oh oh oh oh And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure And you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook there's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Woe oh oh oh oh oh And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees And the voices of those who stand looking
Woe oh oh oh oh oh And she's buying a stairway to heaven
And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forest will echo with laughter
And it makes me wonder
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow Don't be alarmed now It's just a spring clean for the May Queen
Yes there are two paths you can go by but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on
Your head is humming and it won't go in case you don't know The piper's calling you to join him Dear lady can't you hear the wind blow and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll Woe oh oh oh oh oh And she's buying a stairway to heaven
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed With a word she can get what she came for
And she's buying a stairway to heaven, uh uh uh.
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Saturday, March 8, 2008 @12:17 PM
Lets talk about friday:
1) I am bound to fail my Chemistry test and probably end up with a single digit mark. How I wish theres a test for a 2.4km run and I will get full marks for it. 2) B for A Level Chinese. I wasn't too upset with getting a B but certainly disappointed that I didn't get an A.
To make up for the missing of the yesterday, here is it:
Song Of The Day: R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
The first song that introduced me to this great band. Extremely catchy song and a great MV.
Lyrics:
Oh, life is bigger It's bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I've said too much I set it up
(chorus) That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight, I'm Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper Of every waking hour I'm Choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no, I've said too much I set it up Consider this Consider this The hint of the century Consider this The slip that brought me To my knees failed What if all these fantasies Come flailing around Now I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream That was just a dream
(repeat chorus)
But that was just a dream Try, cry, why try? That was just a dream Just a dream, just a dream Dream
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Monday, March 3, 2008 @7:46 PM
Finally reach under 9mins for a 2.4km run.
Listened to quite a number of albums this weekend:
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Saturday, March 1, 2008 @7:58 PM
Running in the heavy rain was fun =)
Don't really feel like studying though a couple of tests are coming up..
Song Of The Day:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata Was in a piano listening mood these fews days and there you go. Simply a beautiful and yet moving classic piece by Beethoven..
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& PROFILE
Evoke
if my heart has grown cold there your love will unfold as you open my eyes to the work of your hand my heart will find praise and i will delight in your way
in my life your will be done
