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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