Nike+ Human Race
Okay, so for the peeps who didn't know. This is what I woke up at 6.45 this morning for.
The ranking will probably change as the race has not been completed in some of the other countries, but you know what? I'm more happy with the timing I achieved than what I'm placed globally.
I was targeting to finish the race around 1' 10" but expecting to do it around 1' 20". So for me to complete the race a whole 10 minutes quicker than my goal is not only really quite shocking but also very, very satisfying.
Henry was saying that we can do it in under an hour, and I just kept saying that there was no way and I wasn't going to push myself that hard. And then hmm...
I have to thank him for supporting me during the run and always staying slightly ahead of me even though I told him to just go for it.
I really thought I was going to give up around the 4km mark after a particularly steep slope left me retching a little. Walked for a couple of minutes and was fine so started jogging again.
I did this mad dash in the last 200 metres or so and overtook a whole bunch of people (including him! Sorry!) to get to the finish line. He followed about 10 secs later.
I also have to thank a whole bunch of people like 孙燕姿, Madonna, Donna Summers, Pink, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Sara Bareilles and Christina Aguilera.
And you're probably going to think I'm so gay, but particularly Ms Aguilera, who's "Fighter" saw me through the final 1.5km of furious leg pumping.
The ranking will probably change as the race has not been completed in some of the other countries, but you know what? I'm more happy with the timing I achieved than what I'm placed globally.
I was targeting to finish the race around 1' 10" but expecting to do it around 1' 20". So for me to complete the race a whole 10 minutes quicker than my goal is not only really quite shocking but also very, very satisfying.
Henry was saying that we can do it in under an hour, and I just kept saying that there was no way and I wasn't going to push myself that hard. And then hmm...
I have to thank him for supporting me during the run and always staying slightly ahead of me even though I told him to just go for it.
I really thought I was going to give up around the 4km mark after a particularly steep slope left me retching a little. Walked for a couple of minutes and was fine so started jogging again.
I did this mad dash in the last 200 metres or so and overtook a whole bunch of people (including him! Sorry!) to get to the finish line. He followed about 10 secs later.
I also have to thank a whole bunch of people like 孙燕姿, Madonna, Donna Summers, Pink, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Sara Bareilles and Christina Aguilera.
And you're probably going to think I'm so gay, but particularly Ms Aguilera, who's "Fighter" saw me through the final 1.5km of furious leg pumping.