Woke up at 0330, left at 0400, reach at 0430. Ready to move to the front by 0515, managed to make out way to the front. Really front!! just 10 steps, you can shake hands with the elites. Warm up wasn't done as planned only managed to do some swing of limbs but muscles still not warmed up enough.
1-7km: Decided to pace Grace and MK till ECP but due to individuals' different water points, we split up before we even reach Nicholl Highway and Wilson tightening his laces at Flyers.
7-12km: (55mins @ 10km)
Nothing much, other than got caught up by MK. Tried pacing with him, but his pace was too fast. Saw Andrina at Fort Rd area.
Basically first 12km is like looking around for possible pacing partners. Thinking of using the Nike and Adidas Pacers, but their pack is abit big. Wilson and Grace is no where to be seen at this point of time.
12-30km: (1:55 @ 20km)
Shit my legs starts to feel bit of warming-up-aches. But surprisingly the Glucosamine cream which i applied on my knee area the night before takes effects. It started to heat up when contact with my sweat. Hence i treat it as Deep Heat, which effects last me till turning point.
Here is the exciting part of the whole run
Caught up by Wilson around 17-18km (OSIM Tri SP) also where i dropped my sunglasses lens as I'm trying to wipe them. (Shit! I'm gonna dropped by Wilson even before 21km! Why i need to face Wilson at the first part of the run...) Usually he will just continue with his pace, drop and widen the gap eventually. Saw his running form, remember seeing it when doing the 20+k run at ECP. Relaxing yet long strides (compare to me). Decided to just keep him on visual contact, 200m in front of me.
Stalking behind him, trying to close the gap between him and me. Finally at the turns towards the Chalets, i saw him applying Deep Heat. That's the time i overtook him, but soon he caught up with me. Running side by side like tug-of-war, always cutting tangent of the route to gain a few steps ahead of him. Outside, putting up a strong form to deter him from keeping up with me anyway. Inside, praying that he decided to leave me alone. Every time he caught up with me again i was like Shit~! No~! Finally, he gave up. Not to be contented, i skipped my possible toilet breaks at ECP and constantly keep a lookout for him during water stations.
So for the whole ECP run is about catching and overtaking Wilson. Finally earned a bragging right!
30-34km: (2:45 @ 30km)
Thinking about the last 12km of the run, i started wondering whether i made the right choice of pushing before the 30km. Upon exiting ECP, my nightmare appeared. Merging with the 21km runners. Freaking crowded! Not just that, everyone is walking! Immediately flipped when i saw the scene..
34-38km:
Back to the peaceful run, parted the 21km runners where we run into the stadium road and follow by the Kallang Area. Encountered like 2-3 gentle slopes, triggering aches on our less used muscles like the thighs. The new route didn't come out as a surprise, think we ran it the year before. Last part of this route is the underpass which descends and ascend with greater steepness. Saw MK at 32-33km, running against me, with estimated time about 5mins or 1km.
39-42km:
Merge back with the crowd again!!! argh!! Ran pass Paddock, now without the Grand Stand. Thanks god that stretch is wide and all the crowd is gathering to the water station. I decided to drop this last water station and drink up my remaining powergel.
Last 10km is about trying hard maintain my running form and hopefully savage abit of speed so not to waste my previously earned 15mins of buffer time. But for the last 5km, i wasted my 10min of it. Walked like 5 times ranging from 30sec to 1min. My chest that time is really tight, seems to exerting too much. Still thinking of walking the last 2km back while still able to enjoy the personal achievement of having a sub 4hr timing..
Last 100m stretch:
Damn! I was so shag that i went to the 10km and 21km lane and ended from there. I'm preserving my best image at the finishing line! Ended at the wrong lane, not sure whether the photographer got capture me anot.. Next is I'm not sure whether there is a difference in the lane timing. I asked the official, they told me to walk pass the 42k finish line again. -_-"
Finisher Post!Shagged but Fulfilling
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