#runningrage

Running become the former. Gyms just aren't my thing and treadmills usually bore the heck out of me, So I became lunatic who ran around my neighbourhood since it was the only a jog-able area nearby. My friends thought i was crazy and I'm sure my parents did as well, but i stuck to it gradually building up from running for 10 minutes the first week to running 10 miles straight at the end. I signed up for my first 10k in may 2015 with a goal of “Please God keep it under 1hour”. I ran my first 10k, the Mandiri kick off to Jakarta Marathon in 56 minutes and i was hooked! Next up i was like “now i contemplating a half marathon”. I can so vividly remember the first training run of 10k and thinking how far it felt and how amazed i was that did it.

Im joining the RunningRage team, its kinda like an open community/ a bunch of people who loves running. They encourage each other to run better every day. The people there are amazing, passionate runners, truly blessings for me. I was conquering my first half marathon which is Singapore Sundown Marathon on June 2015 with some of the troops. I knew my goal should just to be finish since it was my first time running that far, But I really wanted to do it under 2,5 hrs. All my training runs were between 7.30-8.00 pace so i figured i had a decent chance. The weather the day before the race when we had our #btg shake out run was weird nonetheless i had fun meeting runners from around the world. Was distracted with the humidity level but thank God i was able to finish the 21.1k race even not in my best time.

After the half, I kinda fell into a mental slump. Everyone i knew said “once you do your first half, you’ll want to do more or a full”. Well that didn’t happen to me. These days I just run a 10k and sometimes 15k just to keep my body fit and also still doing some basketball and soccer but running is still a behind the scenes constant for me.