Fireworks? It was absolutely fantastic. Crowd? It was beyond comprehension. Spot selected? Best of the best. Time I slept? Late Time i woke up? Early. How it feels to wake up? WTF.
I slept at around 0030hrs, and woke up at 0445hrs. I always thought, why in the world does the marathon start so early. WHY must we meet up at 0530hrs and start running at 0630hrs. WHY! When i reach there, then i realised. It takes a long time to find everyone, it takes a long time to do anything. After i met up with most of the other people i was supposed to meet, we had to decide where to put our bags. After we placed our bags, the toilet queues are so damn long we even decided not to use the toilets.
The morning was purrrfect for a run. The air was cooling, relatively high humidity and cloudy skies. If we didn't dilly dally searching for some stuff that should have been told to us, we would have started on time and probably went back even earlier! So ultimately, we started about 1/2 hr late and my finishing time was 2h 53 min. That would roughly mean i clocked in at 2h 23 min.
When i started the run with a group of my friends,it was the 4 of us running together. Gradually at the 3km mark, it became the 2 of us and by the 10km mark, it became myself. It would be wrong of you to say that they are unfit. I believe they are well as fit or even more than me. However, they just didn't want to run (^_^). After all why run so fast? why tax yourself so much? Slowly la... Enjoy the scenery, live the moment.
From 16km onwards, i started to suffer from cramps and had to walk quite some distances. Stretching, walking until it recovers run for approximately the same distance as i walked and the cycle starts all over again. Damn the rain the day before for the muddy grounds that made my shoes dirty and running across cross country surfaces a pain. The path from east coast park to the marina barrage was totally cross country.
People were walking on the tarmac and so we who want to run faster or overtake them simply ran cross country. Skipping potholes of water along the way. I was rotating between running on the tarmac, mud and in between. It must have been dangerous as an after thought, I felt that i was on the verge of spraining an ankle or a knee if i do Mis-step. The marina barrage at 16km was cool. I didn't thought that it would be a part of the route, it was my first time there and i guess a first for many others too!
From then on, the cramps got worse and i started thinking about what it would it feel like for the next few days of muscleaches? AH HECK! just finish running asap, go home and think later. Despite my faster pace, due to my cramps i realise the people i keep passing always slowly jog back to be beside me. It made me feel slightly demoralised. No matter how much more effort i put is futile... My body has reached its limit. After all, it is the furthurest i have ever ran in my life and continously. So i have broke some personal records haven't I? Haha
This has kinda awoken the fitness vibe in me. I feel like its time to be fit again. Its time to train up again. More of such runs for me in the future? Most probably.
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