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Thursday, December 10, 2009
 finally did it after 2years!! completed last sun's standchart half marathon in 2hrs 9mins 35secs. thou' its only a mere 40secs improvement from my 2007 results. but still. glad that i beat my personal best just before i put my 2009 running events to a closing chapter.as usual. flagged off at esplanade bridge and the first 4km of the race route brought us through along shenton way and into marina south. started off slightly below 6min/km until i almost hit the wall as we made our way up the slope of benjamin sheares bridge. haas. damn! i wasnt expecting the upslope and indeed it reduced my pace alot. fortunately. i returned my pace back to 6mins/km as soon as i reached suntec and throughout the rest of the race route. and my split timing for this race is 1hr 13mins at 12.5km and 1hr 25mins at the 13.9km mark. it was until the last 1km i experienced extreme fatigue and heat (thou' weather was good) that i slowed down significantly. to a point that i actually walked quite abit before picking my pace at anderson bridge and slow-jog towards the finishing line. definitely. it wasnt my best finishing as i was expecting better results than this. given the fact ive been training for the past weeks and full of confidence before the race. looking at a brighter side. i slashed off my 'worst' half marathon ever at this aug's ahm by 27mins!! haas. was planning to do some recovery runs this week but i doubt being able to do soo as am on medication for the past 2days. still. would like to do some 10km recovery runs by end of week or early next week in preparation for next sun's fubon taipei half-marathon. will not be gunning for pb next week as i would like to take the opportunity to enjoy the race route in a foreign country. indeed cant wait for the trip and run. as well as more 'surprises' coming up for next couple of days. woosh. cheers.ciaoz Labels: best from me, running Posted by BEST at 1:23 AM
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