Hantaran vs Jogging

I was ready in my sport attire and just done my asar prayer when i saw my office mate, syidi was ready to leave the office as he chit chatting with the other office mates.

Seeing me, syidi said "jom". Because he know that i'm going down as well. "kejap...nak pakai kasut" i said.

Then he said..."so..berapa hantarannya ni?" continuing with his smile.

It puzzled me..."hantaran? what hantaran?" i asked him back. Out of no where suddendly he talked about hantaran?

"ye la..kau sekarang asyik jogging je..jaga badan...so aku tanya la..berapa hantaran..orang lain mungkin tanya kenapa jogging? nak kawen ke?" explained syidi. The other office mates were also laughing at his explanation. Funny! how could he possibly linked my new year resolution to hantaran?

I keep on laughing while i'm putting on my socks & shoes. "ish mana ada lah korang ni...ni kan azam tahun baru aku...nak jogging.." i said.

Why must people associate jogging with jaga badan sebab nak kawen or something like that? I jog for some other reasons which i'll list down later on.

I started to jog every week since first week of January. I don't know why i did that because for almost 7 years my working life i always find excuses not to jog. As far as i can recall i started to jog when i was a student at UiTM Dungun. I was an Officer in Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU) or also known as Pasukan Latihan Pegawai Simpanan (PALAPES) or also known as WATANIAH. Back then, running few KMs non stop was not a problem for me. Since graduated in 1999 i stop jog and started to put on weight...hihihihi... :) and after that i find it difficult to accomplised few lap of brisk walk at the stadium or at the beach.

Can u just imagine after 10 years that i want to start all over again. :) but i did..i started with 30 minutes non stop jog. I know i can do it. It's may be because of Run KOMA Run...i was inspired by them..inspired by aiman's determination, enthused by firdaus' energy and moved by wan's will power and not to forget the others like Ijoi, nurin, zana & huda. I enjoy every jogging session with or without them. They will motivate me to keep on going...like zana..she will say..."sikit lagi...jom kita lari sikit...".

I still remember my first time jogging for 3 laps of KLCC park. Never in my life in KLCC i did 3 laps. Never. But that evening, while slow jogging, i saw pa'e and firdaus. They just passed me by...suddenly firdaus challenged me to do 3 laps. Eerrmm ok then...guess what? i did... :) then i realised...i can actually do...it's all about your will power.

Since then, i will try as much as possible to jog if not in the morning i'll do it in the evening...as i mentioned earlier on...there are actually few reasons why i need to start jogging:

1. Gunung Tahan trip is in May...so i need to make i am fit for that mental challenging trip.
2. I need to do something new for this new year.
3. I was challenged by KOMAites to take part in adventure race...huhuhu..ye la..Team Manager pun kena jugak jadi racers...katanya...

p/s: mampukah aku? eeerrmmm......