Naturally, I HAD to go shopping to prepare for my run... first thing I bought.. a pair of running shorts from Nike! I prefer it to the long running tights that I had previously worn (only thing I didn't think about, and luckily it didn't affect me.. was chaffing! hahaha) Second thing I bought was a handphone armband to put my Blackberry Q10, some cards, cash and my car keys in.. beats carrying a fanny pack any day! Thirdly I bought this awesome wireless Sony Walkman MP3 player!! In hot pink! It's so awesome.. just the headphone and nothing else.. no wires getting in the way.
I didn't get to use it on the run unfortunately.. I couldn't put music in it as it doesn't work in Itunes, and you can't rip out of Itunes, which bugs the hell out of me because I paid for the music, therefore I should be able to do what I want with it right?!?! So that's my purchases ready for the run.
It was really fun.. me and Riv had butterflies in our stomach before the race.. thinking 'oh no.. what have I gotten myself into?!?!' It was still dark when our race began (6.15am) and we started out really strong! about 400m down the line, klutzy me tripped over those small speed bumps.. and almost fell flat on my face.. hope nobody saw that.. but we jogged and overtook people.. and I for one wasn't feeling all that huffy and tired and 'lungs will explode if I don't stop now!' I was feeling pretty damn good I must say.. until the stitch came around 1.5km later.. arghhhh.. I had to stop cos it was killing me! So as dramatic as I could.. I told Riv to go on without me (think Titanic moment!) and I walked to the water station at 2km mark and guzzled water which made the stitch go away.. I started jogging again but couldn't find Riv anywhere.. so I started my walking and jogging combo.. and running through all the traffic lights, only because motorists were so impatient these days and policemen were getting frazzled by all the honking.. that.. and I didn't want to die crossing the roads.
I came in at an awesome time of 1 hour and 32 minutes! Yeah baby! That's like a whole 10 minutes off my previous best at the Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon! It was truly an enjoyable race/run because it took the scenic route through Kuching city.. and it started early enough so that non of us were scorched by the sun..
Funny thing was that I came in at the same time as my B-I-L.. I caught up with him at the last 500m (he took part in the fun run) and I was all but happy to walk next to him.. when he decided 'no.. we have to run!' so he pushed me and started running.. so I had no choice but to run together with him.. and it was awesome.. I was so tired.. my legs were burning.. but B-I-L encouraged me and made me go on til we crossed the finished line together.. what an awesome feeling when you finished!
Yes.. I made it.. I got my medal! (looks like I woke up and forgot to put on pants as well!) but yes.. that achievement you feel when you receive a medal for it in the end.. it's just beyond your wildest dreams. And look.. my bib has my lucky number 137 on it :) I believe that brought me luck throughout my run.
These are my colleagues who took part in the run with me.. (except for the Hard Rock lady) and this year, we all did the 10km together. It was awesome.. real funny when the two colleagues on my either side called me halfway during the run and asked me if I wanted McDonalds (the race goes past the store) and I claimed that I had passed it ages ago.. only then did they realise that I wasn't behind them.. I was in front of them! Tsk tsk tsk.. guys and their male ego :P
So next year.. attempt the half marathon? :)
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By the way, to the guy who left the comment on my blog about how 10km is NOT a marathon .. dude.. who got your knickers tied in a knot? Who died and made you the dictionary? A marathon is 'any long distance race' and frankly.. it's MY opinion that 10km is LONG distance.. but that's just it.. MY opinion. You can call it whatever you want, and I decide to call it my marathon. OKAY? If you don't like it.. don't read my blog!
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