Not sure why I looked angry here
(Picture courtesy of Tey)
Before the race , I told Tay Poh Chai that I will be following behind him . Reason was that he is realy improving and getting better timing then me in Network run and GE30 KM . I also like his footsteps sound which helps me to run , its like a piano metronome . His fartlegs are interesting too .
But , as the race began , after 30 to 50 m , he was nowhere near me . I had to just run according to my feeling . But I knew I was at 5th place with Chen in front of me . At the same time , proud to say , its my 1st time in junior veteran category ( 35 till 44 years of age ). Getting old but strong :)
In the end got 5th over 13 place but I felt it was a fairly decent pace based on my trainning . I also achieved my aim of running at least 7 laps in the 1 hr 15 min time zone.
Here are the stats :
Lap 1 : 9 .28 ( Approx 4 min 6 sec per km pace)
Lap 2 : 10.28 ( 1 min slower !! , approx 4 min 33 sec per km pace)
Lap 3 : 10.32 ( Just slower a bit , or positive splits , approx 4 min 34 sec per km pace)
Lap 4 : 10 .47 ( 4 min 41 sec per km pace)
Lap 5 : 10.56 (4 min 45 sec per km pace)
Lap 6 : 11.05 ( 4 min 49 sec per km pace)
Lap 7 : 10.20 (Last lap , the flying lap , I increased the pace) 4 min 29 sec per km pace
Total : 1 hour 13 min 37 sec
Overall , athough didn't win a medal ( only for top 3 ) ,I'm happy with the overall performance because the pace was slightly faster than the Network Run on 1/1/08 where in that run , each lap averaged about 11 min .
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