Good news and bad news. The good news is that I completed the race. (Pat myself on the back.) The bad news is that I did not meet my sub 2 hour goal. 2:11 minutes. I am sure I haven't train enough and I am still light years from where I need to be if I need to finish the KK climbathon in time. Even now, my legs are killing me as I go down stairs.
In the last 3 weeks prior to the run I ran only a grand total of 7 km. That is what I get for underestimating the distance. A good lesson to learn. I started off a little too fast at about 5 min/km and ended up having to walk/jog the last 6 km at about 7-8 min/km.
On a great side, my friends who ran the marathon all finished and had a great time. As long as they woke up for it, they finished. David who is much older ran faster than me although his gun time was behind me. I made it a point to move up as close as the start as possible because I went with Steven who was running the marathon. Steven, who took the place of a friend who had an injury, ran his first marathon without training and finished in 6hrs plus. Wee Keong ran his fastest marathon at 4 hrs plus. Raymond and Jerry finished their marathon together - sprinting to the finish line at about 5:16. They could have ran faster if they tried I am pretty sure seeing the way they finished. Fang ran her first half and finished respectably well. I could go on and on. We had a blast although some of us are still feeling the after effect of the run very much.
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I am very proud of you. I used to hear you say that you want to complete a marathon since 1997, remember. I am sure with your determination you will run a complete marathon with the time you want. Keep it up!
Maybe 2008. I need to train for the distance while my joints are still in order.
1997, that's 10 years ago. I must have been in secondary school!!
Brother, HI!!
It's was great training with you for the SC marathon, especially the hill runs at B.Timah NR. YOu are such great company.
Over here at whack the chilli AKA Chilliwack, I have not given up running. Chilliwack has quite a lot of good running trails. Mostly I run on my own. Can you come Chilliwack and visit me? I bring you to nice nice running trail with breathtaking scenery. I will try take some pics to show you how it looks like.
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