off the track

Missed me? Heh. I missed writing in my blog too.

Been busy at work. The full impact of my classes exploded in my face during the past 2 weeks. Plus the additional activities and committee work i've been roped into have kicked in.

Anyway, here's a quick update: Last Friday I was subjected to humiliation during the Campus Team Relay. Each team fielded 8 runners, with the minimum of 3 staff per team. The first 7 runners ran a leg of 1.5km while the final runner of the team (a management staff) sprinted 400m.As luck would have it, I was "sacrificed" to be the first runner (so that the guys could do all the catching up later).

The strategy for the other groups was different as most of them they got the men to start the race. So you can very well imagine how the 6 ladies fared against 20 over men when we shot off the tracks! I was second last when I handed the baton to the next runner of my team. Terribly embarrassing. :(

On a self-consolation note, I did realise that there were other competitors who took a longer time to complete the 1.5km than I did. Perhaps if I'd been running with them it wouldn't have been so obvious...

Eventually we managed to finish in 10th position, thanks to the 5 students who were young sportsmen and women. For a team with 3 staff who had only trained ONCE together, I think we didn't fare too badly. I'd only jogged twice this year (for this event) prior to last Friday's race, and haven't been running since I left the university a decade ago. To be placed 10 out of 35 is quite an surprising feat and my course manager, Pyramid, is now inspired to make it into the top 5 next year.

Looks like I've got to keep my running shoes on for a while.