Today was the first time I woke up very early on my birthday. I woke up at 3am to prepare myself for the Jungle River Marathon held at Ulu Langat - the place famous for durian in Cheras. About 300 plus marathon runners signed up for this race compared to about 60 for last year. I think three possible reason for that: 1) It was a good race for last year and hence past runners recommend to other runners this year, 2) Like me, got to know from social media i.e. marathonshop newsletter that I signed up or from their website for other non subscribers, and 3) More and more runners taking up marathon as their eventual challenge in the running experience.
Well, it was raining cats and dogs after 5 hours. For those who ran more than 5 hours, they were caught in the rain. It was also quite a good experience to enjoy running in the rain, a bit dangerous though as drivers may not see runners, etc.
Happy Events:
- I received more than 40 birthday wishes and mostly were from facebook. They live as far as NZ and Dubai. I started active in facebook a few months back and I have only 400 + friends now. In other words, at least 10% to 20% of facebook users in my networks are active and hence they know today is my birthday. Out of the 40, about 10 of them are not my direct friends as we are connected because we shared other common friends.
- Completed my 5th marathon in 6 months.
- Met a few friends in person instead of in facebook only.
Creativity: Think backward
We always think from the beginning to the end but sometimes if we think backward, we may be able to create something new.
No comments:
Post a Comment