Track

Okay, I have to confess, I miss Track and Field.

So maybe I'm not running Nationals with the injuries and all, and lately I've realised I'm using those injuries as excuses not to run. I suppose it's a way of hiding from the dreams that you had set out to accomplish but failed. The 1500m heats are tomorrow, and Khing's still doing B Div. The scary thing is that two Sec 3s these year - one from Sports School and the other from VS (hurrah?) - beat Ronghua's timing when he got first last year. That is just scary. 4.07 minutes?! My PB was around 4.30 minutes. How I ran 6 minutes last year astounds me. I think it's due to the lack of training in the June holidays. Come to think of it, I did a 6 minutes too for Sports Day this year. Then again, that wasn't a competitive one, and I hadn't been training either. PB came last May when I was training really hard.

I miss the trainings. I miss the warm ups around the track. I miss the runs to East Coast and back with Yan Liang, Yew Boon, Yong Qi, Arvin and Alvin. I miss that adrenaline rush and determination that let me run around 55 seconds for the last of a 8 x 400m training session, beating the seniors and all. No, I'm not bragging that I did that. I'm proud I did that, but only because it goes to show how far determination gets you in Track. Half the battle's in the mind.

During PE on Tuesday, we basically ran 2.4km for our NAPFA practice, and I ended up running with Mr Fung and getting my 9 minutes. That's about 1.30 minutes per lap if you don't know. I'm aiming for an 8.30 if I run. I don't even know if I'm supposed to. I'm worried that it'll affect me in the long term, as most injuries do. And then P Gary's worried about playing me in soccer for the same reason.

Anyway, back to Track. I guess what I miss most is the spirit and teamwork within the team. Granted, the team isn't as good as other JCs like VJ or RJ, yet the unity pulls us through to do the best we can, for ourselves and for the team. I remember the shouting and "faster! you can do its" from last year's Nationals. No other guys did that. Girls cheer for each other most of the time anyway... I suppose it's what makes TJ Track different.

And it's sad to think I might be leaving next year. Do I want to leave? That's a whole different story.