Sunday, May 21, 2006

Woke up damn early this morning-- about 5.40am bah.... For what? Some of you might have guessed it. It's the New Paper Big Walk. Went with wh and lil.

Thought that it would be just another ordinary walk. No doubt it's 10 km, but I've had walked longer distances before. Furthermore, I had just went for a 5km run a couple of days ago, so my legs should be more or less conditioned for the walk.
Wrong. I was totally wrong. The pace was slow but it was so damn tiring and my legs hurt. And very seldom would I experience leg pain, be it long distance walking or running.
Firstly, it was not exactly a delightful surprise for me when wh said that he could not find the 3km marking along the route-- by then we were walking along Nicoll Highway already and to me it seemed like we have walked 3.5 to 4km already. By the time we passed Suntec and neared the half-mark/turning point, my legs started to hurt. It had occurred unexpectedly for me but looking back I think it should have been due to the lack of warm-up exercises before the walk.

Fortunately, the second half of the walk seemed to be completed more quickly, or else I could have died along the way.. hehe.. The return route was almost identical to the initial half, except that the ending part after exiting from Nicoll Highway was to turn into Stadium Road and walk past the Kallang water sports Centre before reaching the end-point. Along the return route, lil's legs ached badly too and wh suggested that we stop and do some stretching before continuing. The stretching was good but it only relieved the pain temporarily. In fact, sometimes an acute pain can be felt in my left leg up to now. =(
Now...it seems that I cannot forgo my warm-up session before any exercise liao.. without the fear of repercussions, that's it...

Didn't take any photo except this, what a pity:


and badly taken :x
Seems like I forgot all about whipping out my camera phone to snap interesting pics. haha..

Posted by charles at 10:12 PM