Saturday, April 23, 2011
Personal Best Again!
The feeling of achieving a personal best lingers on for a while. it feels so good that you have to keep looking at the official race timings and the photographs.
21st April 2011 was the JPM run with a distance of 5.6km. I was feeling jittery the night before, afraid that I couldnt meet the expectations I set for myself. Peter had wanted me to do a 30mins, and in order to do that, i had to run a constant speed of at least 11.5. I wondered, was that possible? I decided I would try for 31mins.
2 years ago, I did a 51mins 52 secs. I wasnt confident I would be able to slice 20 mins off, but regular 6km lunch runs was going to do me good. Besides, I had a competitor in mind to beat.
at 430pm, we all gathered for a group photograph and proceeded towards the race start point. Peter told me to go the start line with him, he said that if we dont do that, we will never be able to hit our PBs. and so I did.
Race started at 605pm. Pressed my Polar, and here we go.. started off too fast at speed 12.3 for 2km... at 3km, I was losing breathing control, so I had to slow down to 11.8, by almost 5km, I was down to 10.8. the last 600m, I was breathing hard but with whatever I had left, I sprinted to the end, and pressed on Polar to stop.
I didnt dare to look at my time. I walked pass all the drink stations and collected my goody bag. Saw Peter at the far end, and walked towards him.. He did a 23mins! 1 min off his PB last year.. he looked at me.. and said.. "how?"
i toggled my screens on Polar.
30mins 38secs!!!!
I was overjoyed! the lunch runs, the intervals, the hill trainings - all of those muscles that I wacked during my runs.. they were all worth it. I sliced 20 mins off my timing 2 years ago, and am ranked top 141 of all the 4953 female runners.
to top that off, I also beat that competitor I had in mind. ohhh, victory is soooo sweet.
2 days later, I'm still feeling proud of myself! :))
so, lets not get complacent, continue the trainings and am going to sign up for the standchart marathon this year. lets get going (running)
till then, claim your PBs and feel good about it. you deserve it.
21st April 2011 was the JPM run with a distance of 5.6km. I was feeling jittery the night before, afraid that I couldnt meet the expectations I set for myself. Peter had wanted me to do a 30mins, and in order to do that, i had to run a constant speed of at least 11.5. I wondered, was that possible? I decided I would try for 31mins.
2 years ago, I did a 51mins 52 secs. I wasnt confident I would be able to slice 20 mins off, but regular 6km lunch runs was going to do me good. Besides, I had a competitor in mind to beat.
at 430pm, we all gathered for a group photograph and proceeded towards the race start point. Peter told me to go the start line with him, he said that if we dont do that, we will never be able to hit our PBs. and so I did.
Race started at 605pm. Pressed my Polar, and here we go.. started off too fast at speed 12.3 for 2km... at 3km, I was losing breathing control, so I had to slow down to 11.8, by almost 5km, I was down to 10.8. the last 600m, I was breathing hard but with whatever I had left, I sprinted to the end, and pressed on Polar to stop.
I didnt dare to look at my time. I walked pass all the drink stations and collected my goody bag. Saw Peter at the far end, and walked towards him.. He did a 23mins! 1 min off his PB last year.. he looked at me.. and said.. "how?"
i toggled my screens on Polar.
30mins 38secs!!!!
I was overjoyed! the lunch runs, the intervals, the hill trainings - all of those muscles that I wacked during my runs.. they were all worth it. I sliced 20 mins off my timing 2 years ago, and am ranked top 141 of all the 4953 female runners.
to top that off, I also beat that competitor I had in mind. ohhh, victory is soooo sweet.
2 days later, I'm still feeling proud of myself! :))
so, lets not get complacent, continue the trainings and am going to sign up for the standchart marathon this year. lets get going (running)
till then, claim your PBs and feel good about it. you deserve it.
♥♥♥
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