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I first started running (I mean seriously la) was back in early March. Coz my good friend asked me whether I wanna join the SCB Charity Run which was on 8th April 2012. I thought why not since I wanna lose weight and plus its for charity. Originally she wanted to join the 10km run but on the day of the online registration, she said her other friends changed their mind and they were going for the 5km run. Hmmm......till today I dunno what came over me, I told her to go for the 10km run as we can easily do the 5km run. Lets challenge ourselves and stupidly (as per her) she agreed and thus my journey began.

All I did was run after work. I went online and searched for programs that might help me accomplish my goal. I found the couch to 5k program here if anyone is interested. (Actually I had printed out the program and stuck it on my cubicle wall a couple of months before.)

I had always wanted to start running as I have seen the results on both my papa and my bro. To say that they had slim down was an understatement.

So this SCB charity run has made me (or rather force me) to start running. I dun wanna look like an idiot who cant even run straight for 5 minutes without getting all out of breath on the day of the run.

I know that I play badminton regularly but badminton doesn't require you to run all the time. If I am playing mix double, I just have to jaga the front of the court and that normally doesn't amount to much running.

A colleague who is a seasoned marathon runner once told me that running is actually a mental exercise. Its all up in the brain to keep you running. Not forgetting that once you run a marathon, you will feel very confident in that you have ran a full marathon, what other things can you not do.

So, running :-
1. Makes you feel good
2. Lose weight
3. In the case of SCB, its for charity
4. Keeps you healthy

Yeah, I have no other reasons not to start running and plus the reason that I don't wanna look like a total idiot.

I started running.

All I did was kinda follow the couch to 5k program.
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