Race For Life 2012

yes, next year i will be a half centurian and i'm proud of it! at work, the girls at the admins office would normally organise big bash/nite outs to celebrates BIG birthdays - 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th and also when someone retires, that is at 65.

i told the girls that i want a BIG celebration next year, even though it may fall on the referred exam board meeting..some never believed that i'll be 50 next year, mainly because i have a 5 y.o daughter!!

i want to be fitter at 50, dont want to end up like some of my friends at home. dont know why they aged drastically, soon as they reach late 40s. the guys with their big tummies and receding hairline and the ladies just look like makcik2/mak datin..sorry, i have to be honest!!

watching the London Marathon last weekend inspired me to run for charity. i've signed up for Cancer Research UK's Race For Life 2012  and if i'm up to it, maybe i will join the Robin Hood half marathon in September. Kamar is very supportive and he's all for it.

Cancer Research UK organises this for 11th year running, with  over 240 events around the country. Race for Life is the biggest women-only fundraising event in the UK. Participants can choose to walk, jog or run 5k to help beat cancer. Someone is told that they have cancer every 2 minutes in the UK, but thanks to the incredible work of Cancer Research UK and Race for Life, more of them will survive.

Race For Life has also uploaded the Walking Plan on their website, i've got 6 weeks to prepare for the event. and kamar made me start my first day of training on a wet, cold & windy Sunday morning at Wollaton Park. we brisk walked for 45 minutes, covering a distance of about 1 mile.

 it was really windy..look at the willow tree..

and wet and cold..

 i was drenched by the time we completed the loop.

 and balik rumah, cooked nasi goreng & mee goreng and ayam goreng kunyit for lunch - my last carb full diet, cos i will start the 2 weeks Zero Carb diet on monday to shed off a few kilos, as part of the preparation for the run.

next mission : nak gi beli running attire and shoes!!