Sunday, September 11, 2005

Putra Jaya Half Marathon 2005

Before this race i knew it was going to be tough race for all the runners ,i dont know the course but what i have in my mine is to run 21k .
Got there on time with the help of my friend , warm up, there where so many runners here and there . Yeah it was going to be a big race . report about 5min to the start try to move up in front so that i wont be hold up in traffic and lose time.
Start the race at 7am and i knew that i have to finish before 8.30am to avoid the sun , as i guess i was in the crowd for the first kilometer , there where so many runners a head of me and it was gonna be a hard work to catch them or even pass . I lose my position so many time and i guess i was losing time too , my body was ok and i feel good running cos i did a lots of training for 21k during the week .
At 10k i did 39 min and at 11k i did 44.04min as i had little time to check on my watch from here i knew that i got 10k more to go so i say 40 min which will putme around 1hr 24 or 1hr 25min , got charge up and i couldnt count how many people i pass .I nearly got choke by a power bar while trying to take some luckly there was a water station near by so i had to drink some water for relief . Climbing the hill here and there was good i didnt have much difficulty climbing them and running down with speed .
At 15k i made it 1 hr for the first time in a competion i lose a little time in the remaining 6k to finish . at the end i had to do one last sprint to pass this guy i was chasing for about 2km it was nice as the crowd was cheering on i like it .
As this race is over now i have learn a lot and need to improve on my time in the coming race in PJ half marathon .. hopefully i can run in 1hr 20 min ...

My split Time
1km > 3.14
10km > 39.43
11km > 44.04
12km > 48.06
15km >1.00.38
17km >1.09.20
19km >1.18.52
21.1km >1.26.20
position 39

1 comment:

John said...

Congrats! Look like you've improved with each competitions.

Keep up the good job.