17th January 2010 @ Padang Merbuk @ 7am
10.5km according to Sue Wong's GPS
despite having serious blisters on my feet result from last thursday, i was lucky enough to have my blisters 90% recovered. since thursday night i could not even walk, when i walked i felt painful, i m not tan wah sing who can run 42km with barefooted! i m not murali nathan who can run high speed with barefooted. so i have to be myself again!
arrived padang merbuk as early as 4.45am, as chen kwok needed to start his race at 5.30am. i had to wait until 7am. i could not sleep in my car so i juz walked around. met with all familiar faces there and had a chat.
at 6.40am, after got myself warmed up, i looked at number of participants was not high compare to 30k and 20k, somehow i saw there was great runners too. 10k started exactly 7am. i started well and followed der front pack to avoid crowd, after not many people stick together then i slow down my pace a little bit.
yes, der overall route was tough especially der hills, i was quite familiar with all der route there so not too worry. in der 1st 2km i felt my body was still not warmed up yet. i ran very well and felt comfortable after that. i met kenny at der istana and said hello to him. in der last 1km was crucial, i did not sustain my pace well, as der result, i was overtaken by a runner and built 50m gap. at last i made it to der finish line at 49'40.93 11th place. i think i still have a lot to improve despite having so much of speed training, i need to double up my work.
more coming soon...
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