Army half marathon 2005
This is my race report for the sheares bridge / Army half marathon.
First time i am doing this event of 21km almost twice the distance i did for last year AHM of 12km. As i am quite trained for events like this , therefore there wasn't expecting any problem encountered. But i guess i was wrong. having done 10km/ 13km training run per week was not enuough.
Woke up early at 4am meet up with J at amk to hitch a ride to the padang for the flag off. K din manage to go coz he got headache or butterflies in the stomache hmm not sure about that. Taz was at the esplanade brigde waiting for us (us includes J , Sh, K) . He urshed us to the start point. As usually the purpose of the run is not to win, But to enjoy the run.
The journey was long but enjoyable we started out as a group but at some point. Taz, J and K forged ahead (i believe at the east coast turning point ) me and Sh maintain at a slow and constant pace at about 178 Bpm . At about kallang stadium i lost Sh somewhere in the drinking point area. At this time gulp down a pack of Energy gel as i feel my body is weakening. The water point i notice is not as colorful as last year ( maybe the army folks are cutting cost ?) .
About esplanade part i caught sight of Taz (or rather he caught sight of me) and K. Taz cough was back in action again and was forced to slow down ( his last year timing was 2hr 07 mins dun pray pray) . The road seems tougher with every ending min...And by the time we reach the finishing line. As usual J was there. Collected her goodie bag and had a drink already. Geez wonder what timing she got (coz she had no watch to time) oh well not a bad run as this is my first 21km run.
A run not to be forgotten..
21km - Time clocked 2hr 29mins
Heres the group photo taken
Not the most glam place to be at ..the carpark
A group shot with SGrunners.com
This is my race report for the sheares bridge / Army half marathon.
First time i am doing this event of 21km almost twice the distance i did for last year AHM of 12km. As i am quite trained for events like this , therefore there wasn't expecting any problem encountered. But i guess i was wrong. having done 10km/ 13km training run per week was not enuough.
Woke up early at 4am meet up with J at amk to hitch a ride to the padang for the flag off. K din manage to go coz he got headache or butterflies in the stomache hmm not sure about that. Taz was at the esplanade brigde waiting for us (us includes J , Sh, K) . He urshed us to the start point. As usually the purpose of the run is not to win, But to enjoy the run.
The journey was long but enjoyable we started out as a group but at some point. Taz, J and K forged ahead (i believe at the east coast turning point ) me and Sh maintain at a slow and constant pace at about 178 Bpm . At about kallang stadium i lost Sh somewhere in the drinking point area. At this time gulp down a pack of Energy gel as i feel my body is weakening. The water point i notice is not as colorful as last year ( maybe the army folks are cutting cost ?) .
About esplanade part i caught sight of Taz (or rather he caught sight of me) and K. Taz cough was back in action again and was forced to slow down ( his last year timing was 2hr 07 mins dun pray pray) . The road seems tougher with every ending min...And by the time we reach the finishing line. As usual J was there. Collected her goodie bag and had a drink already. Geez wonder what timing she got (coz she had no watch to time) oh well not a bad run as this is my first 21km run.
A run not to be forgotten..
21km - Time clocked 2hr 29mins
Heres the group photo taken
Not the most glam place to be at ..the carpark
A group shot with SGrunners.com
2 Comments:
At 2:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
yeah! good run handsome!!! We will try to catch J next time
At 2:11 PM,
Janice_O said…
10km to 21km... and it was a breeze rite? so what's next? dun tell me u thinking of stagnating at dat level? if u wan another medal den u gotta sign up for the real marathon manz.. n join the rest of us at the finishing line! den we can really pop champagne together dis time hehe... :>
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