Marathons!

21st September 2013; Marathons!

Today, I would like to spend some time talking about my little addiction that I have in the past. It was to participate in marathons to aid me in expanding my collection of medals and finisher t-shirts.

My first ever marathon that I participated in, was in 2009. The 19 year old simply signed up for the 42-kilometer marathon annually organized by standard charted without much thought. At the end of the marathon, I immediately regretted that decision. It was simply because I didn’t exactly trained up enough for it and was in pain, all over!

 

But I didn’t stop there, instead it pushed me further and I kept going for more and more marathons. After all these years, the reason for me to still be participating in these marathons is because of the experience I get from the participation and the goal I have set for myself back then has yet to be achieved.

The experience of running with thousands of other like-minded people early in the morning on the streets of town just feels great. The amount of people that you can never finish overtaking no matter your just pushes me forward time and time again. That feeling is almost indescribable. As for the unrealistic goal that I have set, back in the past. It is to achieve the timing of completing a 42-kilometer marathon in no more than four and a half hours.

 

But as of now, ever since I’ve enrolled in NAFA, year 1. I’ve stopped my goal chasing and thus have been working on chasing my dreams instead. That is to become an outstanding animator. At the moment, I still have tons of work yet to be done. But come the semester after the foundation course. I really hope, that I could work out a balance of between my workload and my passion for joining marathons.

Earned this today: Having a balance between work and play doesn’t come easy.  It all depends on how we manage our time. But being an apprentice of the arts and going through the initial learning phases, I find it hard to cope. But I hope that when I improve and become better in the arts. I will make sure to manage my time well and hopefully be able to find my balance between the two.