This was my 6th race but first time where it started late in the afternoon at 4.30 pm. I was a little worried as it would be very hot from 4.30 to 6 pm. Fortunately, it rained this morning to early afternoon and when the race started, it was not as hot as I feared.
(Pang, Willaim, Me, KP Tan)
It was a comfortable run as I was able to maintain a speed of 10km/hr almost throughout the race without much difficulty. It was only at 23km that I sensed slight pain at my groin area. I slowed down a little and when I reached the last 1km, the pain aggravated and I was in walking pace. I managed to complete the race in 2 hr, 31m, much better than my target of 3 to 3.5 hrs.
Some interesting facts:
ReplyDeleteResult in Entire field = 394/2466 (16%)
Result in Gender (Men) = 364/2071 (17%)
Result in Age Group = 50/302 (17%)
8% of women were ahead of me
At the final 5km, I passed 53 runners and 5 passed me.
Average speed = 9.9 km/hr
Average km = 6 min 4 sec
The winner’s timing = 1:28:12