staying awake

The pay adjustment came as a surprise, which I am thankful for.

Our equities are slowly picking up again, after going down into a trough. Let’s hope the rise is sustainable.

Christin will be heading off to Japan next month and I am green with envy. I miss Japan and will love to go for a holiday somewhere. My only consolation is the upcoming long weekend, during which we will make a trip home to Segamat.

We’re experimenting with mixing morning runs with safra evening runs, alternating days. Sounds weird. Feels weird. I wonder if our bodies can handle that. We laid off running in the morning last week (we were feeling tired to wake up early)..but started the routine today again.

I was fresh this morning, but somehow started to feel sleepy by noon. I succumbed to making a 2nd cup of coffee for the day. I’m sipping it while writing this entry. I know it’ll make sleeping difficult tonight but I’m just slipping into this standby mode if I don’t get my caffeine shot.

We’ll make our way home to Segamat on Fri morning, so we’ll still get to join safra on Thursday evening. There is no training on Sunday as many runners will be down at sundown. Good for us, coz it means we won’t be missing training with them. Meantime, we can still do our own long run at home =)

I find a lot of joy joining safra. Last Sunday, I was the only lady among 9 other guy runners. They were really patient, waited for me and so I never felt left behind.

i wonder if I was dreaming but as I ran this morning, I felt my strides get a little lighter. Haven’t felt like that in a long while.

Think I should get dearie to do some static exercises tonight. Chia reminded us all the static exercises we used to be grilled to do. They do make us stronger runners.

I still have 2 things on my list to work on. Analyzing the gp report and segregating the costing report. Closing will only take place next week, so I can still find some pockets of time to lay back and plan a little for the week.

We are still contemplating if we should join scsm. The only pull factor is that most, if not all, safra runners will be joining this event. Training with them towards this race seems the most natural thing to do.

But I’m more inclined to do overseas races, to be honest. I thought my money is better spent on a different experience. Even racing in Malaysia will be nicer than doing a local race which will bring me through familiar routes. Gee, I’m torn.

Seremban half will be nice to do but I’m not reading much about it yet. The Star covered it today on its online news. I reckon registration should commence soon.

I’m not seeing much of others we can join. Newton run at KL in sept? don’t see myself picking up biking anytime soon, so duathlons are still not within consideration. Penang marathon? But it seems not fantastic from what dearie experienced last year. Hmm. Will discuss with dearie on this soon, so we can plan training towards the races.

Want to plan for holiday next year too. I so need one. Taiwan. Korea. Japan. Anywhere.

This post is so haphazard. my thoughts are simply random. i guess you will understand it, somehow.