Today is saturday and i have been working from 2 pm till 9 pm. After the stupid paper work were all done , i decided to spend some time to update the blog. While i am typing this, the pig is having fun on the mahjong table. He has probably forgotten his lover is working late and feeling stressful, altho not too long ago he just called and said that he is worried about my gastric problem.
In between work , i managed to check my first marathon result from internet. As expected it is 1 hour 27 minutes. I think it is not a good result as i had a few trainings before that, well not too many, may be just 6 or 7 times in the 3 months after I have registered for the run. I am not happy with the result but i can only blame myself for I did not go down to HK earlier the day before the run. The run was on 17 Feb, to and fro btwn North Point and Causeway Bay. My colleague and i reached the HK apartment on 16 Feb at 7.30 pm. I went to bed at 11 pm after dinner but only slept at 1 am due to my gastric problem ( i ate curry beef rice from Fairwood) . I have been having stomach upset recently due to poor digestive system and it was the same for that night. In the end, i slept for 2 hrs before i woke up at 3 am to wash up and took a bus to go to Causeway Bay, the 10Km run starting point.
At 6.10 am , the run started, and we were all like sardine fish in a tin can, running slowly towards the starting point. Not having enough sleep the night before caused me to have back ache as usual. Despite the awful feeling for the first 2 km , i managed to run non stop for the first 4 km. The view along the way was good as we were running on an expressway by the sea side and the cold winter air was soothing. By the time i reached the U turn point, i was both hungry and thirsty as i did not eat and drink much since i woke up at 3 am. Luckily, the organisers began to supply water in paper cups and I managed to drag myself further for a few more kms. When I reached the 6 km mark, i had lost my stamina and started to walk. The funniest thing is i can see handicapped/visually impaired/fat/old runners all ahead of me, so paiseh. I started to run on and off along the remaining distance. When i finally reached the last km, many ppl cheered for the runners. I imagined i am Liu Xiang ( China's #1 sprinter ) and pushed myself to run non stop for this last km and that was it.
After the event, my colleague and I went back to the apartment to catch up the sleep , we went to bed at 11 am and woke up at 3 pm, without bathing. hehe...
Despite the fatigue and aches after the run, the 10km run was quite an easy and comfortable distance to cover, and i will do it again whether i am in HK or Singapore next year. For the next 2 days, i was walking like a crippled man. Everyone who saw me asks : " Eh, what happened to your legs?" :-)
Darby
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