the unfortunate weekend

i was hoping to improve on my pace for the 10km run, especially after the training runs from the week.

the server refused to boot up after the installation of the windows patches. went for an hour lunch break, continued to search for solutions, called up the tech support helpline, and finally managed to bring back life to the machine before 12 midnight. my colleague referred to the incident as a blessing in disguise. nobody has ever treated the server where the apps were hosted on seriously, despite that it contained critical integrations with the business systems.

totally drained from the incident, and not really looking forward to the week ahead, i gave the race against cancer run a miss. just 3.3km shy from the targeted minimum of 42km per month.