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Monday, December 8
@ 5:03 PM
STANDARD CHARTERED HALF MARATHON. Yesterday, I took part in the 21km race category. Actually halfway the run I felt pretty disappointed and demoralised cos I cannot run as before but really glad that I managed to crawl myself back to the ending point without giving up. I nearly died on my way running and so so so so much wanted to give up before the 8km mark because of blisters and not enough stamina to carry on. I developed like four blisters on my toes and was so painful that I went to the medic for plasters. I even had a gauze placed under the ball of my right foot to cushion it cos there's one blister there. Really thankful because, when i was at the medic Karen was there waiting for me. Usually I won't drink too much fluids when running but this time round i was so thirsty that almost every water point after the 8km mark, i had to take a drink. That of course gave me a little stitches. I couldn't catch up with Karen so I let her go ahead first, dont wanna pull her back too. By the 13 km mark, i couldn't take it so i started walking already. Was like walking and running but i walked more - all the way to the finishing point. I also took drinks at each stop and the banana since im not running much anymore. I think i didn't do proper warm up and warm down cos the joints on my right leg hurts like hell when i try to walk after the whole run. I can only stand on my left leg.
I've done it last year too and managed to achieve a timing of 2hours 58 minutes; I did it this year too with a timing of 3hour 18min (that's the time shown on the clock when i arrived at the finishing point) but the only difference is that i didn't train for it this year.
Its about 20 minutes difference when i didn't stop running last year compared to me walking this year. Two possibilities; I read the clock wrongly or I must have been a snail last year. ha!
Headed down to expo after showering. After service while waiting for the rest of the guys I took a walk at the John little sale. Nothing much except for some good buys at the bedlinen section. Had dinner at katong - nasi lemak. The chicken wing is fantastic. Yums. Btw, that was my meal of the entire day. Slacked around for awhile till about 11 plus and went over to TX's for MJ. Ended around 6plus in the morning, came home and slept. I THOUGHT MY LEGS COULDN'T MOVE ANYMORE. They felt so heavy that when i wanted to turn around on the bed, it wouldn't budge ! Took me so much effort just to move it a little. Now, i can only walk super slowly. My right ankle hurts very badly. =( Next year, i make sure i will put in more effort to train if i'm going to run again.
