Running for REAL

Event: New Balance REAL Run 2008 - 15km
Date: 19th October 2008
Venue: Changi
Bib No: MO4882
POS: 641/2244

This race is hot hot hot. It was worse when i started 23mins late as i was contemplating to wake up and go to the start line. The roads was closed from changi ferry terminal onwards till the coastal road, so i had to make a 2.5km 25mins walk to the starting point.

Sun is up and people are all gone by the time i got to cross the electronic gantry mat. I started with 5min/km pace for the first 2km and knew it was too fast a pace for me to hold throughout the 15km, so i made myself slowd sown to 6min/km pace and sustained it for the rest of the run. It was so super hot that i had to hydrate myself at each of the 6-7 aid stations properly spaced out the whole route. I completed the run with a decent time of 1hr 34min with a 6min 15sec/km pace. Not bad for not having a training run for the past 7 days. opps.

A* didn't managed to get to the end point as the shadeless walk along aviation park walk is demonically scorching and merciless. Hence, i didn't have any photos to show. And i decided to pluck one from some other participants blog to use as my blog cover above. Pretty nice shot isn't it? A* ended up waiting for me in the car the whole time - poor thing.

Results
RUN - 1hr 34 min