Sunday, December 03, 2006
did 10km for standard chartered singapore marathon today. got a new pb although i had wanted to just slack and do a sunday jog. anw, it's not exactly a good timing since i'm not really into long distance running. the first 10km guy finished the run while i was still laxing at the 6km mark xD whatever it is, i'm still satisfied with my run. a pb is a pb.
and the run was quite a refreshing one despite me e-braking a few times when some runners cut in front of me suddenly. they wont pass their driving test if they drive like that. and there was one point where i almost sprain my ankle. lucky me. anyway, along the way, there were numerous supporters/cheerleaders just screaming their lungs out, trying to keep the runners going as some of them were about to succumb to fatigue. i too had the urge of shouting "c'mon keep it up" or just some words of encouragement when i see people stopping right in front of me, but i didn't. however i remember shouting thank you to a group of supporters screaming their heads off somewhere along the route.
was running with haikal for the first 7km. the first 4-5km was quite relaxed, around 50% effort. up till the 6km, steadily increased to 60% as i slowly pick up the momentum. broke away from haikal at the 7km mark and went on to increase my pace to abt 70-80% effort until between the 8km and 9km mark where my engine stalled and i had to slow down for a while before force myself to pick up again. saw the "500m left" sign and over-excitement almost made me went into a full spirnt, but thankfully i learnt how to control myself or i would have died before crossing the finishing line.
and once again, the finishing was superb. as i turned into the padang, i could hear the music from the speakers, it wasn't some crap song like my humps by the black eye peas (they played that some time after i finished), but it was some music they play when people makes a grand entrance(or semi-grand la). i heard the shouts from the supporters. people were cheering, some for their loved ones, some just cheering for total strangers. photographers were busy snapping pictures, marshals were busy directing people around. balloons were flying up in the sky, and right below it, the gantry with the finishing line. and a ticking timer to go along with it. the atmosphere was just... wow. with 200m left, i gave everything i had left and dipped across the finishing line.
i like that feeling =)
that's about it for my run today guess... it was quite worth the 25 bucks i paid. besides a refreshing morning run, there's free 100 plus (took 2 cans of it) and free bananas afer the race. the race pack is kinda good. the bag itself is not bad. aside from that over-sized shirt, there's rice/pasta, another bag, deep heat and there's 20% off adidas running products for all registered participants (sadly i didn't make use of it) and other stuff in it. not bad.
oh yar, anyone wants to watch flags of our fathers? ask me out for a movie or something... i haven't been watching a movie for some time...
shall end off here with a quote from darren twan's msn nick:
"the largest room in the world... is the room for improvement"
aaron | 7:26 PM
