Saturday, September 25, 2004

THE YEAR OF RUNNING RACES

Last night I counted the number of races I had participated in this year.
Well I was surprised when the number came up ;
Seven x 10 km
Three x 8 km
Three x 21 km

A total of 13 races in six months betwen Feb. and September. I have registered for 2 more races in October; WTDR this Sunday and Bidor Run on 3 Oct. After the fasting month, I plan to run two more races; Siemens 10 km and Subang Jaya 10km.

This year's total number of races (potentially) = 13 + 2 + 2 = 17

Now that I am in the counting mood:
Number of single women/girls I have met this year = 3
No. dated = 1!

Epxressed mathematically:
No. of running races 14 > No. of single women met > No. of women dated

Unbalanced equation. Solution to balance the equation, converting
">" to"=" . After conversion, the equation looks like this:-

No. of running races = No. of single women met = No. of women dated.

Expressed in words; get more girls/women to take up running. Meet more girls during races. Problem is 95% of the runners are guys.

How to solve the imbalance between male and female runners? My suggestions for male runners:-
  1. Look cool while running , think aerodynamic sunglasses.
  2. Adding to No. 1, wear technical runing gear - no old race T-shirt with faded logos.
  3. Wear something tight to accentuate our trim/hard bodies . Girls - observe the c0ntrast between the bodies of runners and the unsightly bulges of the male non-runner/triathlete.
  4. Seek help from female runners to get more of their female friends to start running. I've tried this myself but have failed.
  5. Get guy runners to enroll more of their female friends as runners.
  6. Get more female Citibank female employees to run - Citibank office is just 5 minutes from KLCC park where I also run every day. They will probably also run in KLCC park.

That's it for now - time for me to drive to KL to pick up the bibs for tomorrow's race.





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