stanchart half-marathon
we did it! the official time display read 2:35 when i crossed the finish line, which was a pleasant surprise. had been quite dismayed when the last of the adidas pacers (with red balloons) for the 2:30 completion time filed past me at around the 18km mark after i had stayed ahead of them for most of the race, so i was expecting to come in at about 2:45. turns out i wasn't too far behind them afterall. :D
set out to complete a 10km event this year, but landed up doubling the distance and completing the run in a decent time, so am feeling quite accomplished right now. the training and long runs that we've done this year really did pay off, and at the end of the day, it was just the knees that were killing me towards the end ... not the lack of breath, nor the lack of willpower to just keep pushing on. will probably be wearing this perpetual grin on my face for the rest of today.
ck, by the way, came in ahead of me. we ran the first half of the route together, but he broke away at the 12km mark and never stopped running. (i, however, did stop to walk here and there. heh.) ck is all charged up to do the full marathon next year. errm, i'll still have to think about it.
319.4km (the 1km per day target is still within reach ...)