Sunday, December 9, 2007

MR 25 Time Trial

It's been raining for the whole day and i thought i had to give the time trial a miss. Luckily it stopped raining about 4 pm and I headed to MacRitchie Reservior. I had 1 objective and that's to run below 25 mins for the 5km.

When I reached there, I was surprised to see so many runners there , mostly made up of school runners. Registered myself (got a BIB no 962) , stretched and went for a warm up run. Met Brian (Gugugaga) and Penelope who were also taking the TT.

Finally at 5 pm sharp, we gathered at the start point and off we go. Those strong runners went flying ahead. I was running quite comfortably for the first 2 km and just before the u-turn point , I felt a bit of fatigue (it was only 1 week before when I finished SCSM). Due to lack of interval training, I just could not speed up after the u-turn point and just maintain the pace.

I just kept going and going until I reached the end point. 23 mins 59 sec. Phew! it's below 25 mins. Was still panting hard and this just shows how long my heart hasn't been stressed.

Managed to speak to DO for a while before heading to the toilet to wash up. It's really a great experience and I promise to do better than this for the next trial.

Ultra-marathon, here I come.

2 comments:

  1. Bro, how are you? Never hear from you lately..Didn't see you at ultra also. you ok?

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  2. This is great info to know.

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