This is not a race

Yup, you read that right. I didn't approach this as a race but merely a stepping stone towards my full rehabilitation as a marathoner. This morning's run was to allow me to gauge if my training has been in the right direction and also as a proving ground.

Having laid out my gear, including breakfast the night before, I was out the door pretty quickly. Breakfast was a puff pastry with half a cup of hot Milo. In the 3 Nike bottles were some concoction (nothing illegal, I assure you) in varying degrees of dilution. I don't concoct things on race day so this confirms that the morning run was part of my training for the big one. I also opted not to wear the Forsters after testing it out on a tempo run yesterday. I felt that my condition had not reached the level where I can do away with added cushioning and support. I carried a pack of GU gel and a pack of Agel.

For the full report, click here.

6 Comments:

Dr:As usual, an enjoyable race report to read.

You ran a good race (I called it that) with nearly identical pacing for the two halves. I think that is the best strategy to a run sub-2 hr time for a half marathon.

Except for one race,I ran my sub 2-hrs HM time with even pacing throughout the entire distance.

By krunner, at 10:45 PM
I agree with krunner, you paced yourself very well for both halves, and I enjoyed your report.

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By Faithful Soles, at 12:16 AM
Hey Dr, you did pretty well! Congrats!

By Tan BoSe, at 9:58 AM
super report..... maybe can consider doing sports writing during ur free time.... its eugene here..... called u along Jalan Bukit Bintang....... take care and hope to meet u in person to chat during some other races.....

By sgloong, at 1:59 PM
Dr, wah running with a 2120, how does it feel, amazing!!!!!

By C-CUBE, at 4:28 PM
Hi Jamie,

Been lurking here once in a while but nvr left any comments so far. The link doesn;t seems to work btw. Nvm. I am a fren of Azwar (who isn't nowadays anyway considering his celeb status... LOL). Anyway, what I wanted to ask actually is do u work somewhere in Citibank coz I think I saw u couple of times but was not sure.

By Anonymous, at 10:10 AM