25km - COMPLETE

wow my last post way 8 may... a long long time ago... hahaz
ok 100plus passionrun singapore 2011..
to tell the truth i hadnt really been trng for this run...
i had at least not ran for 1 month be4 i went for this actual run itself...
what more is... its the first run which i joined myself, as in w/o my bro...
but... it was definitely a gd experience... this dist... wasnt exactly tt easy for me...

so it started in the morn when i ate my breakfast at arnd 10am...
then i sort of didnt eat anything much aft tt except for a banana at 1+pm, worrying tt i might vomit halfway during the run...
so i left hse at arnd 3pm n walked to the interchange and seems lik thr was quite a bit of ppl with the same goal as me... hahaz
so lets skip the boring details of me taking the bus n walking to the place which was beside the ecp lagoon...
so i sort of walked arnd the place trying to know whr m i...
then got rdy for my run n deposited my bag at the baggage counter...
phew... i was actually pretty nervous ><
duh! the longest i had ever ran was lik 16km... n it took me 1hr 19mins 47secs?
this dist is lik 9km more than the longest run i had ever ran... n i didnt even train much for it...
k then went onto basic stretching n warming up for the run...
you see the run was split into 3 different waves.. which is practically the same except for the flag off timings... n those tt want to win have to be in the first wave...
for me, since i juz wanna end it as early as possible... i went for the first wave :D
oh, n did i forget to mention tt one of the ppl thr flagging off our run was mr yam ah mee?
everyone's fav returning officer... in person... i thought he looked shorter than i expected XD lol
ok so it was an anxious wait for the run to start... n with all the ppl arnd me in wave 1... i thought i looked rather noob... everyone had lik full gear n equipment n thr i was in their singlet n sch pants... wow -.-"
the route... lets juz say tt im rather familiar with it alrdy since i hve cycled on it for at least twice during the trngs for cycling expedition... which sadly didnt manage to work out... sigh...
but i muz say... the cycling dist seems soooooooooooooooooooo much longer when u r running it.. haz
so it was to macdonalds n to changi coast rd and back to lagoon...
well im embarrassed to say how fast it took me to puncture...
lets see...
for the first 5km i was still going pretty strong and ok...
4 more times of this n im done ^^
for the next 5km i alrdy dropped to half speed...
juz 1 and a half more of this... gogogo... x.x
n yeah roughly arnd 10km i was practically dying alrdy... lol
saw jiawei, a friend which i met as a chingay volunteer, at arnd the 8km mark... (she was volunteer for the event as well)
well didnt really expect to meet her there despite her telling me tt she is going as a volunteer... since thr was gonna be so many ppl... but haha small world eh... still saw her...
well as expected, the changi coast road was the most treacherous stretch ever...
as if puncturing is not enuf alrdy... they giv us a seemingly endless stretch of road which seems lik the end of everything -.-"
so little by little... with small accelerations here n there which couldnt even mount up to much...
i slowly jogged thru 11km... 12km... 13km...
yeah more than half way thru... n the road still goes on?? o.O
14km.... 11 more signs to reach = 11 more km ><
15km... wow the turn is further front -.-" sighzzz (1hr 19mins here alrdy)
16km... 9 more signs zzz... the longest dist i had ran alrdy.. n im still going? im insane man...
17km... phew finally made the turn... im on my way back :D
18km... met mr lim cj somewhr thr... i muz go on strong... dying zzz
19km... 20km... met rachel somwhr thr... arnd 1 more bedok reservoir + abit more
21km... 22km... 3 more signs, it had passed the 2hrs mark alrdy.. slightly arnd 2hrs 2-5mins?
20+ mins to complete 3km? i muz do it >< meet my goal under 2hr 30mins
wow the last 3km was really the hardest... wanting to chiong but somehow the strength always doesnt seem to appear...
but in the end.. i still managed to do it...
2hr 19mins 27secs - final completion time...
no stopping... juz pure running/jogging...
im glad i didnt giv up...
met adalric aft i passed the finish line later on...

but wow.. most of them recognised n called me be4 i realised tt they were thr ><
juz shows how tired/focus im...
wasnt really looking arnd but looking forward to the end...
so sry guys ><

my thoughts when i was running...
juz to complete the race w/o stopping... even if i hve to crawl across the finish line.. i hve to complete it...
the things i had sacrificed for the run, odac farewell, my father's bdae dinner which was postponed because of my run..
determination while running - for greater heights...
the passion of the runners arnd me... with the same goal as me...
its no longer juz a run... no longer juz my run... its a run to finish for the other runners for everyone...
not thinking abt much stuff other than completing it...

but the mistake of nt eating was paid...
aft not hving a proper meal of more than 10 hours...
my stomach started feeling uneasy with it being full of water only n no food :(

then was the muscle strain...
hving sole n calf pain tgt was pretty bad...
then the toes juz cramp thr dun move -.-"
n the afterburn is still so strong tt its still hurting until now... ouchy...

this run made me realised im still not rdy for a full marathon yet...
im not gd enuf... at least not yet...
42.195 the magic number...
looks lik it would still be some time be4 i conquer tt number..
for now... looks lik i hve to train at least for 2 more half marathons, 21km be4 i try to attempt a full one then...

25km - COMPLETE