This will be a pretty long entry...........
cous its a long event..........
took me 2 days to get it up..........
give face ok..........
haa.......
Standered Chartered Marathon 2008
Day before the race we went to plaza singapura for a surprise birthday dinner planned for lex....
The thing is next day hav to wake up at 3 to prepare as bus leaves from tampines stadium at 4.......
during dinner i found out from ying jian that during the pack collection day should have collected the bus ticket too(ticket was paid when i applied for the race)..........
i was so pissed........
how can the organiser be so lousy in passin the message............
there goes my $5.............
the next day went stadium and paid $5 cash(again)...........
how nice.......
Race day
rise but not shine........
haa.......
its 3am, while the entire world is slping.....
poor runners are up preparing for the big day.............
tis time round i make sure i set aside more time for contact lens wearing........
lolx..........
took a cab down to the stadium.........
its jus a few streets away but guess wad.......
its 13dollar on the meter............
woow..........
to think that i have to pay anther 5dollar extra later.........
haa.............wad an expensive run.........
At the site
it was such a huge event...........
changed to my shoes..........
vaseline all over.............
esp my butt crack armpit & nips............
i wan nth but the smoothest run possible............
maahahahhaaa........
off we go to deposite our bags...........
the rain last nite left the entire field muddy........
and that i really mean MUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............
bloody hell spoils my mood 2nd time............
final visit to the LOO before we hit the starting point to carry on with warmups............
At the start point(merlion bridge)
we walked to the 5hr pacer mark then look at each other.....
haa.........
then walk all the way to the 4hr pacer mark.........
the MC was shouting throught the mic saying"LETS WAKE UP THE PEOPLE IN THE HOTELS!!!!!"...........
wahhaaa.........
damn cool.........
countdown begins..........
before we know it........
its time to go.........
1st 16km is the 'resist temptation' period........
haaa...........im gonna run wit a strategy tis time..........
not lik last marathon..........
duno anything jus whack.........
the plan tis yr is to go really slow for 1st 16km.......
then jog from drink-point to drink-point till 30km before using the walk-run method...........
haa..........
perfect plan huh............
this time im all out to break my previous record......
hopefully by half an hour..........
so i keep slowing down as the temptation to go fast will set in.........
lots of idiot running pass lik its their last 1km..........
real green horn...........
haa..........
lots of colors peeing along the way can.............
its like got chinese, indians, australians, americans' peeing all over raffles!!!!!!!!...........
cool stuff............
It was sight seeing all the way till we hit east coast park......
And its not even 12km *still warm-up for me............
by the time, its already break of dawn...........
all bright and sunny..........
*that means if you didn really train well it can all be seen and will all be seen by others!!!..................
haa.............
At 16km
finally................
tme to release slightly and go at normal speed......
but not forgetting its still long way from finishing............
overtook ying jian...........
ran pass the turnin point...........
at tis time my rate was pretty fast...........
overtaking throughout the whole journey............
nice feeling............
well..............
The 30km sign board few hundred metres ahead.......
i felt a cramp on my left...........
Damn!!!!!!!!!..........
1st thought was that im gone man..............
i think to myself*hell no!!!...........
how can tis happen to me!!!.........
then all sorts of negative stuff entering my brain at tis point of time...........
Saw a guy by the side appearently haven cramp too..............
then guess wad............
haa..........
together nag out..........
lolx!!!.................
He tries to motivate me by startin to slow jog..........
i tried a few steps but its almost reachin the point of no return.............
so i wave at him to go ahead...........
then i started walkin..........
after few mins i felt much better............
then i overtake him and neber see him again............
haa..........
ON and OFF i go applying the walk-run strategy............
with my mind very cautious about my left cramp............
by then, the sun is already high up and cooking the runners...........
the thing is, i have not been trainin Day-run due to work(i think tts the cause of my cramp).........
anyway...........
with finishing line jus upfront..........
i couldn't do my power run finishin cous my leg wil go into serious cramp anytime............
sadly i went the fastest i could and completed the race...............
Guess wad...........
i broke my Personal Best!!!!!!!!......................
haaa.......
not by as much as i wanted....
but as the saying goes.........
*no fish prawn also good............
haa............
and now its time to go try the massage!!!!!!!!!!!!.................
wah i tell u........
the queue is so worth waiting..........
the 10min of massage is simply Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!...................
two nice lady using wadever skill they learned doin oil massage for ur almost gone legs!!!!!!!!!...................
hell to the yeah................
haaa............
walk around few times.........
saw alot of my ex commandos...........
my timing is better then almost all(shows all ORD liao lazy, my kind of lousy timing also can beat them)...........
never-the-less
chalton did 3hr plus.......
crazy shit man..........
Back to the muddy-like-hell bag collection point to recover my stuff..............
then saw jy and alan........
then after that few more ex commandos came...........
haa!!!!!.......
photo time..........
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and like always.............
the feelin of completing a marathon is more than words can express...........
i really dun wan to miss out that feeling anymore in life.............
so.........
i joined sundown marathon!!!!.................
wanted to join 84km..........
but really pricey and i bet i will not have that much time to train.............
so its better not to join something i don't think will do well.............
anyway...........
its earli bird price from now till 31jan09........
the singlet is pretty nice.............
previous participants extra 15%...........
so why not...........
runners are winners..................
keep running...............
ok......cramp sucks............
with ying jian................
wit some commandos...........
