I'm a 42.195km finisher

Alrite...I can now officially say I'm a 42.195km finisher...even got a very nice t-shirt..that fits me well too...to tell the world that...haha ;)

Finished the full marathon with a pretty good timing too...sub-5 hours...considering I dun really train much since I always think I can't afford to spend so much time running...and also I prefer to cross train doing other things like...swimming, cycling and playing tennis...and also partly because i'm a slacker...it was a damn GOOD timing ;)
Dun think I'll get any better though...haha...

So how much have I run since AHM? I pretty sure it's less than 100km...btw, kids, dun try this at home hor...I have been training a lot as a competitive tennis player since secondary school till ard JC time...always under the hot sun!!!
Even in uni I regularly trained a lot in IVP tennis, and various other sports in IHG :P
Anyway, I know a lot of ppl just dun think that's a smart thing to do...hehe...run so little...but I'm from this slacker grp of Evan, Jayce and Elaine...we all dun run that much...hehe

So wat happened today?

Woke up at 4am...after abt 5 hours sleep...had some porridge with those leftover steamed meat and mushroom in the fridge...and also a baked sweet potato...porridge and sweet potato prepared the night b4...yummy

Then at abt 4:45am I walked out to wait for kops21 to hijack me to Esplanade...thanx again kops21 ;)
When we reached there...I went to deposit my bags first...wah...my no. tag one got damn long queue...it was quite fast though...
After depositing the bags, went to toilet to pee first...did I mentioned I woke up so many times the night b4 'cos need to pee...so sleepy but the bladder kept waking me up :P

Wanted to go meet up with SGrunners after that...but they seem to have disappeared? I was past 5:45am liao lah...they shld be headed to starting line liao...so I just went there and kept walking towards the front...until finally I found Alvo...and someone else...totally can't recall who was it though :P

At 6am...the horn finally sounded...hmm...it was still at a standstill where we were...after a short while we finally started moving...I din really know who to pace or how fast to go initially...just follow ard and make sure my heart rate dun go too high ;)
After a while...I decided to pace according to my heart rate...maintain it at ard 160 beats per min...that was a good decision man!! I felt good all the way...even now...other than that achy legs...I feel great!!

The first 10km felt fast...din have that "when is the next distance marker coming up feeling"...can't rem wat was my timing for the first 10k...but it shld be 1hr-1hr10mins...'cos I kept checking my per km timings and it was bet 6min to 6min30sec...so dumb of me to forget to use the lap function...I was busy doing math in my head...maybe that's y that 10km felt fast...hehe

From 10km to 21km...it started to feel longer liao...my per km timings were 6min30sec to 7min...still din use the lap function...haha...did I used up too much brain cells today? Anyway, I started taking my hammergel from 10km onwards...just a bit at a time...took 10km to finish the whole pack...hehe ;)
Of course I always take my drink at all the water/isotonic drink points...i sure that helped a lot ;)

From 21km to 32km...all at ECP...I started to get sian...same thing...one pack of hammergel and plenty of water...but there was this Sgrunners 30km support grp ppl to look out for ;)
My per km timings were mostly ard 7min to 7min15sec...oh ya...this time I rem to use the lap function liao...but only used it every 2km 'cos keep forgetting...hehe...and btw, my heart rate has been kept at ard 160 all this while ;)
I took a powergel near the turning point..ard 26km?...carried all the way to 30km support grp...then passed to whr...said hi...then continued running liao...hmm...am i supposed to get something from them???
Anyway, thanx to the support grp ppl for cheering me on!! Can hear "PENGUIN" from far...hehe ;)

From 32km onwards...my timings were abt 7min15sec to 7min45sec all the way...except that last km...no idea how fast I went though...forgot to stop my stop-watch at the end...jialat hor me...anyway, I saw the clock was abt 4hr56mins...yoohoo...sub-5hrs!!!
Oh ya...there was another support grp at the 41.7km mark...hehe...thanx tiwazz for running along and cheering me on till the 42km mark!!!

My heart rate during the race

After I finished the race, immediately went to return championship chip, collect medals and finisher t-shirt...wow...they still have all the sizes...they even have XXS just for me ;)
Adidas should sponsor more frequently next time...their sizes are so much better!!! Not to mention the quality of the t-shirt are great too!!! *thumbs up*

From there I walked towards the baggage area...on the way detoured to Adidas booth where DO caught me..."wah after run still can go shopping ah...go collect ur stuff from the baggage area first lah...it's chaos there!!"...haha...I din want to walk back after collecting mah :P
Anyway, din buy anything...went on to baggage area...which was really in total chaos...they can't find anything!!!
I spent at least half an hour there making noise while waiting for them to find my bag...so irritating!!

After collecting my bag...I left for Harbourfront to meet some frens from Unity...it's Unity's Family and Friends Day...thought could get free lunch there...but reached there too late liao lah...all thanx to that lousy baggage retrieving :P

After that was thinking whether to go back and meet up with the Sgrunners...but was too lazy liao...came home instead...had lunch...watch some Friends...Season 9...until zzzzz...now I'm up...wonder how long my legs muscle will ache man :P

My feet were killing me just now...most likely my shoes are not very suitable for me...my archs are pretty high...can see it from my slippers...oh well...maybe go runners' lab one day and ask that guy ;)