Baptism by Fire

5 years ago, if you asked me to run 10km, I would tell you that you're crazy. I could barely hold my breathe for 5km. I had clinical depression from 2013-2015 and I was also a heavy smoker. The only form of exercise that I get was moving out from my room to the toilet. One day on June 2013, a friend suggested that I should take part in the Standard Chartered Marathon instead of slouching and wasting away my life. At that point of my life, I felt I was truly rock bottom, and no suggestions seems crazy to me at all. In fact if anyone asked me if I wanted to bungee jump or skydive, I would have probably said yes too. So I signed up for the SCMS2013. Even though I was a depresssed no good piece of shit then, I did put some serious training into it. I guess that was one of my redeeming quality. I put in my best for things I have chosen to do. I was only 6months away from the marathon and I have never run a race in my life. I didn't wanted to disappoint my friend too. I got m...

Marathon Des Sables (MDS), is a self-sufficient multi-stage ultra marathon across the southern Morocco Sahara Desert. It's a 260km run across 6 days meaning you are running an equivalent of a marathon each day. While the route changes slightly every year, the total distance remains relatively the same. It was also considered the hardest footrace by many ultra-runners due to the extreme weather and terrain that is the Sahara Desert. The race test even the fittest athletes to their extreme. I've read stories about people who not only overcome hardship and achieving the immpossible but also forging unforgettable friendshipl. This is truly a place were people's race, nationality and ethnic were stripped bare. We were just merely humans trying to survive to the end. In 2018, instead of just living in the tales told by others, I am physically going to be a apart of this grand adventure. A rundown of race Day 1 : 30.3km Day 2 : 39km Day ...