Welcome to der Family : der Pacemakers #100 (PM100)

Dear all PM friends,

First of all, thanks Ronnie for inviting me to join the Pacemakers Malaysia. It is my honour to become one of the members of "Der Spirit of PIA”!

About Myself

Name:  Goh Jing Jing

Height: 177cm
Weight: 68kg

Hometown: Kuala Lumpur

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Running Background

I have been actively participating in sports since young age. During high school days, I played a lot of sports included basketball, badminton, tennis, track and field and et cetera. Running is my favorite sport, I started running at the age of 14. I love competition when I was a little boy. I used to be a sprinter, my strongest events were 200m and 400m. It took me more than five years of hard training to achieve my best timing in 200m - 23.7s and 400m - 50.8s. The secret of my success over the 400 meters is that I run the first 200 meters as hard as I can. Then, for the second 200 meters, with God's help, I run harder. I had won plenty of medals in state level and hence awarded as the best athlete in co-curriculum.

The Reason I Stopped Running For 7 Years

While pursuing my Bachelor Degree of Mechanical Engineering in university, I stopped running due to overwhelmed by a busy schedule. I also became addicted to online games and video games which led me to unhealthy lifestyle. My university’s life was totally messed up with bad eating and sleeping habits, I did not even exercise and became overweight. After graduated and progressed into engineer’s working life. I became busy with works, days and nights. The work pressure, tension, tight schedules, deadlines and moving from place to place were my life. I did not have the time to exercise or run. 

How Did I Start Running Again?

I started running again in June 2011 when my brother invited me to join Cari Runner’s training on Tuesday which led by Fabio and Victor. At first it was awful and I took a lot of breaks during the run and got frustrated that I couldn’t follow them. I was not a long distance runner since I started to run, endurance was my weakness. I kept going at it and slowly my endurance began to build. Once again, I found my passion in running. It was hiding away deep inside my heart. Every day, I find another reason to love running.

My workout routine

After changed my working field, I am fortunate to have the ability and time to train. I typically run at least 4 times on weekdays including interval, tempo, long run and easy run. During weekends, I will try to run longer distance or LSD whenever there are no races. Occasionally, I do participate in hiking activities. After a hard workout, I will bring my dog for walk as a recovery. Before race day, I will take a day rest to allow my body to rebuild and get stronger. In total I run around 40km to 60km per week besides working, keeping up my family and other responsibility. 

What Makes Me Love Running
1. I love competition. I love pushing myself to limit. I like the "Der Spirit of PIA”!

2. I love running PBs and winning in races.

3. I run because I love feeling strong and fast while I am running.

4. I like to hang around with runners. They are nice and positive people.

5. I love the way I feel after run, tracking back the progress is also rewarding mentally.

6. I love eating.  Running allows me to eat more as a bonus. 

7. Running make me feel sane, happy, fit and free.  

8. I love the running society, because everyone has a tale to tell, a race story to unfold, photos

    or workouts to share and advice to give.

    Lots of reasons, it is part of my lifestyle now.

My Personal Best

1km   -  3:00    (3:00 min/km)

3km   -  10:55  (3:38 min/km)

5km   -  18:54  (3:50 min/km)

7km   -  27:35  (3:52 min/km)

10km -  40:08  (4:00 min/km)

21km -  1:33    (4:26 min/km)

42km -  3:57    (5:37 min/km)

Long Term Goals In Running

Sub 19min in 5km

Sub 40min in 10km

Sub 1:30 in Half Marathon

Sub 3:30 in Full Marathon

I’ve gotten faster, stronger, and more consistent over the years, I’m still achieving PBs. Running has taught me how to push beyond my limits and has proven to me that I can and will achieve my goals. I will put my whole heart into running, train year round and leave it all out on the race course. Nothing comes easily, "no pain, no gain".  If it hurts, it will only make you stronger, if it required scarify, victory will be that much sweeter. I believe that if I put in the hard work, determination, discipline and train consistently, I can achieve the timing that I dream. Running has brought me so much more than I could have ever imagined in my life, and it will always be a part of my life as long as I live.

Brought 2u by GJJ @ PM100