51.28min

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength nor skill.. but rather a lack of will"

Today's run was a journey of exorcising negativity and weakness from my flesh.. I began the run thinking that I'd do the normal.. but somehow something cried out in me- that if I just did the routine, I wouldn't be achieving anything..

"Citius, Altius, Fortius"- the olympic motto, "Faster, Higher, Stronger"

I finally understand what it means to be an athlete.. and maybe moreso, a fighter.. from the first breath to our last moment, we're constantly fighting, against sin, against disease, against others.. but the true meaning of a fighter is that we fight our inner self everyday.. taking negativity and crushing it.. and whilst we may not be victorious everyday, the most important thing in life isn't to have triumphed, but to have struggled; it isn't to have victory, but to have strive.. and even if we don't win today, as long as we never give up the fight.. we will be much better off from whence we first started.

Today I clocked 10km in 51.28min, 8.22 min faster than my usual timing.. its a significant milestone in my journey to the marathon.. extrapolating from this, if I endure approximately double the distance, I would have covered the half marathon (21.1km) in 1hr 48min..

I ask all your indulgence to allow me to put up this entry even tho it may sound like boasting.. I promised myself that I must finish the run to tell this story.. first to show myself that I needn't the negativity of others to heed.. as long as I believe in myself, put my heart mind and soul into it, I will achieve..

And to those who struggle, demoralised or weary.. I would appeal to you to hold on.. just as you are about to give up, tell yourself to hold on a little while longer.. and before you know it, the race, your race, whatever it may be, will be over.. To those who are weary, I will be with you physically if it allows, if not I will be with you in spirit... Because I know if I can do it, most certainly you can too..

Last and most importantly.. to give thanks to my source of strength.. the Omnipotent One... and as the TRUE ACS motto goes:

=To God be the Glory=