Long story short, I didn't break sub-5.
Short story long, SCKLM came at the
perfect time before we welcomed Ramadhan a week later. So, it’s time to go all
out and break the world record for full marathon and become a national icon, or
if you’re not feeling it, just set a new personal best will do. Well, I was doing
great and running all the way until I hit the wall at KM30 and couldn't attempt
to run 50 meters before cramps attacked on my quads. Right at that
moment, I knew breaking 5 was not for that day as I watched in despair the
sub-5 pacers and their giant balloons slowly disappeared in the distance. I
did however set a new PB for SCKLM at 5:20 against 5:44 in 2014. No sweat we will
go again next year! I wasn’t really bummed with my result because I'm training
and preparing for a bigger event. This August, I’m about to embark on the
biggest journey of my life, my first 100k ultra marathon, at The Magnificent Merapoh
Trail. I've been transitioning to trail running over the past two months, Ramadhan
and the following festive month of Raya. So I had to take a crash course in
trail running by running with the guys from Shah Alam Running Club (SARC). I
got to learn a lot from nutrition to proper techniques, and clocked more
mileage compare to if I was to train alone. With that said, I’m going to end
this post with an African proverb:
“If you want to run fast, run alone; if
you want to run far, run together”
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With Mira after the race. |
