“…..”
The “dot dot dot” above was me staring away blank as to how i should start this race story.
It is 5.45pm as i am penning this down. My race ended about 11 hours ago.
(Ok, that is a pretty lame start.)
Well, let me pull out some data then. But before i analyse them, i just want to say, that i really AM quite a dreamer. I dream to run a pace of 4.42 over all distances, and i would always assume the “environmental factor – variable” to always remain as a constant, ceteris paribus. And nevermind, that i was under-the-weather for over 2 weeks, it is not a factor.
Coming into this race thinking i could possibly try for a 1.45 is like… (again) me dreaming. I obviously would not have admit that, until after the race (bahh…). When will i grow up?
I finished 1.52.58. Placed 6th.
Okay, now the post-mortem.
The consistent pace i was aiming at, to reach a 1.45 race was 5.00 over 21.195km. That was T1 (Target 1), T2 was beating my PB of 1.47 and T3 was at least a sub 1.50 (1.48 would have been lovely).
Looking at the stats, i was doing pretty ok until km12. I tanked @ km 13. I asked myself why. I reflect. I run daily. But it is always upto 12km or less. Nothing beyond 13km. So, i do the math. And umm…. yeah… dreaming is just a dream. Haha. And the consequence is, i cracked from km 13 onwards. 5.38 ? Holy guacamole
-sniffles-
But hey,
“All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.”
by DH Lawrence on “Dreams”,
I dream in the day.
Watch this space. I will get there!
I guess i can afford a space for the finisher medal and trophy as a memento.
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