Hey pple...
Im really tired...zzz...sdvnsn nkvlsdn ...opps...fell asleep on the keyboard...lol jokin.. juz exagerating...but the tired part is real...think this is the tired-est i have ever felt in my life...hmm...let me share the happenings of this 2 days...
3dec 5.30...dragged myself out of bed...half-sleepy eyed...then suddenly 6.30 im at the start line for the standard chartered half marathon...btw i was running w my dad...so start...then we ran at a rather comfortable pace...like our usual runs...trying to conserve...looking around,see if i can spot anyone i knew...aft like 40+minutes or something i spotted 9 yellow vests running in pairs...yes! it was our senior gals!!!my mind was blank...(im retarded when i run...honest)then i took like 3sec to shout out Brigette's name coz she was in front...and they turned to see a crazy me waving frantically at them...got really excited...so i started to pick up the pace...happily overtaking pple here and there(but tats coz we were rather behind)until we reached the durian infrastructure...completed 15km!tats was like my record of longest distance ran...but after passing it,my soles started to feel dull ache...then gradually every step in contact with the ground was painful...not to mention the knee ache since 8km...but of coz i wunt stop juz coz of tat...i came to finish...by 17+km think my dad started to feel tired...but we still continued on...then we left like 2km according to the very doubtful signs...and we were about 14min to 2.5hrs...so i bluffed my dad and said we only left 12min!!!(actually we were aiming for 2hr45min...but aft 15km we were trying 2hr30min)So i was like come on...faster...think he almost died..opps...but at least we did speed up for the last km or so and managed a comfortable stride to the finish line...i loked at my watch...not a sub 2hr30min...but a 2hr30min nonetheless...to be exact...2hr30min34sec.This is my longest continuous running time...okay...i noe ive rowed like 4hrs in the canoe marathon b4...but this is different...im not sitting on my butt and swinging my arms...in running...you have to move your legs AND swing your arms...lol...and i promised myself not to walk...it wasnt juz about completing the distance,but to run it.
On the way...there was like lots of 1ooplus and water...its like there is ABSOLUTELY no way you can get dehydrated...drown probably...but not die of thirst...the trick was how to drink AND run without knocking down anyone AND not spill 100plus on yrself AND get water in your nose...of coz...i didnt succeed...so there was probably a trail of ants following me as i ran...
Anyway,it was a good experience and sorta a sneak preview to what a marathon is like...thinking bout this...im sorta determined to do the full thing next year...although there will be A levels,think ill train at least 15-20km...if i cant take it the walk lor...main aim next year is to finish!
4Dec 7.30am carrying boats outside the shed...muz have not recovered yet although i slept a record total of 9hrs...coz i was breathing hard juz carrying the T1s...then the run...i felt like i was dragging a stone...and when they said stride i was......[sensored comments].....suddenly i cant run fast...so glad when dynamics came.and now,we go onto the main programme...1km,900,800,700,600...alone...quite tiring...coz i was rowing with not much aim...juz trying not to let the raptors beat me by too much...but b4 reaching the 800m set i somehow managed to catch up with mr.yong's T1...and somehow he ended starting that set with me...so i whacked really hard...trying like mad to beat him...i guess i managed to, but my form was way off...so i guess it wasnt so useful...and when heading back...it wasnt much recovery...we were still rowing like in warmup round...then before i turn finish he was like GO!then subsequent sets he told me to slow down and focus on pulling the water...arghh!i was trying...but he kept saying i wasnt...so i just tried and tried and tried.Finally we finished the 600m set...then he said:go to 500m...okay...yar...so we rowed there and did 400,300,200,100...last set was supposed to be high cycle...but aft 50m i felt like my arms were paralysed...and my right paddle kept getting sucked in...i was like-no way im gonna capsize and start the 1km sets again...so i was a little slower...although i was pulling as hard as my body would allow...and den i helped geraldine abit...and the additional milage in the bay...
On the whole...i think its a once in a lifetime chance to row one-on-one with mr.yong...it really pushed me to more than my max...i just wished i could push even harder...there is never enuf...one thing i remembered in my retarded state that he said in the 600m (or was it 700m set?) that he said...i ran 70km yesterday...i was thinking i only did 21...and i was in a k...so there was no way i was goin to lag...so i gritted my teeth literally and gave it all i had...Sorry sze...but mr.yong has beaten you to be the person that has pushed me the hardest in sprint sets...
And so...here i am struggling to keep my fingers moving...and opening my eyelids...being the most tired i ever felt...juz feel exhausted and lazy...think i might as well sleep at the keyboard...yawn*
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