Didn't do as well as I planned .. I was way on track on completing in 4:30 (was close behind the blue pacers balloons till the return leg at playground area which I decided to trail the 4:45..)
Was hovering around them until the 35km
Not to mention the heavy bottleneck part where the half Mara, 10km n the full mara merged.. Drats! All in all walked a couple of km.. Which I know I would definitely made it sub 4:45 at least or 4:30 if I had not slacked on the way.. ;)
Still happy to have done a personal best timing at 4:48:05 with barely 3 hours of snooze time n sore throat that itches a lot (which resulted from the nasal back drip).
Frankly the thought of me collapsing cross my mind cuz I was at some point feeling über light in the head (think low blood sugar) until I sip the gel n constantly hydrate every now & then.. Didn't know that actually a friend collapsed with just 5km more to go n it was might be one of his pb!. His thoughts on the incident.. Thank God he was alright though heard that he almost went Home earlier .. Though sadly one young chap passed away after completing the half. ;(
Anyway pics to commensurate the mini achievement on 4 Dec 2011..
Getting ready the night before
My new running flats! Barely broken in...
The fuel... (but I only brought along 5..) ;) rest reserved for training for sundown I supposed ;)
Brekkie before the 42.195: milo & bread from cedele ;)
In the train (which Smrt kindly extended the operation hours! Tq!).. Full of men! Ladies are minority but thankfully I can use the clean ladies @ orchard mrt without queuing unlike the snaking queue formed outside the gents! ;)
At the starting point.. Outside mandarin gallery.. ;) <3 the Christmas lights!
The official pacers forming a row in front of us behind the sub-4 runners n ahead of us sub-6..
Cheese! (thankfully my nano stays dry thru'out the 42!)
Happy that I'm starting the run with the friend that started me running - Ziv.. It's his maiden marathon! ;)
Completed the full course before 10am! ;) Walking towards the collect the finisher tee & medal & etc..
Thanks to lack of network coverage .. was unable to contact anyone.. Decided to go for the complimentary massage for the full marathon runners, cuz there was no queue! After which, I managed to bump into jac & jus by wandering around the non muddy area opposite padang..
Number supporter jac who went all the way to ecp/ barrage to support her hubby Ziv & me.. Sorry gal, didn't hear u calling me! ;p
Jus finished her first half Mara! Congrats! ;)
Breakfast @ cedele! Happy!! It was packed full house despite us reaching minutes after it opened at 11. ;)
The big brekkie which I didn't managed to finish.. Haha too much meat! ;(
Tummy filled .. Satisfied ;) we ran a good race guys! ;)
Applause To The best supporter of the day!! Thanks babe! ;)
Pookie trying to wear the finisher medal :)
The e-cert which got many people complaining that they didn't get their laminated cert despite paying for the run..
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