woohoo. dis morning was AHM!. my first half marathon race in my life.. tt i tink the preperation could have done better, but no choice. not up to my control, have other committment! woke up at 2+ in the morning, fortunately my mum called to wake me up, if not, i will not wake up man! woot. then, headed off to the venue, flagging off was near esplanade.
my plan was to start slower, 4.45 perkm initially and later slowly pick up. i think i started picking up at 3.5km, and later maintained all the way till 12-13km. that was when i felt my left calf having this tinging feeling and was hurting a little. endured through all the way till 16-17km, both of my calves were dying and it was as tight as if some super glue were there! or more specifically, its seems like its cramping but i couldnt afford to stop, so i slowed down and eventually, i reached the finish line at 1hour 37min. though i wanted to do 1hr 35.. and really hope tt i could do it.. but well. the last 5km was just screwed up. if only i can have proper rest and training for 1.5wks, im sure 1h35min wun b a problem..
but we still got 1st in our catagory! my first gold medal.. hehe=DD
well, i got this last night too. privilege, pride,persevere,preparation, plan,pace. all of it was in my head throughout the run and that sustained me for the 21km. of course, all the positive memories came in to make this run a more enjoyable one. did i say that i ran most of the race alone? (as in, no one tt i know was running with me). i was basically just finding some random ppl to run with and then overtake them. hehe. =DD.
and congrats to ms lim for getting first too! heh. 1hr 32min... omg. i wonder if i can ever reach that. =// and mr lim too! for doing a 45min29sec for 10km tt got him 12th position in veteran catagory! lastly, the teacher's race as well! congrats for winning! heh