Gold Coast Marathon 2008.

The annual Gold Coast Marathon event was held this morning. Contrary to forecasts, the weather held out to give everyone a perfect run. It was the first time in three years I didn’t take part in any of the events. Instead, I went to lend my support to afew friends who had come from Singapore to run the marathon.

It felt abit strange being a spectator. There was a time in my life, not that long ago, that I pondered if I would ever be able to just watch from the sidelines and not feel that something had been stirred within. Yet in the past few months, I’ve actually come face to face with a side of myself that I never knew existed.

Maybe thats what happens as one grows older, or some would prefer to call it, as one “matures”. You tend to become more immune to things around you, or you just cease to be stirred at the drop of a hat. I’m still trying to work it out.

Anyway, I ended up chaperoning my friend’s kid (which I didn’t mind at all) while him and his wife ran the marathon. How awesome. The family that runs together, stays together. My friend finished his marathon under 3:30hrs. Wow. For the life of me, I’ll never be able to do that.

We caught up afterwards over some food and that was something I had looked forward to. Wanted to do bike work after I got home but just didn’t feel upto it and so ditched the idea.