Running

New hobby/sport that I've picked up.

It all started on this one night. The Kiddster Crew's just came back from the family outing at One Utama. So, as Kiddster Jr was quite tired, I decided to carry him on my back. The minute I put him there, SNAP!, my back pulled itself. It took me 25 minutes to reach my house from the parking lot which is quite sometime since usually will take me around 5 minutes.

At that moment it struck me. I'm only 28 and my back has already begun to reject me. This is not what I want. I used to be quite the sportsman. But at that moment, I can barely carry my son back to my own house. So, once arrived at my house in a new record time, I decided to weigh myself since my last weigh-in was like a year before. And what a shock it was!

94kg!

If I remembered correctly, my previous weigh was 85kg. What a difference a year make! I just couldn't believe it. The boy who used to be able to compete at the state marathon is now a man with a gut sticking out.

That whole night, I wasn't able to sleep. Not because of the pain at the back, but because of the pain in my heart (and no, it wasn't a heart attack). My ego has been bruised. I'm 28 and already having back issues? This should not be happening to me. It shouldn't. But it had. And it will become a much bigger one if I don't do something about it.

So now, I'm a proud owner of a Nike LunarElite+, Runkeeper as my iPhone running app, sportsarm band, Sennheiser PMX 80 Sport II, and a long list of sweatshirts, pants and socks. I have clocked in at least 150km of runnning/jogging. To me now, playing a round of golf walking, is not an issue anymore.

Probably in my later posts, I shall give a simple review about some other products that I have used, or I've tried to compare too. But all I can say for now is that though I'm using the LunarElite, I'm not really enjoying it that much as I thought I should have. But I'll save that for later, yeah.

Anyone who would like to ask me about my running experiences, please do not hesitate to pm me, or better even, would like to join me in my crusade on finishing a marathon and losing weight as a bonus, please, message me as things like this are better shared with friends.

And with that, I say, "Run my friends, Run like you've never run before..."


Kiddster : "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." - Oprah Winfrey

Typical Follows Promise

Typical...

This is very typical of me to start and then pause for a long time on this blog. Actually not only on this blog but also to my work life as well. I am now really WAY behind deadlines due to my incompetence I think.

This should not be happening to me. This should not be my way of practice. What is WRONG with me??? Ya Allah, give me the courage and support I need to overcome this problem.

1 minute I'll be doing it like I need to submit it in an hours time. However, 30 minutes later, I'll be putting that paper into my stack of other pending projects that is still awaiting me to complete... Why is this so you ask me? I, myself am lost for words on this matter. Am I really that lazy? Or just bloody incompetent to myself and the company?

Buck up Azhari!!! You now not only have yourself as your responsibility. You have your wife, your two adorable children, your parents, family and even the company waiting for you to mature and pick up the responsibility that have been handed to you long enough. Isn't those enough reasons yet? What must happen before you start realizing that your whole life is in front of you, waiting for you to decide either to fulfill it or to ruin it.

So, with all of that out for the world to see, as a start I have promised myself to devote myself firstly to this blog. It should be stepping stone to show my commitment to something I'm doing. I promise that this blog shall be filled with something from me at least once a week.

And with that, I shall sign out for now and pray that I shall return and fulfill this promise...

Kiddster : "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." - Maria Robinson