You would have to kill me to stop me from doing this

Siapa kata lari bukan team work? From pre-race planning ('Oi esok korang pegi mcm mana? Jom sama2 aku amik kau, kau dan kau') to post-race ('Ko kat mana? Aku baru sampai. Dia, dia dan dia dah sampai belum?'), everything is done with the 'team' in mind. Yes we may run individually but there is always another one of you somewhere near whether slightly ahead or behind you. And you subconsciously do look out for each other. When one of you scores a personal best everyone responses in awe and shares the joy. When joints hurt help is aplenty to stretch your limbs out till the pain subsides.

A few days after the race you still talk about how you did, the route and discuss the shoulds and should-nots so you do better at the next event. And yeah, other people start to stay away from you because nothing else gets talked about except running. Heh, biarkan.

So today they asked 'What are you running for?'. I would say 'everlasting friendship'. Who knew old acquaintances from high school and colleagues could one day (now) become your good friends? Every now and then someone new joins the gang. Passion brought us together. Bliss.

We may not be good enough to win the prize money but this is a far better victory :)