Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Family of runners

Hi folks!

Every members of my family (excluding my mom, unless shopping is included) are/used to be(exclude 2 sis & myself who have stopped running after becoming mothers..wait till we ran after our kids soon!) runners.

My elder sister used to be the record holder for 400m at my secondary school, while I remembered fondly that I broke the record of my idol (Koh Poh Ping, whereever you are now...) in my pet event, i.e. the 1500m run. And my younger sister used to take part in 100m and hurdles or "lompat pagar" event if I remembered correctly..there might be more but I just somehow remembered clearly that she's good at hurdles as it's not something I am good at...I prefer middle and distance event..slow and steady(and pickup at the end) is my key to win the race :)

And now, my youngest brother who used to play basketball during his school years, now take part in all sorts of marathon and run....completely "assisting" me in checking off those events in my target list! lol...

I used to participant in those runs too but not now..I don't think my stamina is good enough for those run anymore...

And the other actively running member of my family would be my dad...who's near 60 and still actively running daily...

I felt participating actively in those sports during our teens helps a lot in building the discipline, sportmanship and belief in us. Not to mentioned I find that it also helps in losing weight at older age(ahem 30s)...as our muscle was built on earlier...

Now, seeing my brother, colleagues, ex-classmates running in those races, I can't help but to get back to running once more..maybe will start with walking my baby in the pram together with two older kids. It'll be great to have a good workout at least during the weekend ;)

What about you? Do you participate in sports? 

Let's get moving and regain our flexibility and health!

Cheers!

1 comment:

transformed housewife said...

I'm not so good in running but I love martial art. I was quite active in Taekwondo. I participated in some tournaments during my uni. years in Taekwondo.