21 clicks part deux

*edited 2 July 2009

The after effects of running 21km is purple toes, pain in the legs, back and shoulders and an adrenaline high, because baby ive been one happy chappy since Sunday :)
(despite the costly blond moment this morning, which i will never share here because terlalu blond.. too blond..i tell you too blond!)

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-I wont bore you with the race details sangat since it wasnt that much drama in my case. The water only ran out at the last aid station since i only did a half marathon, and i only went to pick up my race pack on Saturday. You should read about how some people had to wait in line for an hour to pick up their race packs on Friday and how water ran out for the full marathon runners!

-They(Standard Chartered) didnt put the total number of participants for each category but they do gave your position number. So being the 'gedik' me.. i actually called up the SCKLM inquiries number, aaand they said the total number of participants for the women's half marathon is about 509. 80%... ok la kut...

- I think one of the toughest part of running the race was staying in focus. 3 hours is such a long time to be doing the same thing over and over again ( I cant imagine the full marathon runners who run for 6 hours straight!R.E.S.P.E.C.T) Thank God for ipods and supporters! They really helped.

- I think i paced myself well because it took mw about 1hr 40 mins to do the first 10km, which is kinda slow but it certainly helped me for the rest of the 11km. Even though i was sort of gasping for air at the 13th km mark and started a run walk combination, i know i wouldve done worse if i ran the first 10km any faster. So yeah, even thought i didnt finish it within the targeted time of 3 hrs, im pretty happy with my overall performance. :)

- Training was a pain! The other hard part about doing the half marathon was the training. It is so damn hard to be disciplined enough to stick to my running program, especially without a running partner. So the only reason i wouldnt do this again is when i think of all the training that i have to do.

- I know realize the importance of training! This race was way different then the two 10K runs that ive done before. You knew you could survive a 10k race with little training but for this 21km run, I really felt the lack of training after the 13th km, when my lungs felt like they were gonna explode!

- I love my outfit for the run. Sungguhlah seperti pro runner muahahah

After all said and done,im pretty sure i would be doing another one next year, but i think id do a couple 10K and 15K races first as part of training. And hopefully next year id do it sub 3 hours! Gambattene!