standard chartered marathon 2007

it's good to know what you are getting yourself into...last year's virgin marathon was a very very painful experience....
so with last year's pain in mind, i thought this year i should be better prepared...

i brought along a pack of powergel to fight the hunger that would arrive once nearing the ecp...and i rubbed loads of deep heat before leaving home...

during the run, i rubbed loads of deep heat once i saw pple handing out deep heat and kept myself hydrated...

so for the 1st 21km, i did pretty well...abt 1hr 42min...personal best 21km timing i think...

but once again...the dreaded ecp portion slowed down my pace by alot...could not maintain my less than 5min per km speed...all i wanted to do was to get the hell out of the park...and by the time i left the park...i was 2km behind my planned speed...sianz

bumped into familiar faces in ecp..for some reason i just looked at the right place at the right time...i saw tricia and waved...i saw thomas and waved...its nice to see familiar faces during races =)

another nice thing to mention is all the nice people cheering you on along the way...all the people whom you don't even know...but there they are smiling and clapping their hands...saying words of encouragement...

in the end i got back in 4hrs 1min thereabouts...slower by 1min compared to last year...argh...really thought i could improve at least by a little...but alas...could only hit my target of maintaining the 4hrs...technically i didn't also...exceeded by 1min wor...

but the best part of whole event (apart from actually finishing all that 42.195km of running) was after the collection of the medal and finisher T...i saw a familiar face waiting for me at the exit there...

nothing beats a familiar face flashing a warm smile at you after a 4hr run=)