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A night of basketball

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It’s been a while since I’ve played basketball with my mates! A mate of mine rang in the afternoon and ask if I’m interested. To be honest, since my injury from playing basketball the last time (probably 4 months back), I was a bit hesitated. But anyways, why not? It’d just be like a bunch of mates hanging out with a bit of sports! Yay!

Lucky I’ve got my gym gear with me, only thing missing is a pair of socks. So immediately after work, hopped into the Nike shop at Times Square and bought a pair. I was supposed to be there at Victoria Park at 20:00 but got there at 21:00. Made it there as quickly as I could.

I kept thinking to myself throughout the games that I have to be careful not to hurt my back again. So I was limiting my activeness all the way. Felt kind of bad because most of the points lost were from me. Oops… @martin_tintin came over to the basketball court as we’re about to wrap it up for the night.

As we were leaving the court

We were all dying for a cigarette, so grabbed everything and off we went. We then went to one of those beef noodle place just around the corner. There were absolutely no customers at the one we went to even though we always thought that it was way better than the one next door. Anyways, the beef noodle was nice! Same as it has always been. After the meal, after another ciggy, we all went home.

Great fun! Seems like we’re going to be playing basketball every Wednesday night from now on… See how it goes… haha…

PK Lai

Standard Chartered Marathon 2009

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It’s a big day in town! The Standard Chartered Marathon is on today! I entered the 10km Run 2 which starts at 06:00.

Because mahjong the night before, I got to my friend’s place in Causeway Bay at around 02:00 and immediately tried really hard to sleep. 30 minutes have passed and I’m still wide awake. Another 30 minutes followed by another 30 minutes and I’m still struggling to fall asleep. By 04:30, my friend Miranda rang and asked when I’m going to the starting point then we made a time to meet near the car park next to the Victoria Park tennis courts. So bugger it! Got out of bed and had a shower.

I left my friend’s place at 05:00 and as soon as I got on the streets I see heaps of people dressed in their running gear ready for the event. I wasn’t bringing any luggage to be stored away so I was ready as soon as I got there. Started warming up while waiting for my 2 friends/co-workers near the tennis court carpark.

It was still dark when we got together and started walking to the starting point.

Arthur, Miranda & Me

Arthur, Miranda & Me

We were already on the bridge before 06:00 (the official starting time of the 10km Run 2). Everyone was so excited! The atmosphere was great! After taking this photo, on our way to the starting point, a familiar face was kinda of staring at me… It was my never met Twitter Buddy @doublechin!!! OMG~! Went over and had a bit of a chat… Wish we had more time since it was really quite awkward at the moment.

Okay… It’s getting close to 06:00 and you can really feel the hype as the announcer of the event speaks out… ’2 minutes before the run begins!’. Everyone’s so excited!!!

Here we go!!!

Here it goes! Woohoo~~~!

The first 2 km were fairly easy as my body is still ok for it… but after the first 2 km, my cough is getting to me big time and I couldn’t breath properly. Had to pull over or walk a few times before getting to the 1st water station.

Paper cups everywhere...

Paper cups were all over the place! I couldn’t resist stopping to take a photo of it. The sky was starting to brighten up at this time. Continued running after the 1st water station only to find that my tendons of both my thighs were starting to hurt very bad. Throughout the rest of the run, I had to walk for almost 2 km.

It feels like forever to finish the run and I think I got to the finishing line around 07:30. Still haven’t checked my official finish time yet, but will post it once I’ve got it.

Every runner gets a pack of water, sports drink, fruits etc… after the race… and look at the banana dump on what’s suppose to be a water machine! It’s hilarious!

Banana dump

Being a smart arse after the run with Miranda!

After the run with Miranda

So there it is… my first ever 10 km run in an internationally recognized event, the Standard Chartered Marathon 2009!

PK Lai

Runners’ pack

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It’s the Friday just before the big day. An international athletic event, the Standard Chartered Marathon 2009. It’s the first time ever in my life to participate in such a running event. I’m not so much of an athlete fir almost 10 years now since I left high school, so going for the 10km run is already a big enough challenge for myself.

Got no client appointments this afternoon, so took some time after lunch and went over to Victoria Park to pick up my runners’ pack. In it, there’s my number cloth, timing chip, baggage number tag, a t-shirt, an souvenir and some printed material. Getting all excited about the event just because of this already!!! Haha…

After picking up the runners’ pack, I quickly went back to the office to pick up some personal stuff and I was off to meet up with @nefuis and @martin_tintin to do some shopping at Mongkok. We did a bit of look around at some camera and computer stuff. Didn’t buy anything in these 2 categories but ended up with a pair of Nike socks and armband.

Looking forward to the run!!!

PK Lai