Sunday, June 1, 2008
My bib
My finisher medal...
& my finisher tee!
was the best!
Just like to share my first marathon experience yesterday. I was very nervous and excited but I still forced myself to sleep for the whole afternoon. Met up with shi xuan to have dinner together. Had stingray and tofu with prawn. Glad I didn't have stomachache in the later part. Then I sent her home before going for my marathon.
Took a lift from Gregg and we basically arrived early. I didn't know Gregg knew so many runners actually which took me by surprise. Anyway, just started to prepare myself mentally before it starts. At 12 sharp, the flag off commence and we were off.
Started slow as I didn't want to burn off all the energy in me. I reached my 10km slightly before the 1 hr mark. Was great pacing but I couldn't keep it up. The whole stretch till 22km is the whole of east coast. Plus the markers seem so far away and mentally shag me out. And I reached my 20km slightly after 2 hrs.
The path ahead was seriously stupid. There were overhead bridges and I didn't even have the energy to run over them anymore. At one point of time, I simply walked 10 min. I was just too tired. Another area which I got killed was the trail running part where it's all sand. My legs feel so sore even just to try running on them. So I walked the whole distance. Haha... And so I reached the 30km at 3h 30 min.
And the remaining part was mentally xiong. Cause there's practically nothing to see and you just have to carry on strong. So I just kept going on and on till I saw 400m and I really dash to the finishing line. Finishing felt so great! I did it at 4hr 57min. Wasn't really an impressive timing. But I am happy as I aimed for 5 hrs and below. Gonna just improve in the next marathon!
There's something magical about the marathon which spurs me on. That is how the onlookers cheer for you. It felt so encouraging at that point of time. I just want to experience the magic all over again.
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