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Subject: Race REPORT - Trailwalker 2004 by Billy Oh

Trailwalker 2004..... And when all is done , the finishing line being touched, the count down ends, my pensive mind keeps rushing to memories of it. Indeed it was likened to a journey of journeys just like the " journey in real life "  but in miniature. To succeed required the smooth interplay of human emotions, weaknesses, and wicked pride - all needed to be corked,  suppressed and controlled by common sense and Devine commandments just like in  the real life. We fought the good fight and ran the good race. ..And yet at the finishing line was a feeling of 'deja vu' of meaninglessness just like again in the real life  ...meaningless, meaningless all is meaningless; vanity of vanities, all  vanities; like a labour under the sun and the chasing after the wind.

...But not to have done it, to remain idle and to do nothing would comsume my own flesh and I would be a fool. So through the wilderness of Hong Kong I ran, across the rugged plains and valleys to the highest mountains of Taimoshan in sweat and pain to the limits of endurance. ...And be so reminded of the hardship and tears of everyone else in the real life. ...Up in the hills, in the loneliness of the night, through teary eyes staring into the misty taste of moonshine, I thought of you and everyone with much love, compassion and pleasant thoughts. ... Indeed Trailwalker 2004 was a memorable spot in time, a congenial spot in my year 2004 .. as in Camelot !.

 

Thank you for reading and bearing with me so far.
Blessings and Cheers

In HIM
billy