Sunday, August 24, 2008
Today's AHM was a disaster. I finished in 2 hr 1 min, way off my targeted 1 hr 55 min. But I figured out a few reasons why is this so. Firstly, I have a slight fever and flu yesterday. Secondly, I had only 4 hours of sleep while I should have at least 7. Plus I didn't hydrate myself properly the previous night. Knowing all this but yet failing to do so made me suffered in the race. And the last reason was that my shoes wasn't suitable for me. It was too small but after much consideration, I decided to get my mizuno wave precision 8 again. It's a very comfortable shoes for me.
Some thoughts on the race. Generally, I felt that the distance markers weren't very gd. They seem forever. Lol.. Another thing is that water points also very far apart. It doesn't feel like each is 2km away. The water points seem to be "cut".
And to make things worse, ppl are always blcoking the way. I felt that in a race, it is basic courtesy to walk on e left if u ned walking breaks. Not anywhere else. The last thing you wanna see is a bunch of idiots walking in a horizontal row. And when you say excuse me, they give you the stupid face.
Anyway decided that I am gonna need more conditioning if I still desire my 4hr 15min in standard chartered. So it's time not to be complacent anymore and start my engine again!
12:40 PM
