Saturday, March 26, 2005

Kedah 12hour Run Race -6th placing !!

I'm very happy to get this placing . Its the most hard earned medal in my life .

I HAVE NEVER RUN A MARATHON IN MY LIFE LET ALONE A TWELVE HOUR RUN !!


REASON FOR JOINNING THIS RUN :

When I heard Tey ( last year 2nd place 84 km , this year 2nd place 91 km) , was going for this run , I decided to follow him .( Terence Leong, Tan Khee Meng and Chin from Penang joined too) I specialise in running 10 km and never run a marathon before . I wanted to see how much my body can take . I know it will hurt but what inspired me are shows like AXN Adventure Racing and reading in magazines about people with no legs who run (wheelchair) marathons and Ironman .

SUPPOSE TO PACE WITH TEY:

Before race , I told Tey that I was suppose to pace with him since i do not have experience . But when the race started , I couldn't find him at all . I guessed he was taking photos . I found him again at the 2nd lap but again he was taking photos and i was 1 lap infront of him .

That was when i decided I should just keep to the same pace I was going , at least it will get me a good marathon time ( although it was not suppose to be the main focus of the race) .Other people were running fast at the beginning of the race . I just kept to my pace .

ANOTHER HAPPY EVENT-P.R for MARATHON :

I wanted to keep up with Tan Khee Meng ( Penguin 2), hence I didn't follow Tey's advise of going very slow . ( I think i don't have the patience)

I timed myself at 4 hours 21 min (not sure how many seconds , forgot to look , inclusive few minutes break at every round , 12 rounds = 1 marathon) ) for the marathon distance .Now I know I can run a marathon at an even faster pace !


HIT THE WALL AT 66 KM ONWARDS

I got thigh ache from this time onwards . In fact at the earlier part of the race , i got calf pain but it dissapeared soon after doing some calf stretches . Anyway , from this lap onwards , i started to take longer breaks every lap .


The last 5 laps (17.5 km) , I had run out of energy and had to do running and walking .In fact I walked the last lap which is at 84 km( the 24th lap)

2ND MARATHON - 7 hours 9 min!!

Since , I came this far , I thought might as well do another marathon and slogged to a very slow timing of 7 hours and 9 mins !

Completed the whole last lap walking with Penguin 2 .


By then there was 30 min to go before 12 hours , but I told the officials I had enough .

WOULD I DO IT AGAIN ?

YES !! Even though suffering .

I have completed my workout for this week , a total of 94 kms .Now , legs aching , hope to recover soon to start training again next week .


Lap analysis :


Fastest lap : Lap 7 @ 24.5 km = 5 min 37 sec per km pace
Average lap when hit wall at 66 km = Average aprox. 8 km per km pace
Marathon P.R Pace : 4 hour 21 min = Average 6 min 11 sec per km pace




Duration of race : 12 hours

Location : Kedah , Kubang Sepat

Mileage : 84 km

3 comments:

John said...

Congratulations for the Outstanding result! You've done 2 marathons in one day, at one go, on your first attempt! Can you imagine that? Sure a sweet memory for the rest of your life. Cherish the moment.

Anonymous said...

Next year .. go kick the "Tau Sar Pow's" ass. Train to hit 120km. From Penguin-6

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