Monday, December 05, 2005

exactly 1 year after my knee operation on dec04, im running the marathon!!!!

yesterday's run was the ultimate test. that the operation was a success!..haha

soarthroat, coughing, stomachache, little training are not going to deter me.

the day b4 the marathon, old man, chuandian and jarvis were suppose to come to my hse to stay over. onli old man and cd came, jarvis couldnt come becoz he will be very late. we had to slp early. everybody went to slp at 11. only till 12 could i doze off. but onli for that 1 hr b4 im awake and tossing ard. counting the time was miserable. it just seems so long. was so glad when my phone 'shouted' at 4am. the alarm to our big day. all virgin marathoners. ate some bread b4 heading to padang. jarvis as usual was so bloody late. had to wait for him b4 we went to the starting point.

everybody cheered!!! the run had started. but we were still queing for toilet. nvm, its gonna be slow as its jamm packed anyway. oldman, cd and me paced ourselves slowly so as not to overrun. b4 we even hit a quarter of the 42, i started to hv some bad feelings. im gonna shit!!!!! was so glad when we reached marina south. everybody parted. went to the toilet and waited for a few mins before i got my chance. but of all times, there is no freaking toilet paper!! not wanting to run wif shit dirtying me..hahaha... i decided to run to other toilets.

finally i reached 16km and a rest is needed.. minutes later , someone patted me and its Valentino. and yes this is real name. hes a gd runner and if not for his cramps, i might not even see him. chatted awhile b4 he carryon runing. at 18km, saw him again. his cramps are hurting. soon, we were walking and reaching ECP. cd caught up and we get down to stretch. old man too. walk and walk den i bth liao. valentino help me to get tissues from the medic. Pathetic 2 pc onli. but thanks to him, im able to run without shit weighing in my mind.

turning out from the toilet, i hit the 21km mark 900am. 3 hrs into the run. caught up with valentino after a while. his cramps are giving him lotsa problems. we walk run stretch all the way til 32 and we were so happy!. 10 more km left!!! we parted and i ran till 36 b4 i couldnt carry on anymore. walking all the way (running was met with cramps). within 500m to the finishing pt. saw cai. his calf was so freaking big becoz of cramps. we ran the last 100m to our final destination. 6h:5m:5s reads the time. its over. the torture everybody paid to endure.

after everybody came back. we went to have BurgerKing. den went home. was feeling so tired and my body was so hot. my bro was so gd. he offer to bring me water and bought dinner for me

a check at www.singaporemarathon.com my chip time was 6hrs and 4secs!! im 3515th place with 1293 finishers behind. About 73% of finishers ahead. but if count chip time im 3489th. pretty sad placing. next yr will be better!!!

the prize for finishing the race. Im a finisher!!! I've done it! Cheers to everybody who've done it too!

| calling the booth @ 6:31 PM|

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