"No medal for us but just a certificate and quite some energy left, I purpose not to miss this kind of race and again. God willing I will be back next year to do the 21km race." Those were my words in my blog dated 10/27/2008 titled The marathon Experience.
Am so thankful to God that those words came to pass. Yesterday we were at it again, this time I had no butterflies in my tummy like I had the previous year the day to the marathon on the contrary I felt organised. However the only problem was that I was unwell the last week to the marathon and am still nursing myself and as such had slacked in my training the last two weeks to the marathon. All in all I was not ready to let the ill health nor the fact that pms was all over the place hold me back!
Dark and early I rose and by 6.30 we were at the stadium. At about 7.25 the race began. I felt comfortable running all through past to the 10 km and I think up to the 15 km point. At some point it started raining and stopped and even started again even more heavily and I was thinking this is just thee race! Trouble started when I was about 4 km or so to the finish line, I had felt my right knee twinge earlier on and had ignored it but now the pain became more and more intense, like it was a dislocated knee or something. Not that I have dislocated a knee before, but I hope u get my drift. Poor me I thought, I had done so well managed to pass many people along the way but now this, everyone will overtake me!.....quel pitie!
I stopped and walked for a while and getting that knee to run again was the hardest and most painful thing i had to endure, from then on it was run a little bit then walk until I got to the stadium entrance.
I definitely knew that my colleagues who had finished earlier on were at the stadium waiting for the rest of us and they might applaud as I approached the finish line but I wasn’t sure if I could run the last 300 meters with my paining knee (talk of wanting to make a statement ;)). I stood outside for a minute or two trying to compose myself while other runners were trying to encourage me and telling me that I can do it and at long last I entered the stadium limp-running and just as I approached the finish line I heard them cheering me on, it felt nice to be encouraged but ideally I would have loved to finish in style.......that is do the last 100 meters sprint as you wave to the 'fans'. Slowly and with difficulty I ran on and waved at them and nothing felt better than crossing that finish line (with some style too). My assumption is that I did the race in about 2.5 or a bit more hours.
I got a medal, a certificate and had no ounce of energy left like the previous year but loads and loads of self satisfaction.
What next? I pray that God gives me another year to do another marathon even though it feels like my body will never be able to exercise again I know that I will recover and again it’s for a good cause....for someone to be blessed with the ability to see!
Dreams do really come true!
10/26/2009
10/23/2009
Kamama is now on twitter on http://twitter.com/thymoments . To all the twitters, lets follow and following each other. with all the many social sites to update and check i don't promise but i will try and see if i can keep all the pans steaming at the same time.
Continue being plus size
This year i have made so many visits to the hospital, i think enough to match up all my life's visit to the hospital. What i am wondering is, does the principle of 'when you smile to the world it smile back' or 'when you give you get many returns back' in that, when you start going to hospital you keep going back and back? Or could it be because there are such handsome doctors where i go? My prayer is that God continues to bless me with good health as it has been in the past.
I will leave out the details as to why i was making the visits. So I finally managed to have them prick at my veins and draw blood a procedure that i have never allowed any doctor or nurse to carry out on me, dont ask how i got by with some things. True to the technicians words it was not as painful as i thought and i thank him 'remotely' for being extremely patient with me throughout the exercise. What he failed to mention is that my arm would ache for the next couple of days, nevertheless i forgive him.
The interpretation of the results is what annoyed me, everything else was ok besides my red blood cells count. Fine fine, i know that i might be a little underweight just a little and i work on that but to hear that my red blood cells count was low and that i might be a little anemic was not good news at all.
With all the healthy living that i do, talk of traditional vegetables and am in, natural this and that finds themselves in my house, i even cook my ugali nowadays with 'incasa amaranth' flour leave alone the fact that the flour is so hard to cook with i cant dare prepare it for a visitor. Gosh, i even cook omenas!
Clearly there is nothing funky with being thin not when the doctor tries to give you some high school lecture on nutrition! Now that the world seems to rotate around the plus sized women and tips for this and that on them, my advice would be, continue being plus size well for as long as your health. Follow all the tips they may have for you other than the weight loosing tips because surely the grass aint as green as you think on this side.
I will leave out the details as to why i was making the visits. So I finally managed to have them prick at my veins and draw blood a procedure that i have never allowed any doctor or nurse to carry out on me, dont ask how i got by with some things. True to the technicians words it was not as painful as i thought and i thank him 'remotely' for being extremely patient with me throughout the exercise. What he failed to mention is that my arm would ache for the next couple of days, nevertheless i forgive him.
The interpretation of the results is what annoyed me, everything else was ok besides my red blood cells count. Fine fine, i know that i might be a little underweight just a little and i work on that but to hear that my red blood cells count was low and that i might be a little anemic was not good news at all.
With all the healthy living that i do, talk of traditional vegetables and am in, natural this and that finds themselves in my house, i even cook my ugali nowadays with 'incasa amaranth' flour leave alone the fact that the flour is so hard to cook with i cant dare prepare it for a visitor. Gosh, i even cook omenas!
Clearly there is nothing funky with being thin not when the doctor tries to give you some high school lecture on nutrition! Now that the world seems to rotate around the plus sized women and tips for this and that on them, my advice would be, continue being plus size well for as long as your health. Follow all the tips they may have for you other than the weight loosing tips because surely the grass aint as green as you think on this side.