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haaaa...................
and heres the result............
*click to enlarge
belief it or not this timing is bein completed wit alot of folks, aunties, ladies and even teenagers............
so i think its not really that tough............
During my wait for the massage, i chat up wit this 40 yr old 'ang moh'..........
his 1st marathon..........
guess wad......
he did 4hr..........
muhahaaa............
take your 1st step..........
goes a long mile...........
till u read again
Saturday, December 20, 2008 ♥
Vertical Marathon 2008(part2)
Managed to get the rankin & timing for the vertical marathon.......
and correction for previous entry....
im in the mens 20-29 category instead of mens open.........
haa........not bad arh my ranking........
62 out of 297.......
my timing would hav landed me 41 out of 256 if im in mens open.......
so not bad at all.........
And so the decision is been made to be back next year!!!!...........
woow.........
mens open!!!...........
haaa...........
*click to expand
till u read again
Thursday, December 18, 2008 ♥
Vertical Marathon 2008
16 november
Was reali scared the previous nite........
i have neber joined tis kind of event b4..........
although alot of pre-trainin is been done............
*been climbin the stairs every single day ever since i sign up for tis.......
*power runs...........
jy wanted to be there earli...........
i wanted more slp.........
thus i try to squeeze my preparation time so i can wake up ltr.......
had a pretty late nite slp(food safari roadshow)...............
did everything real fast...........
jus when puttin on the damn contact lens......
took me freaking 20 mins(im not jokin).......
Real Frustratin..........
Finally the damn lens onto my eyes n hair spray b4 i head down.....
yj drivin his dad's new car...........
how nice to hav a race partner(stayin near u & drives)......
haa............
At the location
imagine racers in sports wear all over swissotel...........
took our chip.....
tag and pins..........
went to the startin point........
there is tis big screen wit camera at 42nd floor.........
haaaa...............
so obviously the strategy is to 'no matter how tired i am at 42nd floor'
mus REMAIN SHUAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............*handsome
muhahahaaaaaaaa..............
competitors is bein dispatched by details......
each detail consist of 8 ppl.........
wit interval of few mins........
so detail by detail..........
age group by age group..........
gender by gender they go..........
b4 we knoe it........
few hours are gone........
Never-the-less its our turn(mens open).........
lets queue!!!!!!!!!!!!............
All set to go........
Here we go!!!!!!!..........
holding the watch in my hand i tak notice of my time closely.........
haa.........held my speed..........
up and up i went.........
at jus 7th floor my throat was all dry & i dun seems to be in control of my breath........
lookin @ the watch.........1min30s.......
im behind target time...........
(the thing is, during trainin back home i do 53sec every 10 stories
so my target is to maintain 1min every 10stories)
well....decided nt to watch the time too closely b4 i even get my breath to the right beat.........
ahead i go.......higher & higher........
my mind starts to focus on gettin to 42 instead of 73.........
haaa............
the leg goes numb at about 30+...........
b4 i knoe it...........
its time to act handsome for our fans at the screen...........
its 42nd!!!...............
haaa.............i started to run up the stairs..........
at tis point im totally out of breath...........
'how cum i didn stop?'
cous i keep repeatin in my mind..........
"u trained harder than anyone else(over & over)"
tts wad kept mi goin...........
by the time i was at 50+ no 1 is near mi..........
i overtook the whole of previous detail..........
lookin at my watch thinkin....
nt bad timin.........
10 more to go.......
HELL NO MAN.........!!!!
i was so tired tt i calculated wrongly..........
its 20+ more to top.......
haaaa.............
i stopped for seconds to catch my breath........
and then off i go.......
never looked back............
when i finally reached the top, saw the daylight..........
its time to 'shua shuai' again.........
started to jog...........
haaa............almost fall down can.......
the leg feels so weak that its as if its gonna break..........
across the finish line & yes......
i made it...........
time on my watch...........
10half++
im lik wow!!!!..........
walked 2 rounds on the rooftop..........
my lungs are burnin.......!!
it reali feels horrible.........
terrible..........
after a while jy came up...........
time.....15half++
took some pics & went down.....
almost roll down the stairs can.........
legs gone...........
haaa...........
i thought have to walk all the way down lah......
might as well kill mi.............lolx........
the lift is at level 71...........
Finally make it to level 1 to collect our certs..........
was told tt hav to wait 30 mins............
so yj accompany mi to go buy some books..........
came back to tak the certs.........
guess wad............
i was so shock and then turned to disappointment.........
12.15 on the cert...........
wad the hell is tis...........
well nvm..........its over anyway........
haa...........then went back suntec bookfair to get 1 more book.........
also to say hi to the guys at the food safari roadshow.......
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here is some of the pics..............
enjoy..........
took tis while waitin for our turn.....
the sun was shinin right behind the camera man.......
view from the top......
haaa...........
jus before we head to tak lift at 71..........
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anyway.......hope u lik tis..........
will update Standard Chartered Marathon ASAP..........
cheers.............
till u read again
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