Shape Mag run

16 July 2006 Sunday

Really off-day.... went to the race sky-high with hope but fell flat, haha! All my pre-race ambitions of running within top 100 (Iris was 98th in the 5km!) and running sub-60 went up in the flames of the hot morning. I don't know what to blame the disastrous 79-minute run on....the terrain? not really, I have run worst terrain before... this is about the same as Stanchart... woman's problem? But it was a case of both flesh and mind withering as the race wore on, especially at the last 2km... Saw this woman zooming past on the bridge in the opposite direction just as I was pondering should I walk instead? Some other 'angmohs' whizzed past too... and my running coach (for one session only, maybe I should engage her services...)

The next morning, a dreary Monday no less, I saw the paper clipping on the event... what nearly made me choke was the winner won in an amazing 39min which works out to a speed of 256m/min... astonishing considering you have to sustain it over 10km. In fact, she is faster than the winner of 5km (20min)!

The winner is a remisier by profession, which begs the question - why am I so slow? Don't you find it mind-boggling that others can do so the same thing much better than you?

But I'm glad I was in this race.... because I have a new target now...

10km in 50 minutes .... by the time stanchart comes round.

Akan datang:

Aug - New Balance, Sheares (10km)
Oct - Great Eastern (5km)
Dec - Stanchart (10km)