10/08/2009
My Boyfriend and I - Our Sweet Union!
Without fail we meet every Friday not unless there is something else very important that i have to attend to.
For the past two year we've been together but our union has become closer this year when roles were better defined! Like any relationship, it has not been easy the commitment levels required are high but i have immensely benefited from our Friday dates and also the other events that we hold on weekends and other days. I have met many many friends as a result of our relationship, i have developed my skills and most importantly i have been able to give back to the society.
Attending Friday Rotaract fellowship meetings has been the event and Rotaract is the boyfriend between 6.30-8.00 pm.
Some of our plots have been boring while most have been thrilling. The most recent best date for me was having a saxophonist - Jackson Anduuru - come to share his experience with the instrument since he was young up to now at almost 30 yrs or there about. He further played to us some of his favourite tracks and listening to his jazz cd at home just makes my evenings so serene (not to mention it was autographed with love).
Others have been some financial guys who come to teach us on how to invest our money, a few tips on how to increase the size of the pie so that one achieves more without straining the salary.
Caroline Nderitu, the poet was also a terrific guest. She gave us great tips on public speaking and presentation...the list is long.
But the one who nailed it for me, the one who i will never forget in a long while is one Kahenya of Zuqka.com who gave us a writing assignment! We were supposed to each write an article on social media and how the evening's discussion has influenced us for some catchy reward else buy him and 29 of his pals pints. Since most of us are used to going to listen and then bounce this was a tough one and we automatically lost the bet.
Click on the link below to find out what i had to say......
Eye on social media
As always, am looking forward to this Friday's date! ur welcome yes u... :)
For the past two year we've been together but our union has become closer this year when roles were better defined! Like any relationship, it has not been easy the commitment levels required are high but i have immensely benefited from our Friday dates and also the other events that we hold on weekends and other days. I have met many many friends as a result of our relationship, i have developed my skills and most importantly i have been able to give back to the society.
Attending Friday Rotaract fellowship meetings has been the event and Rotaract is the boyfriend between 6.30-8.00 pm.
Some of our plots have been boring while most have been thrilling. The most recent best date for me was having a saxophonist - Jackson Anduuru - come to share his experience with the instrument since he was young up to now at almost 30 yrs or there about. He further played to us some of his favourite tracks and listening to his jazz cd at home just makes my evenings so serene (not to mention it was autographed with love).
Others have been some financial guys who come to teach us on how to invest our money, a few tips on how to increase the size of the pie so that one achieves more without straining the salary.
Caroline Nderitu, the poet was also a terrific guest. She gave us great tips on public speaking and presentation...the list is long.
But the one who nailed it for me, the one who i will never forget in a long while is one Kahenya of Zuqka.com who gave us a writing assignment! We were supposed to each write an article on social media and how the evening's discussion has influenced us for some catchy reward else buy him and 29 of his pals pints. Since most of us are used to going to listen and then bounce this was a tough one and we automatically lost the bet.
Click on the link below to find out what i had to say......
Eye on social media
As always, am looking forward to this Friday's date! ur welcome yes u... :)
10/02/2009
list of books that i have to read
Amazing how the forces of nature work towards delivery some things.
Without any mentioning of it a friend brags how they have the book ‘Who moved my cheese’ on soft copy, delightedly of course since I had always wanted to read that book I ask him to send me and he happily promises to do so. Some two weeks down the line I am still waiting for that email.
This Tuesday, my eyes spot the book being sold by the street vendors in town I walk up to them ask the price and they say 500bob, I contemplate for a few minutes on whether to buy or not then decide to compare the price in a bookstore and see which one is cheaper (I mean life is all about cutting costs ya!). The next day while at sarit center, I decide to pop in to text books centre and ogle at their variety of books and guess what I came across, my book of desire at ksh 390. Without thinking twice I grab the book and now am so looking forward to reading it.
Back to the main dish......
1. Who moved my cheese (this is as good as done :))
2. EXECUTION - The Discipline of Getting Things Done
3. How to make money in stocks by Willian J. O'Neil
4. Brand from the inside
5. Ten rules for strategic innovators
6. Seeing what's next
7. Millionaire next door
8. Rich man in Babylon
Without any mentioning of it a friend brags how they have the book ‘Who moved my cheese’ on soft copy, delightedly of course since I had always wanted to read that book I ask him to send me and he happily promises to do so. Some two weeks down the line I am still waiting for that email.
This Tuesday, my eyes spot the book being sold by the street vendors in town I walk up to them ask the price and they say 500bob, I contemplate for a few minutes on whether to buy or not then decide to compare the price in a bookstore and see which one is cheaper (I mean life is all about cutting costs ya!). The next day while at sarit center, I decide to pop in to text books centre and ogle at their variety of books and guess what I came across, my book of desire at ksh 390. Without thinking twice I grab the book and now am so looking forward to reading it.
Back to the main dish......
1. Who moved my cheese (this is as good as done :))
2. EXECUTION - The Discipline of Getting Things Done
3. How to make money in stocks by Willian J. O'Neil
4. Brand from the inside
5. Ten rules for strategic innovators
6. Seeing what's next
7. Millionaire next door
8. Rich man in Babylon
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