Monday
Pm - 9.2km (road). ~100m elevation gain. 0:44
Tuesday
Wednesday
Am - Mountain-biking 25km. 0:55
7.8km (road). ~110m. 0:38
Thursday
Am - 19.3km (trail). ~250m. 1:45
Pm - 2 x (8x200m) speed work
Friday
Pm - 27.7km (trail). ~600m. 2:52
Saturday
Rest
Sunday
Am - 13.9km (trail). ~436m . 1:15
Total distance: 106.3km (excluding speed work)
Total elevation gained: 1906m
Total time: 10 hr 3 mins
Average speed: 5.67 min/km
This week marked the beginning of my return to trail running. Though slower, I am enjoying the process of placing one foot ahead of the other in the natural environment. The mud, the wind, the sound of rustling trees, the rocks, all allowed me to be lost in the rhythm of running. I don't realise how fast time passes when i am out running in the bush.
As i said in my previous post, i am struggling to work in emergency department. Being a new junior stuff, I have to work hard to survive in the hostile environment. The nurses aren't very helpful. Most of them just kinda give us the silent treatment, some even outright reject our request for help. Their attitude is kinda like, 'Ok, you are a junior staff, you got to learn some respect in the department and know who's the boss here.' Maybe they too, have been overworked. Or maybe they were once abused by doctors, and now they have to be mean and cold to stand their ground. I don't blame them. I think it's best to learn how to do some of the nursing job e.g. taking medication from the board and giving to the patients, making beds, taking stool sample from patients ourselves etc. So now I rarely ask nurses for their help anymore. Why depend on others if you can do it yourself?
I thank God for this season of working life, for the challenges that I have to deal with, lest i become comfortable and complacent. Adversity can destroy someone, or make one's heart grow cold, or it can build character. I want the latter. I must stay humble, and be willing to accept criticism and mean attitude from the hospital staff. This after all, is part and parcel of living in this fallen world.
I am reminded once again that Jesus Himself too, was abused by people who didn't believe in Him. They falsely accused him, prosecuted him, rejected him, and even tried to kill him. Yet He said: 'Love your enemy, be kind to those who abuse you'. This is only possible when we see the world with the eyes of God instead of the eyes of sins. When we look through the eyes of sins, we begin to be filled with indignant anger, and we want justice to be served and the perpetrator to be punished. When we look through the eyes of God, we see the world with compassion, and we begin to see the intrinsic worth that is in every person's life, even in the lives of drug addicts and murderer and the mean persons in our office.
Again i think about what is in God that made Him want to save mankind when we were totally corrupt in our heart and mind. Why did Jesus choose to die on the cross for the very person that tried to kill him even though there is no guaranteed result that the person would change? I think the answer is love.
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| Gearing up for the long run |
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| Trail |
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| Trail |
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| At the end of long run - exhausted! |
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| Stopping by in a waterfall in Mt Mee |
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| Ian - my running partner |
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