I think many people think it's crazy to sign up for a marathon,pay a crazy price which u can spend on other more useful things and subject oneself to 42.195km of torture.which is a crazy run of 105.4 rounds around the track. well, i did it, along side with 17000 other rounders out there who were probably as crazy as me.
I had always wanted to accomplish a full marathon ever since i started having the thoughts of running a marathon. maybe initially because i thought that the sports singlet was rather cool. and then it became an urge to challenge myself and also for the awesome finisher's tee. i wouldnt say i love running as much as i used to due to pure laziness. but I had just wanted the feeling of satisfaction from achieving something that was humanely tough which was tougher than i expected.
the first 20 was all gd. plus the fact that i walked almost half of the forst 20k. but to think of it. it's either u conserve ur energy for the last 20+ k or wear urself out for the first k. it doesnt really matter. cos ultimately u cannot finish the full marathon w/o some walking unless u are fullt prepared and trained or u are one of those extremely pro and competitive runners out there. my aim was just to complete the race in a comfortable time and i did it in 7 hours 4 mins. which was acceptable and close to my expectations considering the only running i did in the past 5 months was a 2.4k jog ard the track. lazy ass.
The race was good. good weather execpt for the scorching sun at 11plus that totally burnt my shoulders which is in pain now. :\ but otherwise i just thought that more deep heat could be provided. it was in scarcity( hahaha. econns.) almost everyone was in need of it but the first aid stations ran out of them very quickly and imgaine those runners at the back with muscles pain adn still have 10+ k before the finish line. just thought it was sth important that they should take note of. supporters were rather hyped up but i just hoped that dont say things like": run, dont walk." but instead" keep going"or jusy simply jiayou and other more encouraging lines. one of the supporters along the course was even more ridiculous to say:" speed up!" rolllllls eyes.
One of the runners wrote something on his bib that was attached to the back of his top that said, " Architecture makes the world HAPPY"... i was happy to see that too. his HAPPy was really in caps. see think feel passion??
and there was one that said:" I came for the finisher's tee. what about you?"
..hahahaha. samasama.
another one i remembered was" my grandma made me run this" coool grandma.
I had always wanted to accomplish a full marathon ever since i started having the thoughts of running a marathon. maybe initially because i thought that the sports singlet was rather cool. and then it became an urge to challenge myself and also for the awesome finisher's tee. i wouldnt say i love running as much as i used to due to pure laziness. but I had just wanted the feeling of satisfaction from achieving something that was humanely tough which was tougher than i expected.
the first 20 was all gd. plus the fact that i walked almost half of the forst 20k. but to think of it. it's either u conserve ur energy for the last 20+ k or wear urself out for the first k. it doesnt really matter. cos ultimately u cannot finish the full marathon w/o some walking unless u are fullt prepared and trained or u are one of those extremely pro and competitive runners out there. my aim was just to complete the race in a comfortable time and i did it in 7 hours 4 mins. which was acceptable and close to my expectations considering the only running i did in the past 5 months was a 2.4k jog ard the track. lazy ass.
The race was good. good weather execpt for the scorching sun at 11plus that totally burnt my shoulders which is in pain now. :\ but otherwise i just thought that more deep heat could be provided. it was in scarcity( hahaha. econns.) almost everyone was in need of it but the first aid stations ran out of them very quickly and imgaine those runners at the back with muscles pain adn still have 10+ k before the finish line. just thought it was sth important that they should take note of. supporters were rather hyped up but i just hoped that dont say things like": run, dont walk." but instead" keep going"or jusy simply jiayou and other more encouraging lines. one of the supporters along the course was even more ridiculous to say:" speed up!" rolllllls eyes.
One of the runners wrote something on his bib that was attached to the back of his top that said, " Architecture makes the world HAPPY"... i was happy to see that too. his HAPPy was really in caps. see think feel passion??
and there was one that said:" I came for the finisher's tee. what about you?"
..hahahaha. samasama.
another one i remembered was" my grandma made me run this" coool grandma.
AND the L plate guy.
it was his first marathon. and he completed in the end.rmbed seeing him at padang after the race.
to think abt it. i'm rather pleased with my achievements. 10k, 21k and full marathon completed before 20. should i run again next year...? maybe yes maybe not.
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