Monday, May 29, 2006

Train train train!

I was supposed to go jog with cheap bird at east coast park and then go play lan yesterday. But i decided to abandon the jog because i had a late dinner and my muscles were still aching from the tough physical week i had in camp last week.

Monday: ARR training
Tuesday: AHM training
Wednesday: ARR training
Thursday: IPPT + Night jog at East coast
Friday: ARR training

Haha for all you that still don't know why i'm training so hard...i failed my damn ippt on thursday! OK don't laugh! I failed my SBJ..the damn PTI kept faulting me! And guess what, i've signed up for the army ranger course, and i'll be going for a selection test next month. I doubt i can make it but i just want to see how it is like and can probably better prepare myself the next time i want to try out for it. Oh for all of you that don't know..this course is a 65 days course..and i think i have only 1 day of rest and relax between these long days. But i'm ready for it..i want to test my mind and body this time..i want to know if i'm actually cut out for this commando training...if i do make it i hope to convert to red beret..although it'll take another 10 months of training..i'll gladly do it knowing its what i wanted anyway.

Oh for all of you that didn't understand the abbreviations i used, let me explain here.

1: ARR - Armour Road Relay (Teams are formed to run in this competitive road relay..thats why we're training..coz we want to win? Anyway the training is quite xiong, run 2.4km under 11.30, the do short sprints of 400m up slope. Then sets of static stations)

2. AHM - Army Half Marathon (This run happens once every year and the whole army will come together to run. I ran 12km last year but will be running 21km this time..i don't know how i am going to take it haha. Before we go for the actual thing, we do progressive training runing various distance of 3km - 18km.)

3. IPPT - Individual Physical Proficiency Test (I think some of you still know it as the NAFA test..haha its the same lah)

4. SBJ - Stand Broad Jump (A station in the ippt test, i'm sure most of you know this)

5. PTI - Physical Training Instructor (A vocation in the army..they are like our PE teacher)

Anyway i just woke up not long ago because i play mahjong the whole night with jackie, daniel and bucky. And guess what..they cleared my whole drawers of chips! Lost $29 last night..what super bad luck...have been losing at jackie's place consecutively for 2 straight months now. I vow to return!

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