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hello :)
Monday, June 09, 2008
9:24:00 am
Been there, done that! Feel good inc.
:)
The following is all about yesterday:
AND SO, I tried to sleep before 9pm the night before but I kept waking up. Finally woke up proper at 5.15am to eat breakfast and move my butt down to the car. We left pretty late at around 6am. First fetched sis down to one raffles quay. It's really nice to see all the activity, cordoned off areas, police vehicles, ppl cycling to the venue etc! Headed down to ecp, reached pretty late, and by the time I reached the main tent etc it was like 10mins left to flag off for guys wave 3.... That left me like 20mins to stone alone.
So when it was our turn to go off, I forgot what a joy it is, to run with girls who run at a normal girls speed. It's been so long since I ran with people, and the times when I run, it's like with madly fast ppl (girls run as fast as guys speed get what I mean) that I've been feeling so sian with running cuz I'm so slow! haha. So I pretty much spent the first 5km there crawling through, trying to dodge ppl, and weave my way in between a whole bunch of ppl crawling!
I think the whole run was very well-paced. I went very slowly in the beginning, and when I turned around after the 5km mark, somehow just speeded up, and just spent the whole time overtaking, being overtaken only by the 10km guys whose wave was 15mins after ours. Knowing they were out to win, it's pretty cool to see them whiz by. (and secretly u go wow..)
I have to talk about the most amazing thing.
Okay, I was running and being overtaken by quite a number of guys. Then it was just another guy overtaking me. I somehow caught myself thinking: wah so cool. And I dunno for what reason Clement crossed my mind. But I was thinking all the action is taking place in the city at the SAAB City Duathlon cuz they should be there! It wasn't till he was like 50m in front, that I realised he looks ALOT like clement from the back! The height, the running way, the attire. But cuz it was rather a straight road, can't really catch his face. And so I looked till he disappeared. I was really thinking I was seeing things, cuz he should be at city duathlon! Anyway I almost hyperventilated then. (kidding!) Just got very excited, and you know, squealing away inside me.
It almost made me run faster altho it's quite impossible cuz I'll never be able to catch up. So anyway I just plodded on, overtake ppl, and never stopped at any water spots for 100plus or water all throughout the 15km! And I kinda went pretty fast (for my standard) for the 5km to 13km stretch... And the last distance or so I kinda flew. I guess that's what I tend to do when I reserve too much energy before. Your legs just have some adrenaline of it's own kind which you don't even know where it comes from and it just keeps moving faster and faster and yet you don't feel anything that kind of feeling. The feeling of might-as-well-use-up-all-the-remaining-energy. So I just dodged and flew by BUNCHES of ppl. Seriously I felt like I was flying. It felt so good.
And so I finished, 1hr35min. First time doing so long. Finally I can stop saying my longest running distance is 6km. I accomplished my 2 goals I set out to which is to NOT walk (hence I didn't even stop at water points) and secondly to finish before 2 hours hahha! AND I did the best of my ability to not pull down my sis' name TOO badly since I'm running under her name and ppl will wonder how come she suddenly so slow! HAHA. I wonder what's my position tho!
So after I returned my chip, and guzzled down one whole can of 100plus straight, I met winnie and angela! (sis' 2 frens) I went there only knowing yonghwee was going but I didn't meet him. So was mostly alone. Except I ran past chenyi. So I met sis' 2 frens and hung out with them awhile. They're mad and nice ppl :)
I tried looking for him and found him at the tent for prize winners (u'll always know where to find him). So I was really RIGHT, that was him. BUT i didnt. Maybe it was my last chance cuz he's going NS soon I should think. 10 years! aiyo. But it really kinda amazed me that subconsciously all those happened. Considering I don't even know him and haven't seen him much actually. Although I was seriously convinced he would've gone for city duathlon and wouldn't be here. Maybe it's cuz it's like half my life. In the subconscious already or something.
So I spent the next few minutes squealing away, as I walked out to main road to wait for dad. No, I didn't stalk him. HAHA!
All in all, I enjoyed myself alot surprisingly and the whole run wasn't a torture as I thought it would be. I guess I must've gotten very good at people watching, talking to myself, and stoning, and hence did it for 1hr 35mins with much ease. I guess that's what lance means partly when he said it's a very individual sport. It did help that I was running at ecp, and the weather was simply PERFECT! Cloudy, no sun, cool air. As much as marcus and leewei claim they're solar powered, I am, totally solar-UNpowered. I hope 21km would be as good.
I think, I like the atmosphere of taking part in such runs. With so many ppl, it's really no problem to find ppl your speed. But somehow, I keep having this panic attack when I realise I'm overtaking my pacers. I mean, pacers arent meant to be overtaken! Whenever that happens, it begins the whole long process of trying to find another pacer. For quite a long period of time, I was mainly running on my own, cuz the next ppl were too far in front.
I think it helped alot wearing my sister's racers which was half a size too small for her. It makes running so much easier! But, cuz of the shape of my feet, my big toe is rather big, and so both my toenails are STILL aching now cuz they were a little jammed and I was rather afraid to tie my shoelaces too tight wait my feet get choked but looking back now I think I should have. Around the 10km mark there it started to get quite irritating. And the last few km could feel the balls of my feet getting abit too-rubbed and my toes quite horrible haha.
But I like the atmosphere so much. It's so much better than running alone you know! I knew after the run that I'll be going for more of such things in the near future! But now, there's still the problem of Sunday piano lessons.
Anyway, didn't have time to stay long. Zoomed home by car, and hurriedly left to pandan valley for first student at 1145. After which, taught all the way till 5pm before I had a little break and continued for one more hour till 645pm. Such a loonggggg day.
But it felt so good serious! :)
My sis was a noob, and cycled an extra loop for her duathalon. What a waste! I didn't know mok was at passion run till sis said after haha. Didn't see him! She said he won 2nd for 15km. Cool beans. If she was here, she could've won alot of stuffs too! But, since they're all vouchers, she said duathlon more interesting so she went for that haha. But I'm glad for the experience and for this chance to run! It makes me feel that running's not so bad after all. When you don't have to push running intervals that is HAHA!
I really thank God for the energy and the strength, cuz I know what happened to my 12.5km attempt run that day :) It's definitely all thanks to God for this nice run :)