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contride

Not crazy, just a little cuckoo

Jun 11, 2009 00:39

Jeanette Wang is an ST reporter who won the Women's Adidas Sundown 84 km Ultramarathon. This is the article she wrote in today's papers.

( Not crazy, just a little cuckoo.. )

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entropic82 June 12 2009, 02:09:25 UTC

She's a pretty admirable girl with a strong character -

From what I know.. she

was previously from the gifted education program
was the netball captain (either in RGS or RJ)
was in the national netball team, before switching to running/triathlon

has the discipline and motivation to undergo rigorous training (imagine sleeping really early and waking up really early @ 430am to for runs)
is able to train smartly and effectively

seems able to cook well
etc

wah.. *_*

The other person who participated in sundown 09 whom I would draw inspiration from would be Dr Benedict Tan, the ex national sailor (who won gold medal in sailing)... as I've mentioned in my recent lj post. Imagine he picked marathoning not long ago and is able to emerge top 10 in recent marathons (despite a age of 40/41)!!

contride June 12 2009, 20:51:12 UTC

Amazing! I briefly saw her blog too.. seems she's quite religious as well..

I'm kind of excited for the upcoming run.. though at this point I still have to worry whether I can secure an off day/ leave for the event..

anonymous June 12 2009, 16:42:37 UTC

haha. i was there at the finishing line cheering ym friend who did the 84 km.. lol

-bryan.W

contride June 12 2009, 20:31:07 UTC

I was there with several other friends to cheer 2 others on.. Too bad I had something on early next morning and couldn't stay till the end.. Being there, seeing the runners, was a great motivation for me to join AHM. :)

ijkian June 13 2009, 03:10:56 UTC

well it's simply a mind over matter, nociceptors notwithstanding. the human mind is capable of telling the body to do amazing things, if it wants to. i remember doing CPR on patients for hours on end during my cardio posting, without feeling the strain coz i knew a life was in my hands... yet i can't hobble more than 1km without having to stop during a 2.4km! coz i really didn't want to run at all. it's all in the mind, dude.

contride June 13 2009, 08:29:31 UTC

My knowledge is bit rusty, but you are only obligated to do CPR after asystole and no breathing, for 20 min? And you can use the cardiac thumper or something?? If that's the case, it's amazing your dedication pushed you to perform manual CPR for hours. Hats off bloke!

Ditto.. it's all in the mind.. :)

ijkian June 15 2009, 15:27:09 UTC

well... in ICU, you push as far and for as long as possible... plus there's no cardiac thumper in the ICU i was in... :P

bmc_whisky June 13 2009, 04:10:49 UTC

i did the sundown too..and i love long races. =)
the pain is there..definitely, but there is one thing that takes it away: adrenaline. Its like this amazing drug that you just have to get your hands on over and over again.

but then again, i guess our bodies aren't built for endurance racing, ironman or half ironman, marathon or half marathon, which is also why I guess nearly everyone I know who is into endurance racing has a whole list of injuries to boot.

contride June 13 2009, 08:50:53 UTC

You did?!? Jimmy was there with us too! Hope you fared well!

You did not sustain any injury, did you?

bmc_whisky June 14 2009, 01:43:17 UTC

Yeah I was there...took a break off studying.

Haha! I've got a few injuries myself. Not a big deal really, considering everyone else I know has got some too.