Sunday, December 03, 2006
12:17 PM
3 Dec 2006, 1am
Liverpool is leading 0-4 away. I am not smiling. pwc never called me, i dun care. In 3 hrs time, i need to wake up for my race. I am excited... nervous. With insufficient training, I am running a marathon in few hours time. Whats more, i just ate steamboat. Heck, let me just sleep.
3:50am
Woken up by "I should have known her better". k. All hyped up for the race. Washed up and off i went. (i was already in my running attire!) Met up with john and then went 7-11 to buy gaderate (watever the spelling) to hydrate ourselves. Soon, we were at bedok stadium taking the bus to padang.
5am
Warm-up. Kept Stretching and hydrating, and peeing. also did some mental prep. Weather was good!
6am
Race started! but i was not at the starting line. Was depositing my bag. tmd
6.15am
squeezed pass all the half marathoners, past the starting line, and the race started! (started last)
10m
super bad start. right knee started to nag just... 10m down the stretch. Saw an old man running infront of us (rongyang and i). His adidas tag said:"I'm 82 years old and i am still running". wa chi.....
15km
came out from marina bay area and was running past shenton way. saw many ntu friends like beng chuan etc~ physical and mental conditions were fine, though need to endure the pain from the knee. nevertheless the pretty runspirators kept me going.
17km
The water point distributed out bananas for the runners. Damn shiok! however can be quite damaging cause need to walk and eat. My knee just kept nagging. was able to shake it off, but once i start walking, it pain will come back.
21km
Before this race, the longest distance i have run was 21km. So every stride was gonna be a new record. Entering East coast park then. The thought of running one round within the long and winding road of the whole ECP can be quite demoralizing.
27km
The ECP stretch can be quite interesting. lotsa supporters and of course the usual sporty babes blading their sunday away.
30km
My legs starting to feel real tired. Was having crams on both my thigh. All the power gels and 100 plus dun work anymore. Luckily I was not running alone. Rongyang and I just kept pushing each other.
32km
some thoughts that gone through my mind:
"10 more km. I coming home now dear. hope ya at the finishing line"
"omg is raining! and i am late" (told dear i will be there by 11am)
"Should i drink my power gel now?"
"tmd, my knees"
"haha, overtake you!"(the guy infront)
"nah bei" (overtaken by the same person)
"why i torture myself like this"
"i hope there is a bananas station again"
" i wanna see dear!!"
40km
2 more km! rongyang and i had splited. I'm too slow for him. Really dragging my feet. kept being overtaken. wanted to push myself, but i really got no energy. gave up finishing with a good timing. just wanna complete the race.
41km
streams of half marathon participants were seen walking home. Guess i really near the finishing line. i ran past marina park and under the fullerton bridge. oh! john told me there will be photo taking! luckily i still got energy to wet my hair to ensure a real atletico look. keke
42.1km
the moment i have been waiting for. The crowd cheered! though not for me, probably for the ppl around me~ I sprinted with all my mights, with style for the camera man. GOAL!!!!! 5hr, 55 mins~ hahaha. The last stretch was quite memorable.
too bad, dear was not around. I dunno what she was doing. managed to met up with her in the end.
Liverpool is leading 0-4 away. I am not smiling. pwc never called me, i dun care. In 3 hrs time, i need to wake up for my race. I am excited... nervous. With insufficient training, I am running a marathon in few hours time. Whats more, i just ate steamboat. Heck, let me just sleep.
3:50am
Woken up by "I should have known her better". k. All hyped up for the race. Washed up and off i went. (i was already in my running attire!) Met up with john and then went 7-11 to buy gaderate (watever the spelling) to hydrate ourselves. Soon, we were at bedok stadium taking the bus to padang.
5am
Warm-up. Kept Stretching and hydrating, and peeing. also did some mental prep. Weather was good!
6am
Race started! but i was not at the starting line. Was depositing my bag. tmd
6.15am
squeezed pass all the half marathoners, past the starting line, and the race started! (started last)
10m
super bad start. right knee started to nag just... 10m down the stretch. Saw an old man running infront of us (rongyang and i). His adidas tag said:"I'm 82 years old and i am still running". wa chi.....
15km
came out from marina bay area and was running past shenton way. saw many ntu friends like beng chuan etc~ physical and mental conditions were fine, though need to endure the pain from the knee. nevertheless the pretty runspirators kept me going.
17km
The water point distributed out bananas for the runners. Damn shiok! however can be quite damaging cause need to walk and eat. My knee just kept nagging. was able to shake it off, but once i start walking, it pain will come back.
21km
Before this race, the longest distance i have run was 21km. So every stride was gonna be a new record. Entering East coast park then. The thought of running one round within the long and winding road of the whole ECP can be quite demoralizing.
27km
The ECP stretch can be quite interesting. lotsa supporters and of course the usual sporty babes blading their sunday away.
30km
My legs starting to feel real tired. Was having crams on both my thigh. All the power gels and 100 plus dun work anymore. Luckily I was not running alone. Rongyang and I just kept pushing each other.
32km
some thoughts that gone through my mind:
"10 more km. I coming home now dear. hope ya at the finishing line"
"omg is raining! and i am late" (told dear i will be there by 11am)
"Should i drink my power gel now?"
"tmd, my knees"
"haha, overtake you!"(the guy infront)
"nah bei" (overtaken by the same person)
"why i torture myself like this"
"i hope there is a bananas station again"
" i wanna see dear!!"
40km
2 more km! rongyang and i had splited. I'm too slow for him. Really dragging my feet. kept being overtaken. wanted to push myself, but i really got no energy. gave up finishing with a good timing. just wanna complete the race.
41km
streams of half marathon participants were seen walking home. Guess i really near the finishing line. i ran past marina park and under the fullerton bridge. oh! john told me there will be photo taking! luckily i still got energy to wet my hair to ensure a real atletico look. keke
42.1km
the moment i have been waiting for. The crowd cheered! though not for me, probably for the ppl around me~ I sprinted with all my mights, with style for the camera man. GOAL!!!!! 5hr, 55 mins~ hahaha. The last stretch was quite memorable.
too bad, dear was not around. I dunno what she was doing. managed to met up with her in the end.
